Informal Business Sector Survey 2016

Zimbabwe, 2017

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Reference ID

ZWE_2017_ISBS_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/hapf-ez57

Producer(s)

World Bank Group (WBG)

Collection(s)

Enterprise Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Feb 05, 2020

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Biggest obstacle to buisness (m1a)

Data file: zimbabweinformal_2017_full_data_long_form.dta

Overview

Valid: 515

Invalid: -

Minimum: -9

Maximum: 8

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 478

End: 479

Width: 2

Range: -9 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

M.1. Which of the following elements of the business environment, if any, currently represents the biggest obstacle faced by this business or activity.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know (spontaneous)	7	1.4%
-7	Does not apply	21	4.1%
1	Limited access to finance or loans	385	74.8%
2	Limited access to land	28	5.4%
3	Corruption	47	9.1%
4	Crime	6	1.2%
5	Problems with the electricity supply	6	1.2%
6	Problems with the water supply	2	0.4%
7	Limited access to technology	11	2.1%
8	Inadequately educated workforce (including the owner)	2	0.4%

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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