Micro-Enterprise Survey 2013

Congo, Dem. Rep., 2013 - 2014

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Reference ID

COD_2013_MS_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/2ncv-7b54

Producer(s)

World Bank

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Jul 11, 2014

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Jul 11, 2014

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Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation Of This Establishment (m1a)

Data file: drc_micro_2013_full_data

Overview

Valid: 412

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 786

End: 787

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 (DO NOT READ OUT)

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	DK	3	0.7%
-7	NA	0	0%
1	Access to finance	79	19.2%
2	Access to land	16	3.9%
3	Business licensing and permits	1	0.2%
4	Corruption	37	9%
5	Courts	1	0.2%
6	Crime, theft and disorder	18	4.4%
7	Customs and trade regulations	16	3.9%
8	Electricity	78	18.9%
9	Inadequately educated workforce	12	2.9%
10	Labor regulations	2	0.5%
11	Political instability	54	13.1%
12	Practices of competitors in the informal sector	40	9.7%
13	Tax administration	35	8.5%
14	Tax rates	20	4.9%
15	Transport	0	0%

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

INTERVIEWER: ONE ANSWER ONLY

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