Enterprise Survey 2018
Lao PDR, 2018
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Reference ID
LAO_2018_ES_v01_M
Producer(s)
World Bank Group (WBG)
Collection(s)
Metadata
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Jan 22, 2020
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Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation of This Establishment (m1a)
Data file: lao_pdr_2018_full_data
Overview
Valid:
332
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
2233
End:
2234
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 15
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
M.1 By looking at the list of elements of the business environment can you tell me which one, if any, currently represents the biggest obstacle faced by this establishment
- Biggest obstacle
- Biggest obstacle
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know (spontaneous) | 0 |
0%
|
| -7 | Does not apply | 0 |
0%
|
| 1 | Access to finance | 88 |
26.5%
|
| 2 | Access to land | 5 |
1.5%
|
| 3 | Business licensing and permits | 6 |
1.8%
|
| 4 | Corruption | 4 |
1.2%
|
| 5 | Courts | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | Crime, theft and disorder | 5 |
1.5%
|
| 7 | Customs and trade regulations | 21 |
6.3%
|
| 8 | Electricity | 33 |
9.9%
|
| 9 | Inadequately educated workforce | 40 |
12%
|
| 10 | Labor regulations | 2 |
0.6%
|
| 11 | Political instability | 10 |
3%
|
| 12 | Practices of competitors in the informal sector | 57 |
17.2%
|
| 13 | Tax administration | 6 |
1.8%
|
| 14 | Tax rates | 34 |
10.2%
|
| 15 | Transport | 21 |
6.3%
|
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.