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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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | 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 |
| Summary: | 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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