Enterprise Survey 2006

Panama, 2006

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Reference ID

PAN_2006_ES_v01_M_WB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/j5gp-zp97

Producer(s)

World Bank

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys

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Mar 24, 2011

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most serious obstacle affecting the operation of this establishment (m1a)

Data file: Panama-2006--full data-

Overview

Valid: 604

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 961

End: 962

Width: 2

Range: -9 - 15

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

1) READ THE FOLLOWING TO THE RESPONDENT BEFORE PROCEEDING: The next set of questions is designed to get a general picture of your opinion about the business environment that affects your operations.
2) SHOW CARD

Literal question

You have indicated that several obstacles affect the operation of this establishment. Here is a card with the obstacles I mentioned throughout the interview (HAND RESPONDENT CARD LISTING ALL FACTORS). Please tell me the three that you think are currently the biggest problem, beginning with the worst of all three.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	don’t know	0	0%
-7	does not apply	49	8.1%
1	access to finance	32	5.3%
2	access to land	8	1.3%
3	business licensing and permits	8	1.3%
4	corruption	43	7.1%
5	crime, theft and disorder	37	6.1%
6	customs and trade regulations	10	1.7%
7	electricity	184	30.5%
8	functioning of the courts	6	1%
9	inadequately educated workforce	14	2.3%
10	labor regulations	23	3.8%
11	macroeconomic instability	36	6%
12	political instability	11	1.8%
13	practices of competitors in the informal sector	40	6.6%
14	tax administration	14	2.3%
15	tax rates	77	12.7%
16	transportation	12	2%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Self-explanatory

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