Informal Survey 2009

Nepal, 2009

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Reference ID

NPL_2009_InS_v01_M_WB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/x9n9-h482

Producer(s)

World Bank

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys

Metadata

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Mar 24, 2011

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Identification

Survey ID number

NPL_2009_InS_v01_M_WB

Title

Informal Survey 2009

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
Nepal	NPL

Study type

Enterprise Survey [en/oth]

Series Information

This is the first round of informal surveys conducted by the World Bank Enterprise Analysis Unit in six African countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivore, Madagascar, Mauritius), Afghanistan and Nepal.

Informal surveys target unregistered enterprises, which in these countries make up a significant part of the economy. Understanding how informal businesses function and why they prefer to remain unregistered could help implement changes in government - business relationships.

Informal survey questionnaires are a shorter, tailored to unregistered businesses, version of Enterprise Survey questionnaires. Informal Surveys are usually conducted at the same time with Enterprise Surveys.

Abstract

This research is a survey of unregistered businesses conducted in Nepal between March and June 2009, simultaneously with Nepal 2009 Enterprise Survey. 120 informal businesses were interviewed.

The objective of World Bank firm-level surveys is to obtain feedback from enterprises in client countries on the state of the private sector, assess constraints to private sector growth and create statistically significant business environment indicators that are comparable across countries.

Informal survey questionnaires are a shorter, tailored to unregistered businesses, version of Enterprise Survey questionnaires. The topics include general information about a business, infrastructure and services, sales and supplies, crime, sources and access to finance, business-government relationship, assets, AIDS and sickness (for African region), bribery, workforce composition, obstacles to get registration, reasons for not registering, and benefits that an establishment could get from registration. Business owners or managers are interviewed face-to-face.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

The primary sampling unit of Informal Surveys is an unregistered establishment. In Nepal, registration with the Inland Revenue Department differentiated formal and informal businesses.

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National

Universe

The whole population, or the universe, covered in the survey is the non-agricultural economy. It comprises: all manufacturing sectors according to the ISIC Revision 3.1 group classification (group D), construction sector (group F), services sector (groups G and H), and transport, storage, and communications sector (group I). Note that this population definition excludes the following sectors: financial intermediation (group J), real estate and renting activities (group K, except sub-sector 72, IT, which was added to the population under study), and all public or utilities-sectors.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
World Bank

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name
World Bank

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

Initially a sample frame was sought from the Government of Nepal and from appropriate trade associations; but the lists that were obtained were deemed incomplete and potentially out of date. In consultation with the contractor, the World Bank decided to undertake block enumeration, i.e. the contractor would physically create a list of establishments from which to sample from. In total, the contractor enumerated 6,755 establishments for the survey fieldwork (the block enumeration elicited firms for both the Enterprise Survey and the Informal Survey).

120 unregistered businesses were targeted for interviews.

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

The current survey instrument is available:

Informal Questionnaire.

The survey topics include general information about a business, infrastructure and services, sales and supplies, crime, sources and access to finance, business-government relationship, assets, bribery, workforce composition, obstacles to get registration, reasons for not registering, and benefits that an establishment could get from registration.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2009-03	2009-06

Data Collectors

Name
Solutions Consultant Pvt. Ltd.

Data Collection Notes

Private contractors conduct the Enterprise Surveys on behalf of the World Bank. Due to sensitive survey questions addressing business-government relations and corruption-related topics, private contractors are preferred over any government agency or an organization/institution associated with government, and are hired by the World Bank to collect the data.

Informal Surveys are conducted in the local languages.

Data processing

Data Editing

Data entry and quality controls are implemented by the contractor and data is delivered to the World Bank in batches (typically 10%, 50% and 100%). These data deliveries are checked for logical consistency, out of range values, skip patterns, and duplicate entries. Problems are flagged by the World Bank and corrected by the implementing contractor through data checks, callbacks, and revisiting establishments.

Data Access

Confidentiality

Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required?	Confidentiality declaration text
yes	Confidentiality of the survey respondents and the sensitive information they provide is necessary to ensure the greatest degree of survey participation, integrity and confidence in the quality of the data. Surveys are usually carried out in cooperation with business organizations and government agencies promoting job creation and economic growth, but confidentiality is never compromised.

Access conditions

Aggregate indicators based on Enterprise Analysis Unit data are available to the public at https://www.enterprisesurveys.org

Firm-level data is also available to the public free-of-charge. In order to access the firm-level data, users must agree to abide by a strict confidentiality agreement available through Enterprise Analysis Unit website by clicking on "External users register here" at https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Portal

Citation requirements

Where necessary please site the source as "Enterprise Analysis Unit - World Bank Group https://www.enterprisesurveys.org"

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

Contacts

Email
enterprisesurveys@worldbank.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_NPL_2009_InS_v01_M_WB

Producers

Name
Antonina Redko

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 01

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