{"doc_desc":{"title":"LBN_2009_PICS_v01_M_WB","idno":"DDI_LBN_2009_PICS_v01_M_WB","producers":[{"name":"Antonina Redko","abbreviation":"","affiliation":"","role":""}],"version_statement":{"version":"Version 01"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"LBN_2009_PICS_v01_M_WB","title":"Productivity of the Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey 2009","alt_title":"PICS 2009"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"World Bank","affiliation":""}],"production_statement":{"funding_agencies":[{"name":"World Bank","abbreviation":"","role":""}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"","affiliation":"","email":"enterprisesurveys@worldbank.org ","uri":""}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Enterprise Survey [en\/oth]"},"study_info":{"abstract":"This research was conducted in Lebanon in 2009. Data from 382 establishments were analyzed. The survey covered businesses working in following sectors: food and beverage (57 firms), textile and clothing (40 establishments), furniture (43 companies), construction (47 firms), trade (77 establishments), and services (118 firms). \n\nThe Productivity of the Investment Climate Private Enterprise Surveys (PICS) were conducted by the World Bank and its partners across all geographic regions and covered firms of all sizes in many industries. The PICS collected a wide array of qualitative and quantitative information through face-to-face interviews with managers and owners regarding the investment climate in their country and the productivity of their firms. Topics covered in the PICS included the obstacles to doing business, infrastructure, finance, labor, corruption and regulation, contract enforcement, law and order, innovation and technology, and firm productivity. Taken together, the qualitative and quantitative data helped connect a country\u2019s investment climate characteristics with firm productivity and performance.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2009","end":"2009","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"Lebanon","abbreviation":"LBN"}],"geog_coverage":"National","data_kind":"Sample survey data [ssd]"},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"InfoPro Research","abbreviation":"","affiliation":""}],"coll_mode":"Face-to-face [f2f]","research_instrument":"The current survey instrument is available:\n- Productivity of the Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey Questionnaire."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"conf_dec":[{"txt":"Confidentiality of the survey respondents and the sensitive information they provide is necessary to ensure the greatest degree of survey participation, integrity and confidence in the quality of the data. Surveys are usually carried out in cooperation with business organizations and government agencies promoting job creation and economic growth, but confidentiality is never compromised.","required":"yes","form_no":"","uri":""}],"cit_req":"Where necessary please site the source as \"Enterprise Analysis Unit - World Bank Group https:\/\/www.enterprisesurveys.org\"","conditions":"Firm-level data is available to the public free-of-charge. In order to access the data, users must agree to abide by a strict confidentiality agreement available through Enterprise Analysis Unit website by clicking on \"External users register here\" at https:\/\/www.enterprisesurveys.org\/Portal","disclaimer":"The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses."}}},"schematype":"survey","tags":[{"tag":"DOI"}]}