Enterprise Surveys : Central African Republic Country Profile 2011
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 enviro...
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/235441468223171002/Enterprise-surveys-Central-African-Republic-country-profile-2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27793 |
| Summary: | 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 sample is consistently defined in all countries
and includes the entire manufacturing sector, the services
sector, and the transportation and construction sectors.
Public utilities, government services, health care, and
financial services sectors are not included in the sample.
The enterprise surveys collect a wide array of qualitative
and quantitative information through face to face interviews
with firm managers and owners regarding the business
environment in their countries and the productivity of their
firms. 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 qualitative and quantitative data
collected through the surveys connect a country's
business environment characteristics with firm productivity
and performance. 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's performance. |
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