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Investment Climate Survey 2003

Kenya, 2002 - 2003
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KEN_2003_ICS_v01_M_WB
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/xp2t-zk14
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World Bank, Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research and Analysis
Collection(s)
Enterprise Surveys
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May 11, 2011
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Data file: Kenya-2003--full data-1

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Valid: 268
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Start: 371
End: 450
Width: 80
Range: -
Format: character

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Categories
Value Category Cases
ADVANCE IN TECHNOLOGY AND MARKET NEEDS 1
0.4%
ADVANCEMENT 1
0.4%
ADVANCING THE PRODUCTION PROCESS 1
0.4%
ALL MACHINES ARE STILL NEW AND USABLE 1
0.4%
BAD BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 1
0.4%
BAD ECONOMIC SITUATION ESPECIALLY IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY 1
0.4%
BECAUSE OF CHANGE IN ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT. 1
0.4%
BECAUSE OF THE EXPANSION OF THE BUSINESS SINCE JUNE 2000 1
0.4%
BELIEVES THAT THE CURRENT PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PROCESS IS ADEQUATE 1
0.4%
BETTER EFFICIENCY 1
0.4%
BETTER [RODUCT& FASTER SPEED OF PRODUCTION 1
0.4%
BUSINESS DID NOT WARRANT INVESTMENT IN NEW TECHNOLOGY 1
0.4%
BUSINESS IS DULL 1
0.4%
BUSINESS IS VERY LOW 1
0.4%
BUSSINESS HAS GONE DOWN 1
0.4%
CAN NOT AFFORD BECAUSE BUSSINESS IS VERY LOW 1
0.4%
CAPACITY EXPANSION/QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 1
0.4%
CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGY 1
0.4%
COFFEE PRODUCTION IS VERY DEPRESSD. 1
0.4%
COMPETITION 1
0.4%
COMPUTERIZATION FOR INFORMATION. MANAGEMENT INCREASE OUTP 1
0.4%
COPE WITH INCREASING DEMAND FOR HIGH PRODUCTIVITY AND 1
0.4%
COSTLY 1
0.4%
COULD NOT AFFORD 1
0.4%
CREATE AN EDGE OVER COMPETITORS 1
0.4%
DO NOT WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND 1
0.4%
DUE TO CHANGES IN THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM 1
0.4%
DUE TO CHANGES OF RAW MATERIAL 1
0.4%
ECONOMICALLY - NOT THE BEST OF TIMES TO INVEST IN ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY 1
0.4%
EFFECIENCY 1
0.4%
EFFICIENCY 1
0.4%
EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT 1
0.4%
EFFICIENCY IN PRODUCTIVITY 1
0.4%
ENHANCE PRODUCTION 2
0.7%
EXISTING TECHNOLOGY IS ADEQUATE 1
0.4%
EXPANSION 2
0.7%
EXPANSION AND COST SHARING 1
0.4%
EXPANSION COSTS REDUCTIONS 1
0.4%
EXPECTATION OF MORE ORDER 1
0.4%
EXPENSIVE TO ACQUIRE 2
0.7%
FACED A CHALLENGE TO EXPLORE INTO NEW ARES WITH AN AIM OF 1
0.4%
FINANCE LIMITATIONS HAVE NOT ALLOWED THE FIRM TO INVEST NEW TECHNOLOGY. 1
0.4%
FINANCIAL HARDSHIP 1
0.4%
FOR BETTER PRODUCTION PROCESS 1
0.4%
FOR COST EFFECTIVENESS 1
0.4%
FOR COST SAVING PURPOSES 2
0.7%
FOR EFFICIENCY 1
0.4%
FOR EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION AND STREAMLINED OPERATIONS 1
0.4%
FOR EFFICIENT PRODUCTION PRCESSES 1
0.4%
FOR EFFICIENT PRODUCTION PROCESS 1
0.4%
FOR EXPLANATION 1
0.4%
FOR GROWTH 1
0.4%
FOR IMPROVED EFFICIECY 1
0.4%
FOR MODERN TECHNOLOGY 1
0.4%
FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 1
0.4%
GET A NEW PRODUCT 1
0.4%
GOING DOWN & TECHNOLOGY HAS NOT CHANGED 1
0.4%
HAD NO MONEY DUE TO HARD FINANCIAL TIMES 1
0.4%
HAD NO MONEY TO DO SO DUE TO DECLINING ECONOMY 1
0.4%
HANDMADE PRODUCTS BUT COMPUTERIZED 10 YEARS AGO BUT ONLY FOR ACCOUNTS. 1
0.4%
HIGH COST OF PRODUCTION; COMPETITION THE SAME LEVEL WITH COMPETITION. 1
0.4%
IMPROVE COMMUNICATION & COST CUTTING 1
0.4%
IMPROVE IN QUALITY 1
0.4%
IMPROVE INFORMATION 1
0.4%
IMPROVE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION 1
0.4%
IMPROVE PRODUCTION 1
0.4%
IMPROVE PRODUCTION OF WHEAT FLOUR 1
0.4%
IMPROVE PRODUCTION QUALITY & QUANTITY 1
0.4%
IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY 1
0.4%
IMPROVE PRODUCTS QUALITY 1
0.4%
IMPROVE QUALITY 1
0.4%
IMPROVE QUALITY AND QAUNTITY AS WELL AS IMPROVE NEW PRODU 1
0.4%
IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF TECHNOLOGY 1
0.4%
IMPROVE THE PRODUCTION PROCESS REGULARLY 1
0.4%
IMPROVED INEFFIENCY & QUALITY OF PRODUCTS. 1
0.4%
IMPROVEMENT OF PRODUCT QUALITY TECHNOLOGY WAS OLD 1
0.4%
INCREASE CAPACITY OF THE COMPANY 1
0.4%
INCREASE CAPACITY UTILIZATION 1
0.4%
INCREASE EFFICIECY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF THE BUSINESS 1
0.4%
INCREASE EFFICIENCY PRODUCTIVITY AND REDUCE COST OF PRODUCTION 1
0.4%
INCREASE PRODUCT DIVERSIFICATION 1
0.4%
INCREASE PRODUCTION 1
0.4%
INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY 3
1.1%
INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY & QUALITY 1
0.4%
INVESTMENT CLIMATE/COMPETITION FROM IMPORTED GOODS 1
0.4%
INVESTMENT IS NOT VIABLE. 1
0.4%
IPMROVE SERVICES 1
0.4%
IT NECESSIATED BY THE PRODUCTION PROCESS 1
0.4%
IT WAS REQUIRED BY THE MARKET CONDITION 1
0.4%
ITS EXPENSIVE 1
0.4%
JUST COME FROM RECEIVERSHIP UNCERTAINITY 1
0.4%
LACK OF ADEQUATE FINANCE 1
0.4%
LACK OF CAPITAL, WOULD WISH TO HAVE GOOD MACHINES TO PUT THE SILENCERS PROPERLY. 1
0.4%
LACK OF FINANCE 3
1.1%
LACK OF FINANCES 1
0.4%
LACK OF FINANCES DUE TO LOW SALES AND POOR BUSINESS 1
0.4%
LACK OF FUNDS 3
1.1%
LACK OF MONEY 2
0.7%
LACK OF MONEY TO INVEST DUE TO LIMITED MARKET CAUSED BY HIGH LEVEL OF COMPETITIO 1
0.4%
LACK OF MONEY TO UNDERTAKE THE TASK 1
0.4%
LIBERALIZATION 1
0.4%
LIMITATION OF RAW MATERIALS 1
0.4%
LOW BUSSINESS 1
0.4%
LOWER COST OF PRODUCTION 1
0.4%
MAKING WORK EASIER 1
0.4%
MARKET CONDITIONS UNFAVOURABLE 1
0.4%
MARKET SMALL FOR THE LINE OF BUSINESS 1
0.4%
MEET CONSUMER NEEDS 1
0.4%
MEET EXPORT DEMAND MARKET IN EUROPE 1
0.4%
MODERNISE PRODUCTION SYSTEM 1
0.4%
MORDERNIZE SERVICE WORKSHOP 1
0.4%
NECESSIATED BY THE MARKET AND INTRODUCTION OF NEW PRODUCTS 1
0.4%
NEW TECHNOLOGY 1
0.4%
NEW TYPE OF GOODS 1
0.4%
NO BUSINESS 1
0.4%
NO BUSSINESS 1
0.4%
NO CAPACITY FOR EXPANSION TO USE NEW TECHNOLOGY 1
0.4%
NO GROWTH IN BUSINESS 1
0.4%
NO INCENTIVES TO INVEST 1
0.4%
NO INVESTMENT BECAUSE OF FUNDING WHICH IS EXPENSIVE AND NOT VIABLE FOR THE FIRM 1
0.4%
NO MONEY FOR INVESTMENT IN NEW TECHNOLOGY 1
0.4%
NO MUCH PROFIT/LACK OF FINANCE 1
0.4%
NO NEED FOR VAST TECHNOLOGY 1
0.4%
NO NEW WORK ECONOMY DECLINING 1
0.4%
NON-AVALABILITY of PACKAGING MATERIALS LOCALLY 1
0.4%
OLD MACHINES HAS NO SPARE PARTS.(MORE EFFICIENT) 1
0.4%
POOR BUSINESS OPERATING ENVIRONMENT 1
0.4%
POOR BUSSINESS ENVIRONMENT 1
0.4%
POOR ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IN THE ECONOMY 1
0.4%
PROGRESS OF BUSINESS IS NOT AS ANTICIPATED 1
0.4%
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 1
0.4%
RE-INVESTMENT 1
0.4%
REDUCE INPUT ON ENVIRONMENT IN MATERIAL RESOURCE 1
0.4%
REDUCE PRODUCTION COST 1
0.4%
REDUCE THE NUMBER OF WORKERS 1
0.4%
REPLACEMENT OF OLD EQUIPMENT 1
0.4%
SAME PRINCIPLES STILL HOLD 1
0.4%
SAME PRODUCT LINE DIFFERENTIATION 1
0.4%
SAVE FUEL BY RECAPURATION OF WASTE HEAT 1
0.4%
SHRIKING MARKET AND HENCE NO POTENTIAL. 1
0.4%
STREAMLINE OPERATION 1
0.4%
TAKE CARE OF EAST AFRICA COMMUNITY MARKET 1
0.4%
TECHNOLOGY CHANGES TOO FAST 1
0.4%
TEXTILE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN DOING BAD,NO FUTURE CERTAINTY & TECHNOLOGY IS EXPENSIV 1
0.4%
TEXTILESM DUTIES SUSPENDED DUE TO ILLEGAL IMPORTATION OF FABRICS SECOND HAND GA 1
0.4%
THE BUSINESS IS DOWN 1
0.4%
THE COMPANY IS NEW 1
0.4%
THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY IS ADEQUATE 1
0.4%
THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY IS RELATIVELY NEW & ADEQUATE 1
0.4%
THE ECONOMY HAS BEEN VERY POOR FOR ANY INVESMENT 1
0.4%
THE EXISTING TECHNOLOGY IS ADEQUATE 1
0.4%
THE FIRM IS ONLY ONE MONTH OLD,USING THE SOME TECHNOLOGY IT HAD BEFORE CLOSING D 1
0.4%
THE FIRM STARTED OPRATION ON YEAR 2002 1
0.4%
THE NATURE OF WORK NEEDS HUMAN SKILLS 1
0.4%
THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THE COMPANY FOR FUTURE 1
0.4%
THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM HAS BEEN EFFICIENT WITH EXISTING TECHNOLOGY 1
0.4%
THEIR PRODUCTS HAVE NOT CHANGED TO THE EXTENT THAT REQUIRE NEW TECHNOLOGY 1
0.4%
THERE HAS BE NO GROWTH IN FACTORY DUE TO POOR STATUS OF THE ECONOMY. 1
0.4%
THERE IS NO BUSINESS, INVESTMENT CANNOT BE SUSTAINED 1
0.4%
THERE IS NO WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY IN WOOD SECTOR DUE TO CLOSURE OF FORESTS 1
0.4%
THEY ARE EXPENSIVE 1
0.4%
TO ACHIEVE BETTER QUALITY 1
0.4%
TO ACHIEVE HIGHER CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND LEVERAGE ON BREAK-AWAY 1
0.4%
TO ALLOW NEW PACKAGING PRODUCTS 1
0.4%
TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN INDUSTRY THEREFORE NEED TO UPDATE. 1
0.4%
TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN THE MARKET 1
0.4%
TO BE ABLE TO COPE WITH THE HIGH LEVEL OF COMPETITION 1
0.4%
TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP NEW PRODUCTS 1
0.4%
TO BE COMPETITIVE 1
0.4%
TO BE THE MARKET LEADER 1
0.4%
TO BETTER MANAGE THE BUSSINESS 1
0.4%
TO COMPETE IN THE MARKET 1
0.4%
TO CONFORM WITH ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY, TO PRODUCE HIGH 1
0.4%
TO COPE WITH CHANGES IN THE INDUSTRY 1
0.4%
TO ENHANCE BETTER BUSINESS PROCESS & QUALITY OF INFORMATION FOR BETTER DECISION 1
0.4%
TO ENHANCE EFFECIENCY 1
0.4%
TO ENHANCE EFFICIENCY 2
0.7%
TO ENHANCE EFFICIENCY & IMPROVE ON QUALITY 1
0.4%
TO ENHANCE PRODUCTION AND QUALITY 1
0.4%
TO EXPAND PRODUCTION 1
0.4%
TO HAVE A NEW VENTURE 1
0.4%
TO IMPORT PRODUCTIVE PROCESS 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY 7
2.6%
TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND COMPETETIVENESS IN SERVICE DELIEVERY 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY IN PRODUCTION. HIGH SPEED MACHINE 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY, COST CONTROL 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE MANUFACTURING AND LOWER COST. 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE ON EFFICIENCY 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE OUR PRODUCTS 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE PACKAGING 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE PRODUCT QUALITY 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY & REMAIN AHEAD OF DEVELOPMENT 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE QUALITY 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE QUALITY & PRODUCTIVITY 2
0.7%
TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF PRODUCTS & PRODUCTIVITY 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE THE INFRASTRUCTURAL AND OTHER FACILITIES IN THE ESTABLISHMENT 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTION 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTION PROCESS 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTION PROCESSES 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM 1
0.4%
TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF PRODUCTION 1
0.4%
TO INCREASE CAPACITY AND ENHANCE QUALITY 1
0.4%
TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY 1
0.4%
TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCT QUALITY 1
0.4%
TO INCREASE EFFICIENY 1
0.4%
TO INCREASE PRODUCTION TO SATISFY MARKET 1
0.4%
TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY 2
0.7%
TO INCREASE THE QUALITY OF THE PAPER USED FOR PACKAGING 1
0.4%
TO INTRODUCE NEW PRODUCTS 1
0.4%
TO IPMROVE ON THE EFFIENCY OF MACHINES. 1
0.4%
TO IPROVE HIS PRODUCTS IN TERM OF STANDARD 1
0.4%
TO KEEP PACE WITH THE MARKET DEMAND 1
0.4%
TO KEEP THE PRODUCTION PROCESS EFFICIENT 1
0.4%
TO KEEP UP THE CUSTOMERS EXPECTATIONS 1
0.4%
TO KEEP UP WITH MODERN WAY OF BUSSINESS. 1
0.4%
TO KEEP UP WITH TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT 1
0.4%
TO KEEP UP WITH THE MARKET 2
0.7%
TO KEEP UP WITH THE MARKET DEMAND 1
0.4%
TO KEEP UP WITH THE QUALITY OF PRODUCTS 1
0.4%
TO LOWER COST OF PRODUCTION 1
0.4%
TO MAINTAIN MARKET LEADERSHIP 1
0.4%
TO MAINTAIN THE MARKET LEADERSHIP IN SOFT DRINKS IN KENYA 1
0.4%
TO MAKE THE PRODUCTION PROCESS MORE EFFICIENT 1
0.4%
TO MAKE THE WORK EASIER 1
0.4%
TO MANUFACTURE NEW PRODUCTS 1
0.4%
TO MEET CONSUMER DEMANDS 1
0.4%
TO MEET INTERNATIONAL QUALITY STANDARDS & CHANGING CONSUMER NEEDS. 1
0.4%
TO MEET THE RAPIDLY CHANGING DEMAND 1
0.4%
TO PERFECT THE OPERATION 1
0.4%
TO PERFECT THE PRODUCT PROCESS 1
0.4%
TO PRODUCE QUALITY PRODUCTS 1
0.4%
TO REMAIN COMPETATIVE 1
0.4%
TO SATISFY THE BROWN SUGAR MARKET 1
0.4%
TO SAVE ENERGY HENCE REDUCE COST & INCREASE PRODUCTION 1
0.4%
TOM IMPROVE BUSSINESS 1
0.4%
TOM KEEPABREAST WITH LATEST TECHNOLOGY 1
0.4%
TYPE OF BUSINESS DOES NOT REQUIRE NEW TECHNOLOGY 1
0.4%
UNCERTAINITY ABOUT FUTURE 1
0.4%
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT POLITICAL TRANSITION 1
0.4%
UPGRADE LABORATORY 1
0.4%
UPGRADE OLD MACHINERY & IMPROVE EFFICIENCY 1
0.4%
UPGRADE PRODUCTION 1
0.4%
USE OF COMPUTERS TO IMPROVE ON QUALITY 1
0.4%
WAS NOT NECESSARY 1
0.4%
WATER CONSERVATION 1
0.4%
WEAK DEMAND 1
0.4%
WORK IMPROVEMENT, QUALITY IMPROVEMENT 1
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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