Enterprise Survey 2009-2016, Panel Data

Lesotho, 2008 - 2016

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LSO_2009-2016_ES-P_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/6a71-m481

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World Bank

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Enterprise Surveys

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Percent Of Total Annual Sales Paid In Informal Payments (j7a)

Data file: Lesotho_2009_2016

Overview

Valid: 159

Invalid: 142

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1536

End: 1537

Width: 2

Range: -9 - 34

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?
Percent of total annual sales paid as informal payment

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know (spontaneous)	9	5.7%
-8	Refusal (spontaneous)	19	11.9%
0	No payments or gifts are paid	111	69.8%
1		5	3.1%
2		4	2.5%
3		1	0.6%
5		3	1.9%
6		1	0.6%
7		2	1.3%
9		1	0.6%
20		2	1.3%
34		1	0.6%
Sysmiss		142

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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