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FY 2016 Comoros Country Opinion Survey Report Summary

Core Content

The FY 2016 Comoros Country Opinion Survey Report, conducted by the World Bank Group's Public Opinion Research Group (PORG), aimed to assess how stakeholders in Comoros perceive the World Bank Group (WBG) and its role in the country's development. The survey included 134 participants, achieving an 84% response rate, with a focus on general issues, overall attitudes, sectoral effectiveness, and the WBG's knowledge and instruments.

Main Objectives

• To understand stakeholders' perceptions of the WBG's work in Comoros.
• To identify the most important development priorities.
• To evaluate the WBG's effectiveness and its role in poverty reduction.
• To assess the WBG's knowledge work and financial instruments.
• To explore the future role of the WBG and its collaboration with other entities.

Key Stakeholder Groups

• Office of the President/Prime Minister/Minister
• Ministries/Ministerial Departments/Implementation Agencies
• Project Management Units (PMUs)
• Bilateral/Multilateral Agencies
• Private Sector Organizations
• NGOs/Community Based Organizations
• Financial Sector/Private Banks
• Judiciary Branch
• Independent Government Institutions

General Issues Facing Comoros

• Direction of the Country: Respondents were significantly less likely to believe Comoros is headed in the right direction compared to the FY'13 survey.
• Development Priorities: The most important priorities identified were "public sector governance/reform" and "energy".
• Poverty Reduction: The top contributors to poverty reduction were "job creation/employment", "economic growth", and "energy".
• Shared Prosperity: The most effective ways to achieve shared prosperity were seen as "disaster management", "agricultural development", "environmental sustainability", "energy/electricity", and "equality of opportunity".
• Climate Change: All respondents considered global climate change to be a very serious problem.

Overall Attitudes Toward the WBG

• Effectiveness: The WBG was rated on a scale from 1 to 10, with a mean rating of 5.2 for overall effectiveness.
• Development Results: The WBG's work was perceived to contribute significantly to development results, with a mean rating of 5.5.
• Building Country Systems: The WBG's role in building and strengthening existing systems was rated with a mean of 5.3.
• Staff Preparedness: Respondents rated the WBG's staff preparedness at 5.5.
• Staffing Adequacy: The WBG's staffing in Comoros was rated at 5.4.
• Collaboration with IFC: Only those stakeholders involved in projects with both the WBG and the IFC provided views, with a majority indicating positive collaboration.
• Greatest Value: The WBG's greatest value was seen as "financial resources: investment lending" (52%).
• Most Effective Instruments: "Investment lending" (57%) and "capacity development" (46%) were considered the most effective instruments for poverty reduction.
• Greatest Weakness: The WBG's greatest weakness was identified as "not being adequately sensitive to political/social realities in Comoros" (26%).

Sectoral Effectiveness

• Key Drivers of Effectiveness: The WBG's effectiveness in disaster management, agricultural development, environmental sustainability, energy/electricity, and equality of opportunity were found to be the strongest drivers of overall effectiveness and development results.
• Crime and Violence: This area was identified as the key driver for achieving development results.
• Collaboration Differences: Respondents who collaborated with the WBG had significantly higher ratings (mean = 6.7) compared to non-collaborators (mean = 5.5).

How the WBG Operates

• Perceptions of Work: Respondents rated the WBG's work on a scale from 1 to 10, with a mean of 5.2.
• Real-Time Monitoring: The WBG's ability to measure and correct its work in real time was rated at 5.3.
• Collaboration with UN: Respondents indicated that the level of collaboration between the UN and the WBG had remained about the same in the past year.

WBG's Knowledge and Instruments

• Frequency of Use: Stakeholders from the Office of the President/Prime Minister/Minister, PMUs/consultants, and bilateral/multilateral agencies used the WBG's knowledge work most frequently.
• Meeting Knowledge Needs: The WBG was perceived to meet Comoros' knowledge needs with a mean rating of 5.5.
• Technical Quality: The technical quality of the WBG's knowledge work was rated at 5.6.
• Financial Instruments: The WBG's financial instruments were seen as meeting Comoros' needs with a mean rating of 5.5.

Future Role of the WBG

• Making Greater Value: To enhance its value, the WBG should focus on reducing the complexity of obtaining financing and reaching out more to groups outside the government.
• Collaboration: The WBG should collaborate more with community based organizations, the private sector, and beneficiaries.
• Resource Focus: Key areas for resource focus were energy, public sector governance/reform, and poverty reduction.
• Service Combination: The WBG should offer more technical assistance and capacity development.
• Leading Role: Stakeholders believed the WBG should play a leading role in areas such as education, health, and infrastructure, while other donors should focus on areas like social protection and economic policy.

Communication and Outreach

• Information Sources: Most respondents obtained information about economic and social development issues from local newspapers (70%) and the Internet (46%).
• Outreach Needs: The report suggests that the WBG should improve communication and outreach with key constituencies, as outlined in Appendix B.

Key Information

• The survey involved 134 stakeholders, with an 84% response rate.
• Data were weighted to allow for year comparisons.
• Stakeholders who collaborated with the WBG had more positive perceptions.
• The WBG's effectiveness in specific areas like disaster management and agriculture was strongly correlated with overall effectiveness.
• The WBG's financial instruments and knowledge work were rated positively, though there is room for improvement.
• The report highlights the need for greater sensitivity to local political and social realities and improved collaboration with the UN.