Enterprise Survey 2003-2006-2010-2017, Panel Data

Ecuador, 2003 - 2017
Enterprise Surveys

World Bank

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Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation Of This Establishment (_2010_2017_m1a)

Data file: Ecuador_2003_2006_2010_2017

Overview

Valid: 727

Invalid: 1111

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 2

Range: -9 - 15

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

By looking at options on the tablet 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
- Biggest obstacle

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know (spontaneous)	1	0.1%
-7	Does not apply	1	0.1%
1	Access to finance	77	10.6%
2	Access to land	8	1.1%
3	Business licensing and permits	31	4.3%
4	Corruption	44	6.1%
5	Courts	7	1%
6	Crime, theft and disorder	23	3.2%
7	Customs and trade regulations	54	7.4%
8	Electricity	14	1.9%
9	Inadequately educated workforce	44	6.1%
10	Labor regulations	47	6.5%
11	Political instability	159	21.9%
12	Practices of competitors in the informal sector	115	15.8%
13	Tax administration	36	5%
14	Tax rates	55	7.6%
15	Transport	11	1.5%
Sysmiss		1111

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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The manager should be given a card with the different alternatives for "degree of obstacle" (from 0 to 4).
Sensitive question, no clarification can be offered

Question pretext

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