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 own 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&#...
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okr-10986-133932021-04-23T14:03:08Z Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations Ravallion, Martin incentive to learn absorptive capacity development aid World Bank research Development impact calls for knowledgeable development practitioners. How then do the operational staff of the largest development agency value and use its own 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 Bank research more than staff in the more traditional sectors of Bank lending – agriculture and rural development, Energy and Mining (EM), transport and urban development; the latter sectors account for 45% of lending but only 15% of staff are 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. 2013-05-13T18:19:27Z 2013-05-13T18:19:27Z 2013-03-08 Journal Article Journal of Development Effectiveness 1943-9342 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13393 en_US Journal of Development Effectiveness;5(1) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research |
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Development impact calls for knowledgeable development practitioners. How then do the operational staff of the largest development agency value and use its own 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 Bank research more than staff in the more traditional sectors of Bank lending – agriculture and rural development, Energy and Mining (EM), transport and urban development; the latter sectors account for 45% of lending but only 15% of staff are 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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Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations |
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Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations |
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Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations |
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Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations |
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Knowledgeable Bankers? The Demand for Research in World Bank Operations |
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knowledgeable bankers? the demand for research in world bank operations |
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