Which World Bank Reports Are Widely Read?
Knowledge is central to development. The World Bank invests about one-quarter of its budget for country services in knowledge products. Still, there is little research about the demand for these knowledge products and how internal knowledge flows a...
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okr-10986-183462021-04-23T14:03:43Z Which World Bank Reports Are Widely Read? Doemeland, Doerte Trevino, James ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACRONYMS ADVISORY SERVICES ARTICLE ARTICLES BOOK REVIEW CATALOGUES CITATION CITATIONS CIVIL SOCIETIES CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENCE CONTENTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCLOSURE DISSEMINATION DOCUMENTS GENERALIZATION GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDICES INITIATIVE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS JOURNALISTS LABOR COSTS LARGE POPULATIONS LEVELS OF EDUCATION MEDIA MEDIA COVERAGE PEER REVIEW POLICY CHANGE POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PRACTITIONERS PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC DEBATE PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY CONTROL REGIONAL POLICY REPOSITORIES REPOSITORY RESEARCH LIBRARIES RESEARCHERS RESPECT RICHER COUNTRIES SELF-ASSESSMENT STATISTICAL METHODS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ADVICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE USERS VENDORS WEB WEBSITE WEBSITES OKR D&R Documents and Reports Open Knowledge Repository Knowledge is central to development. The World Bank invests about one-quarter of its budget for country services in knowledge products. Still, there is little research about the demand for these knowledge products and how internal knowledge flows affect their demand. About 49 percent of the World Bank's policy reports, which are published Economic and Sector Work or Technical Assistance reports, have the stated objective of informing the public debate or influencing the development community. This study uses information on downloads and citations to assesses whether policy reports meet this objective. About 13 percent of policy reports were downloaded at least 250 times while more than 31 percent of policy reports are never downloaded. Almost 87 percent of policy reports were never cited. More expensive, complex, multi-sector, core diagnostics reports on middle-income countries with larger populations tend to be downloaded more frequently. Multi-sector reports also tend to be cited more frequently. Internal knowledge sharing matters as cross support provided by the World Bank's Research Department consistently increases downloads and citations. 2014-05-15T16:10:23Z 2014-05-15T16:10:23Z 2014-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19456376/world-bank-reports-widely-read-world-bank-reports-widely-read http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18346 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6851 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACRONYMS ADVISORY SERVICES ARTICLE ARTICLES BOOK REVIEW CATALOGUES CITATION CITATIONS CIVIL SOCIETIES CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENCE CONTENTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCLOSURE DISSEMINATION DOCUMENTS GENERALIZATION GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDICES INITIATIVE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS JOURNALISTS LABOR COSTS LARGE POPULATIONS LEVELS OF EDUCATION MEDIA MEDIA COVERAGE PEER REVIEW POLICY CHANGE POLICY DIALOGUE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER PRACTITIONERS PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC DEBATE PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITY ASSURANCE QUALITY CONTROL REGIONAL POLICY REPOSITORIES REPOSITORY RESEARCH LIBRARIES RESEARCHERS RESPECT RICHER COUNTRIES SELF-ASSESSMENT STATISTICAL METHODS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ADVICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSFER OF KNOWLEDGE USERS VENDORS WEB WEBSITE WEBSITES OKR D&R Documents and Reports Open Knowledge Repository Doemeland, Doerte Trevino, James Which World Bank Reports Are Widely Read? |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6851 |
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Knowledge is central to development. The
World Bank invests about one-quarter of its budget for
country services in knowledge products. Still, there is
little research about the demand for these knowledge
products and how internal knowledge flows affect their
demand. About 49 percent of the World Bank's policy
reports, which are published Economic and Sector Work or
Technical Assistance reports, have the stated objective of
informing the public debate or influencing the development
community. This study uses information on downloads and
citations to assesses whether policy reports meet this
objective. About 13 percent of policy reports were
downloaded at least 250 times while more than 31 percent of
policy reports are never downloaded. Almost 87 percent of
policy reports were never cited. More expensive, complex,
multi-sector, core diagnostics reports on middle-income
countries with larger populations tend to be downloaded more
frequently. Multi-sector reports also tend to be cited more
frequently. Internal knowledge sharing matters as cross
support provided by the World Bank's Research
Department consistently increases downloads and citations. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Doemeland, Doerte Trevino, James |
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Doemeland, Doerte Trevino, James |
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Which World Bank Reports Are Widely Read? |
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Which World Bank Reports Are Widely Read? |
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Which World Bank Reports Are Widely Read? |
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Which World Bank Reports Are Widely Read? |
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Which World Bank Reports Are Widely Read? |
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which world bank reports are widely read? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/05/19456376/world-bank-reports-widely-read-world-bank-reports-widely-read http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18346 |
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