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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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most serious obstacle affecting the operation of this establishment (m1a)

Data file: Afghanistan_idstd_Formal

Overview

Valid: 647
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1208
End: 1209
Width: 2
Range: -9 - 15
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
1) READ THE FOLLOWING TO THE RESPONDENT BEFORE PROCEEDING: The next set of questions is designed to get a general picture of your opinion about the business environment that affects your operations.
2) SHOW CARD
Literal question
Which of the following elements of the business environment, if any, currently represents the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment:
Access to finance
Access to land
Business licensing and permits
Corruption
Courts
Crime, theft and disorder
Customs and trade regulations
Electricity
Inadequately educated workforce
Labor regulations
Political instability
Practices of competitors in the informal sector
Tax administration
Tax rates
Transport
Categories
Value Category Cases
-9 don't know 1
0.2%
1 access to finance 109
16.8%
2 access to land 91
14.1%
3 business licensing and permits 2
0.3%
4 corruption 47
7.3%
5 courts 0
0%
6 crime, theft and disorder 118
18.2%
7 customs and trade regulations 6
0.9%
8 electricity 132
20.4%
9 inadequately educated workforce 2
0.3%
10 labor regulations 1
0.2%
11 political instability 100
15.5%
12 practices of competitors in the 19
2.9%
13 tax administration 14
2.2%
14 tax rates 1
0.2%
15 transport 4
0.6%
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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