Enterprise Survey 2013
Bangladesh, 2013
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Reference ID
BGD_2013_ES_v01_M
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World Bank
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Feb 04, 2014
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Bangladesh-2013-full
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Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation Of This Establishment (m1a)
Data file: Bangladesh-2013-full data-
Overview
Valid:
1442
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
874
End:
875
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
2) SHOW CARD
Literal question
You have indicated that several obstacles affect the operation of this establishment. Here is a card with the obstacles I mentioned throughout the interview. Please tell me the three that you think are currently the biggest problem, beginning with the most difficult obstacle of all.
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | DON'T KNOW | 2 |
0.1%
|
| -7 | DOES NOT APPLY | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 1 | Access to finance | 241 |
16.7%
|
| 2 | Access to land | 37 |
2.6%
|
| 3 | Business licensing and permits | 10 |
0.7%
|
| 4 | Corruption | 77 |
5.3%
|
| 5 | Courts | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | Crime, theft and disorder | 13 |
0.9%
|
| 7 | Customs and trade regulations | 24 |
1.7%
|
| 8 | Electricity | 367 |
25.5%
|
| 9 | Inadequately educated workforce | 63 |
4.4%
|
| 10 | Labor regulations | 9 |
0.6%
|
| 11 | Political instability | 525 |
36.4%
|
| 12 | Practices of competitors in the informal sector | 20 |
1.4%
|
| 13 | Tax administration | 7 |
0.5%
|
| 14 | Tax rates | 32 |
2.2%
|
| 15 | Transport | 14 |
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.
Interviewer instructions
Self-explanatory
Others
Notes
Which of the following elements of the business environment, if any, currently represents the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment.