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Global Investment Competitiveness Survey 2017

Armenia, Australia, Austria...and 81 more, 2017
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Reference ID
WLD_2017_GICS_v01_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/7297-sp94
Producer(s)
Peter Kusek, Andrea Silva
Collection(s)
Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Apr 19, 2018
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Oct 26, 2023
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Q10. How important: Ease of obtaining government approvals to start a business a (Q10_1)

Data file: gicphonesurvey

Overview

Valid: 754
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 342
End: 343
Width: 2
Range: -9 - 4
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
The next set of factors are about investment rules and policies in developing countries. Please rate their importance to your company using the same scale from 1 to 4 where 1 means “not at all important” and 4 means “critically important” or “deal breaker”.
- Ease of obtaining government approvals to start a business and to own all equity in the company
Categories
Value Category Cases
-9 Don't know 11
1.5%
1 Not at all important 34
4.5%
2 Somewhat important 133
17.6%
3 Important 307
40.7%
4 Critically important 269
35.7%
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
READ OUT - ONE ANSWER PER ROW - RANDOMIZE ORDER
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