Enterprise Survey 2013

Congo, Dem. Rep., 2013 - 2014

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Reference ID

COD_2013_ES_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/5m8d-d047

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World Bank

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Jul 11, 2014

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Jul 21, 2014

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Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation Of This Establishment (m1a)

Data file: drc_2013_full_data

Overview

Valid: 529

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 886

End: 887

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 (DO NOT READ OUT)

Literal question

By looking at card [insert card number] can you tell me which of the elements of the business environment included in the list, if any, currently represents the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	DK	1	0.2%
-7	NA	0	0%
1	Access to finance	63	11.9%
2	Access to land	22	4.2%
3	Business licensing and permits	1	0.2%
4	Corruption	58	11%
5	Courts	7	1.3%
6	Crime, theft and disorder	13	2.5%
7	Customs and trade regulations	26	4.9%
8	Electricity	120	22.7%
9	Inadequately educated workforce	23	4.3%
10	Labor regulations	8	1.5%
11	Political instability	68	12.9%
12	Practices of competitors in the informal sector	61	11.5%
13	Tax administration	35	6.6%
14	Tax rates	22	4.2%
15	Transport	1	0.2%

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

INTERVIEWER: ONE ANSWER ONLY

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