Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations

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dc.creatorRavallion, Martin
dc.date2012-03-19T18:06:38Z
dc.date2012-03-19T18:06:38Z
dc.date2011-12-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:57:04Z
dc.descriptionDevelopment impact calls for knowledgeable development practitioners. How then do the operational staff of the largest development agency value and use its research? Is there an incentive to learn and does it translate into useful knowledge? A new survey reveals that the bulk of the World Bank's senior staff value the Bank's research for their work, and most come to know it well, although a sizable minority have difficulty accessing research to serve their needs. Another group sees little value to research for their work and does not bother to find out about it. Higher perceived value is reflected in greater knowledge about research, though there are frictions in this process. Staff working on poverty, human development and economic policy tend to value and use research more than staff in the more traditional sectors of Bank lending -- agriculture and rural development, energy and mining, transport and urban development; the latter sectors account for 45 percent of lending but only 15 percent of staff highly familiar with Bank research. Without stronger incentives for learning and more relevant and accessible research products, it appears likely that this lag in demand for research by the traditional sectors will persist.
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dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111212085806
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3674
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-5892
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/413401
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relationPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5892
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectANNUAL REPORT
dc.subjectARRANGEMENT
dc.subjectARTICLE
dc.subjectARTICLES
dc.subjectCITATIONS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectENTRY
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPROBABILITY
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectREADING
dc.subjectRESEARCHER
dc.subjectRESEARCHERS
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSEARCHING
dc.subjectSELECTION BIAS
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCES
dc.subjectSOCIOLOGY
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectTECHNICAL QUALITY
dc.subjectTERMINOLOGY
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectUNIVERSITIES
dc.subjectURBAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectWEB
dc.titleKnowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations

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