Enterprise Survey 2008

Afghanistan, 2008

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Reference ID

AFG_2008_ES_v01_M_WB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/qbev-vx46

Producer(s)

World Bank

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Mar 24, 2011

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percent of total annual sales paid in informal payments (j7a)

Data file: Afghanistan_idstd_Formal

Overview

Valid: 647

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1065

End: 1066

Width: 2

Range: -9 - 5

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
percentage of total annual sales do establishments like this one pay in informal payments or gifts to public
officials for this purpose?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	don't know	90	13.9%
-8	refused	42	6.5%
0	no payments/gifts paid	351	54.3%
1		14	2.2%
2		25	3.9%
3		14	2.2%
4		6	0.9%
5		48	7.4%
6		1	0.2%
7		1	0.2%
8		9	1.4%
9		1	0.2%
10		28	4.3%
14		1	0.2%
15		4	0.6%
20		10	1.5%
30		2	0.3%

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

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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