Enterprise Surveys

The enterprise surveys focus on the many factors that shape the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether a country will prosper or not. An accommodating business environment is one that encourages firms to operate efficiently. Such conditions strengthen incentives for firms to innovate and to increase productivity-key factors for sustainable development. A more productive private sector, in turn, expands employment and contributes taxes necessary for public investment in health, education, and other services. In contrast, a poor business environment increases the obstacles to conducting business activities and decreases a country's prospects for reaching its potential in terms of employment, production, and welfare. The enterprise surveys are conducted by the World Bank and its partners across all geographic regions and cover small, medium, and large companies. The surveys are administered to a representative sample of firms in the non-agricultural formal private economy. The topics covered in enterprise surveys include infrastructure, trade, finance, regulations, taxes and business licensing, corruption, crime and informality, finance, innovation, labor, and perceptions about obstacles to doing business. The enterprise survey is useful for both policymakers and researchers. The surveys are repeated over time to track changes and benchmark the effects of reforms on firm performance.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: World Bank, International Finance Corporation
Format: Survey biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2011
Subjects:ACCESS TO FINANCE, BANK LOANS, BARRIERS TO ENTRY, BRIBE, BRIBES, BUSINESS ACTIVITIES, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS, BUSINESSES, CERTIFICATES, COLLATERAL, COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES, COMPANY, COMPETITIVENESS, COPYRIGHT, CORPORATION, CORRUPTION, CUSTOMS, DEPOSIT, DEPOSIT MOBILIZATION, DEPOSITS, E-MAIL, ELECTRICITY, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYMENT, ENTERPRISE SURVEY, ENTERPRISE SURVEYS, ENTREPRENEURS, EXTERNAL FINANCING, FINANCIAL BURDEN, FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL SERVICES, FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, FIRM SIZE, FIRMS, FOREIGN TRADE, GENDER, GEOGRAPHIC REGION, GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS, GOVERNMENT CONTRACT, GOVERNMENT REGULATION, GOVERNMENT SERVICES, HEALTH CARE, ICT, INCOME GROUP, INNOVATION, INSPECTIONS, INTERNAL FINANCE, INTERNAL FUNDS, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, LENDERS, LICENSE, LICENSES, LICENSING, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS, LOAN, LOAN AMOUNT, MANUFACTURING, MATERIAL, MICRO ENTERPRISES, MULTINATIONAL, MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS, OPEN MARKETS, OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY, PAYMENT SERVICES, PRIVATE FIRM, PRIVATE FIRMS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCTIVITY, PROFITABILITY, PROPRIETORSHIP, PROPRIETORSHIPS, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC UTILITIES, RESULT, SAVINGS, SAVINGS ACCOUNT, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, SMALL FIRMS, SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS, SUPPLIERS, TAXATION, TELEPHONE, TELEPHONE CONNECTION, TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS, TRADE CREDIT, UNFAIR COMPETITION, USES, WATER SHORTAGES, WATER SUPPLY, WORKING CAPITAL,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/647031468182646596/Enterprise-surveys-Iraq-country-profile-2011
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27408
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