Enterprise Survey 2009-2014, Panel Data

Malawi, 2009 - 2014

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Reference ID

MWI_2009-2014_ES-P_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/hs49-v669

Producer(s)

World Bank

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys

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Oct 07, 2015

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Total Annual Informal Payment (j7b)

Data file: Malawi_2009_2014

Overview

Valid: 9

Invalid: 664

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1165

End: 1171

Width: 7

Range: -9 - 1500000

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

It is said that establishments are sometimes required to make gifts or informal payments to public officials to "get things done" with regard to customs, taxes, licenses, regulations, services etc. On average, what percent of total annual sales, or estimated total annual value, do establishments like this one pay in informal payments or gifts to public officials for this purpose?
Total annual informal payment

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't Know	0	0%
-8	REFUSAL (SPONTANEOUS)	0	0%
0	NO PAYMENTS OR GIFTS ARE PAID	4	44.4%
10000		2	22.2%
50000		1	11.1%
1000000		1	11.1%
1500000		1	11.1%
Sysmiss		664

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

PROVIDE EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER, NOT BOTH

1) Size of informal payments/gifts Informal payments are payments made to government officials that are unaudited or unreported. They are generally given to an official with the expectation that a service will be performed (such as granting a business license), a violation overlooked (such as violation of health regulation), or because the official threatens the business.

Notice the wording (phrasing) of the question: it asks for the respondent to answer for establishments “like this one” rather than the establishment being interviewed.

2) Sensitive question, no clarification can be offered

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Notes

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