Informal Sector Business Survey 2019

Lao PDR, 2019

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Reference ID

LAO_2019_ISBS_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/qhms-9x83

Producer(s)

World Bank Group (WBG)

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys

Metadata

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Jan 09, 2020

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Jan 09, 2020

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Main Reason the Business Is Not Registered (r3)

Data file: laoinformal_2019_full_data_long_form

Overview

Valid: 361

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 445

End: 446

Width: 2

Range: -9 - 6

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

R.3 By looking at the list of reasons why this business is not registered with the Department of Enterprise Registration, please tell me which one, if any, currently represents the main reason.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know (spontaneous)	3	0.8%
1	Because of time, fees, and paper work required to complete registration	81	22.4%
2	Because of the taxes that need to be paid if registered	24	6.6%
3	Because of the inspections and meetings with government officials that would take place if registered	6	1.7%
4	Because of the bribes registered businesses need to pay	0	0%
5	Because there is no benefit for my business or activity from being registered	196	54.3%
6	Because of lack of information about the process of registration, including where to register	51	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.

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