Enterprise Survey 2006

Bolivia, 2006

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Reference ID

BOL_2006_ES_v01_M_WB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/7n5j-7w46

Producer(s)

World Bank

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys

Metadata

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Mar 24, 2011

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

Data file: Bolivia-2006--full data-

Overview

Valid: 613

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1004

End: 1005

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	2	0.3%
1	access to finance	59	9.6%
2	access to land	2	0.3%
3	business licensing and permits	11	1.8%
4	corruption	34	5.5%
5	crime, theft and disorder	16	2.6%
6	customs and trade regulations	9	1.5%
7	electricity	10	1.6%
8	functioning of the courts	2	0.3%
9	inadequately educated workforce	8	1.3%
10	labor regulations	12	2%
11	macroeconomic instability	44	7.2%
12	political instability	183	29.9%
13	practices of competitors in the informal sector	176	28.7%
14	tax administration	11	1.8%
15	tax rates	17	2.8%
16	transportation	17	2.8%

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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