Global Investment Competitiveness Survey 2017

Armenia, Australia, Austria...and 81 more, 2017

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WLD_2017_GICS_v01_M

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https://doi.org/10.48529/7297-sp94

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Peter Kusek, Andrea Silva

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Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Q12. How important: Efforts to improve the business environment in the country (Q12_6)

Data file: gicphonesurvey

Overview

Valid: 632

Invalid: 122

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 376

End: 377

Width: 2

Range: -9 - 4

Format: Numeric

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Question pretext

ASK Q12 IF Q10.2 ON “INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES” IS ANSWERED CODE 2 “SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT”, 3 “IMPORTANT” OR CODE 4 “CRITICALLY IMPORTANT”.

Literal question

The next set of questions is about services offered by Investment Promotion Agencies - or IPAs -- in developing countries. IPAs are government agencies whose mission is to attract investments. They can be called investment and development board, investment commission, ministry of commerce and industry, etc. How important are the following services offered by IPAs for your company’s investment decisions?
- Efforts to improve the business environment in the country

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know	2	0.3%
1	Not at all important	33	5.2%
2	Somewhat important	159	25.2%
3	Important	290	45.9%
4	Critically important	148	23.4%
Sysmiss		122