Enterprise Survey 2006
Ecuador, 2006
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Reference ID
ECU_2006_ES_v01_M_WB
Producer(s)
World Bank
Collection(s)
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Mar 24, 2011
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Ecuador-2006--full
data-1
Second ranked obstacle to the current operations of this establishment (m1b)
Data file: Ecuador-2006--full data-1
Overview
Valid:
658
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1039
End:
1040
Width:
2
Range:
-7 - 16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
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 | 8 |
1.2%
|
| 1 | access to finance | 50 |
7.6%
|
| 2 | access to land | 9 |
1.4%
|
| 3 | business licensing and permits | 19 |
2.9%
|
| 4 | corruption | 85 |
12.9%
|
| 5 | crime, theft and disorder | 47 |
7.1%
|
| 6 | customs and trade regulations | 29 |
4.4%
|
| 7 | electricity | 17 |
2.6%
|
| 8 | functioning of the courts | 17 |
2.6%
|
| 9 | inadequately educated workforce | 20 |
3%
|
| 10 | labor regulations | 25 |
3.8%
|
| 11 | macroeconomic instability | 89 |
13.5%
|
| 12 | political instability | 107 |
16.3%
|
| 13 | practices of competitors in the informal sector | 64 |
9.7%
|
| 14 | tax administration | 33 |
5%
|
| 15 | tax rates | 31 |
4.7%
|
| 16 | transportation | 8 |
1.2%
|
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.