Enterprise Survey 2019

Italy, 2018 - 2019

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Reference ID

ITA_2019_ES_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/g7wd-0p87

Producer(s)

World Bank Group (WBG), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), European Investment Bank (EIB)

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

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Dec 27, 2019

Last modified

Dec 27, 2019

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Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation of This Establishment (m1a)

Data file: italy_2019_full_data

Overview

Valid: 760

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1851

End: 1852

Width: 2

Range: -9 - 15

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

By looking at the list of elements of the business environment please tell me which one, if any, currently represents the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.
- Biggest obstacle

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know (spontaneous)	5	0.7%
-7	Does not apply	1	0.1%
1	Access to finance	36	4.7%
2	Access to land	2	0.3%
3	Business licensing and permits	31	4.1%
4	Corruption	44	5.8%
5	Courts	4	0.5%
6	Crime, theft and disorder	22	2.9%
7	Customs and trade regulations	28	3.7%
8	Electricity	49	6.4%
9	Inadequately educated workforce	44	5.8%
10	Labor regulations	78	10.3%
11	Political instability	33	4.3%
12	Practices of competitors in the informal sector	25	3.3%
13	Tax administration	131	17.2%
14	Tax rates	143	18.8%
15	Transport	84	11.1%

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.

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