Enterprise Survey 2009
Syrian Arab Republic, 2009
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SYR_2009_ES_v01_M_WB
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Syria-2009--full
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interviewer's comments 3 (a16c)
Data file: Syria-2009--full data-
Overview
Valid:
121
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Start:
1912
End:
1976
Width:
65
Format:
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| (TIGGER economies)competition.informal payment are burden | |
| (export limitation) | |
| -8 for the sales & inputs figures inaccurate figures | |
| 2- no real support is beeing held by the goverment | |
| A transparent judicial system is an incentive for new investments | |
| Againest syria. | |
| Agricultural infrastructure needs more investment | |
| Arbitrage is needed. | |
| Are main constraints to development as well as investment | |
| Based on commission | |
| Big obstacle | |
| Bio-fuel is an alternative to the scarce & expensive resourc | |
| Car rental laws are unfair | |
| Collateral. | |
| Company activities stopped in2008 (Q38) | |
| Company's revenue rely on exports to EU markets not local | |
| Cooperative interviewee | |
| Customs clearance needs crucial adjustment | |
| Dealing with violations in military courts is bad, there sho | |
| Deceased employees were not covered by social security | |
| Develop the labor law to protect the employer's rights | |
| Difficult access to finance | |
| Difficult access to land | |
| Difficulty in finding skilled & educated labor | |
| Discourages enterprises to move there | |
| Employees drop from social security by will | |
| Expecting sales drop down because of the financial crisis | |
| Expensive lands & unstable regulations | |
| Exports | |
| Flexibilty to hire foreign labor is needed | |
| For businesses to adjust and act accordingly | |
| For imports (lack of knowledge at tax administration level) | |
| Frequent electricity outages | |
| Good labor law in the Travel & tourism sector | |
| Gov paper work | |
| Governmental services should be automated | |
| Gulf countries | |
| Hardly by the illegal competition | |
| Hassia lacks road maintenance | |
| He was not cooperative | |
| High delays in gov. Services (bids evaluation,payments) | |
| High electricity overheads | |
| High informal payments for municipality&taxes in some cases | |
| High interest on loans .inaccurate figure in producitvity | |
| His expansion is hindered by a lack of funds | |
| IR must be reduced to facilitate access to finance | |
| Ian products | |
| Illegal competition is very strong because | |
| Illegal gifts and payments are normal because of the | |
| Import&custom clearance are major obstacles | |
| Imports of Chinese products must be highly examined | |
| Improve the internet | |
| Increase in oil prices had - impact on business | |
| Increasing overheads are a major obstacle to industrial | |
| Informal payment are strictly forbidden according to | |
| Informal payments for public establishments | |
| Internet debit is weak and it's a burden rather than a | |
| Internet debit&high overheads are main constraints | |
| Iqama laws are another obstacle | |
| Judicial system must protect the seller from the | |
| Labor law is a disincentive to employers | |
| Lack of medical insurance | |
| Late payments in Aleppo market happen frequently | |
| Laws, we industrialists are trying hard to develop & | |
| Ling, skilled labor is difficult to train & habilitate | |
| Low internet debit | |
| Low quality of Educational system&Tax administration | |
| Low quality of input from eygpt&china.tax admin system is | |
| Ly in lobbying, electricity outage is a major obstacle & | |
| Making people more aware of their business environment | |
| Manufacturing firms should benefit from 24/7 electricity | |
| Members of chamber of commerce use their position for their | |
| Monopoly for some projects still exists | |
| More monitoring is required on gov staff | |
| Must be supported by a market study &export promotion agency | |
| No accuracy in figures provided by interviewee | |
| No linking between academia & work | |
| No quality control for exported products | |
| No respect for the importance of the national product | |
| No water supply services from the goverment | |
| Of 2009 | |
| Of high overheads | |
| Opertaing/building licenses for manufacturing firms take forever | |
| Payroll purpose- given their turnover & high employment | |
| Poor financial &human resources at the chamber of industry | |
| Poor judicial system | |
| Poor quality of Judicial system & infrastructure (elec) | |
| Problems with customs when exporting | |
| Progress world wide,inadequate copying of western | |
| Provision of estimate figures | |
| Public private Investments are needed in the field of electricity | |
| Q59e,q85,q86 interviewee doesn't know the answer | |
| Raising wages will improve the economic situation | |
| Security pressures should be reduced along with the routines | |
| Set prices so high | |
| Sheikh Najar area in Aleppo is suitable for new investments | |
| Social Security law does not conform with ILO standards | |
| Social security&labor law must be revised | |
| Tax Collection transparency is highly doubted | |
| Telecommunication is very costy | |
| That are supporting industrial establishments | |
| The banking method of dealing with the companies | |
| The compensation for the employees he declares only | |
| The previous investment law is better than the new one. | |
| There are no laws for late payments | |
| There are no training centers for tourism in Syria | |
| There is a lack of awareness between obligations & rights | |
| There should be tax-free vans and transportation | |
| To be prepared for investing .or sometimes there's no | |
| To the study findings | |
| Transportation costs to Hassia are very high | |
| Turkish poducts will take a share of the local market | |
| Unskilled employees in government for the transactions | |
| Unstability of import customs and laws | |
| Unstable laws | |
| Unstable&unmotivated workforce | |
| Unsuitable laws®ulations for the majority | |
| Water services | |
| We need to renew some laws®ulations.Limited banking services | |
| We need to renew some laws, develop employees' mindset | |
| Y they hinder expanding and exporting |
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.