Enterprise Survey 2013
Ghana, 2012 - 2014
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Reference ID
GHA_2013_ES_v01_M
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World Bank
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Oct 30, 2014
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- ghana_2013_full_data
Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation Of This Establishment (m1a)
Data file: ghana_2013_full_data
Overview
Valid:
720
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1602
End:
1603
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)
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 | 3 |
0.4%
|
| -7 | NA | 15 |
2.1%
|
| 1 | Access to finance | 334 |
46.4%
|
| 2 | Access to land | 46 |
6.4%
|
| 3 | Business licensing and permits | 4 |
0.6%
|
| 4 | Corruption | 27 |
3.8%
|
| 5 | Courts | 4 |
0.6%
|
| 6 | Crime, theft and disorder | 5 |
0.7%
|
| 7 | Customs and trade regulations | 43 |
6%
|
| 8 | Electricity | 142 |
19.7%
|
| 9 | Inadequately educated workforce | 6 |
0.8%
|
| 10 | Labor regulations | 5 |
0.7%
|
| 11 | Political instability | 10 |
1.4%
|
| 12 | Practices of competitors in the informal sector | 21 |
2.9%
|
| 13 | Tax administration | 10 |
1.4%
|
| 14 | Tax rates | 35 |
4.9%
|
| 15 | Transport | 10 |
1.4%
|
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