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Enterprise Survey 2010

St. Vincent & Grenadines, 2011
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Reference ID
VCT_2010_ES_v01_M_WB
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/x9rr-z653
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World Bank
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Enterprise Surveys
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DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Dec 07, 2011
Last modified
Sep 26, 2013
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  • Stvincentandthegrenadines-2010-full
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Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation Of This Establishment (m1a)

Data file: Stvincentandthegrenadines-2010-full data-

Overview

Valid: 154
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 704
End: 705
Width: 2
Range: -9 - 15
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
SHOW CARD
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 Don’t know 1
0.6%
-8 4
2.6%
-7 Does not apply 0
0%
1 Access to finance 29
18.8%
2 Access to land 0
0%
3 Business licensing and permits 1
0.6%
4 Corruption 2
1.3%
5 Courts 1
0.6%
6 Crime, theft and disorder 12
7.8%
7 Customs and trade regulations 20
13%
8 Electricity 14
9.1%
9 Inadequately educated workforce 21
13.6%
10 Labor regulations 0
0%
11 Political instability 16
10.4%
12 Practices of competitors in the informal sector 11
7.1%
13 Tax administration 3
1.9%
14 Tax rates 16
10.4%
15 Transport 3
1.9%
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
The manager should be given a card with the different alternatives for "degree of obstacle" (from 0 to 4).
Sensitive question, no clarification can be offered
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