Investment Climate Survey 2004

The study was conducted using stratified random sampling. About 20 percent of the firms surveyed were located inside of the capital city, Georgetown, with the remaining 80 percent located outside of the capital. The Guyana ICS sample was drawn from six sectors - food, wood, garments, textiles, chemicals and mining and quarrying. Of the firms covered in the survey, 69 percent are non-exporters and 91 percent of the firms are domestically owned. After determining the sample size at the sector level, the sample was stratified by location, size range, capacity and quality control. The final sample includes micro and small (46 percent of the sample), medium (36 percent), and large firms (18 percent). The following classification for firm size by number of full-time workers was used: large (50+ workers); medium (15-49), small and micro (<15).