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Which World Bank Reports are Widely Read? / Doemeland, Doerte
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Doemeland, Doerte
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Banks and Banking Reform.
- Children and Youth.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Information and Communication Technologies.
- Information Security and Privacy.
- International Organizations.
- Internet.
- Knowledge Management.
- Population Policies.
- Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures.
- Public Sector Development.
- Social Development.
- Local Subjects:
- Banks and Banking Reform.
- Children and Youth.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Information and Communication Technologies.
- Information Security and Privacy.
- International Organizations.
- Internet.
- Knowledge Management.
- Population Policies.
- Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures.
- Public Sector Development.
- Social Development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (34 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2014
- System Details:
- data file
- 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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