Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations

Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations

Development 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...

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Main Author: Ravallion, Martin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURE
ANNUAL REPORT
ARRANGEMENT
ARTICLE
ARTICLES
CITATIONS
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
ECONOMICS
ENTRY
GENDER
LEARNING
NUTRITION
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBABILITY
PROGRAMS
READING
RESEARCHER
RESEARCHERS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SEARCHING
SELECTION BIAS
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIOLOGY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL QUALITY
TERMINOLOGY
TRANSPORT
UNIVERSITIES
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
WEB
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111212085806
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spelling okr-10986-36742021-04-23T14:02:11Z Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations Ravallion, Martin AGRICULTURE ANNUAL REPORT ARRANGEMENT ARTICLE ARTICLES CITATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ECONOMICS ENTRY GENDER LEARNING NUTRITION POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PROBABILITY PROGRAMS READING RESEARCHER RESEARCHERS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SEARCHING SELECTION BIAS SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIOLOGY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL QUALITY TERMINOLOGY TRANSPORT UNIVERSITIES URBAN DEVELOPMENT WEB Development 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. 2012-03-19T18:06:38Z 2012-03-19T18:06:38Z 2011-12-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111212085806 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3674 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5892 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region
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topic AGRICULTURE
ANNUAL REPORT
ARRANGEMENT
ARTICLE
ARTICLES
CITATIONS
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
ECONOMICS
ENTRY
GENDER
LEARNING
NUTRITION
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBABILITY
PROGRAMS
READING
RESEARCHER
RESEARCHERS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SEARCHING
SELECTION BIAS
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIOLOGY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL QUALITY
TERMINOLOGY
TRANSPORT
UNIVERSITIES
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
WEB
spellingShingle AGRICULTURE
ANNUAL REPORT
ARRANGEMENT
ARTICLE
ARTICLES
CITATIONS
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
ECONOMICS
ENTRY
GENDER
LEARNING
NUTRITION
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROBABILITY
PROGRAMS
READING
RESEARCHER
RESEARCHERS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SEARCHING
SELECTION BIAS
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIOLOGY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL QUALITY
TERMINOLOGY
TRANSPORT
UNIVERSITIES
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
WEB
Ravallion, Martin
Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations
geographic_facet The World Region
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relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5892
description Development 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Ravallion, Martin
author_facet Ravallion, Martin
author_sort Ravallion, Martin
title Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations
title_short Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations
title_full Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations
title_fullStr Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations
title_full_unstemmed Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations
title_sort knowledgeable bankers? the demand for research in world bank operations
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111212085806
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