Informal Sector Enterprise Survey 2024
Cambodia, 2024
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KHM_2024_ISES_v01_M
Informal Sector Enterprise Survey 2024
ISES 2024
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Cambodia | KHM |
Enterprise Survey [en/oth]
The Informal Sector Enterprise Surveys are products of the Enterprise Analysis Unit that measures the characteristics and activities of unregistered businesses. These informal businesses are everywhere in the world, though they are almost always missing from official records, listings of active businesses, or business-level surveys. The Informal Sector Enterprise Surveys are rigorous surveys that use an adaptive, geographically based sampling method to fill this data gap.
The 2024 Cambodia Informal Sector Enterprise Survey was conducted by the World Bank Group's (WBG) Enterprise Analysis Unit (DECEA) in four Cambodian cities: Battambang, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, and Sihanoukville. Mekong Economics Ltd served as the main contractor, with MRTS Consulting as the local sub-contractor. The data collection took place from July to October 2024.
The primary objectives of the Informal Sector Enterprise Surveys are to: i) understand demographics of the informal sector in the covered cities, ii) describe the environment within which these businesses operate, and iii) enable data analysis based on the samples that are representative at each city level.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Informal business
Scope
The 2024 Cambodia Informal Sector Enterprise Survey covered the following topics:
- Listing
- General information of a business
- Location and infrastructure
- Sales and supplies
- Business practices
- Finance
- Labor
- Registration
- Assets
Coverage
Four Cambodian cities: Battambang, Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville.
For the 2024 Informal Sector Enterprise Survey in cities in Cambodia, a business is considered informal if it is not registered with the Ministry of Commerce's Business Registration Department or has no tax id. Thus, the universe of the survey includes all businesses that meet the above definition of informality, including all sectors of activity of any size. The universe excludes, however, any illicit or illegal activity.
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| World Bank Group (WBG) |
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| World Bank Group | WBG |
Sampling
A challenge to conducting a representative survey of informal sector businesses is the lack of a proper sampling frame since these businesses are not registered and, therefore, they are almost always absent from official registries or any other potential sampling frame. The Informal Sector Enterprise Surveys follow an area-based sampling methodology. Each city is overlayed with a spatial grid, dividing the area into squares of equal size. In the case of the 2024 Informal Sector Enterprise Surveys in cities in Cambodia these squares are measured [150 meters by 150 meters]. This spatial grid is prepared using a GIS software. Often, the boundaries of the city match a set of administrative boundaries. Nevertheless, when appropriate, a wider urban area (possibly outside of administrative boundaries) is used to best capture the extent of informal business activity in an area. The resulting map is reviewed and approved by the relevant WBG Task Team Leader (TTL) in consultation with the implementing contractor.
Note: Detailed sampling methodology can be found on the Enterprise Surveys website under the Informal Businesses section, Methodology page (https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/en/informal-businesses/methodology).
To estimate population parameters, weights are applied to survey samples. In survey designs following standard SRS, the selection probability of all units is known before the actual data collection. Hence, weights can be derived as the inverse of the probability of selection. A similar process is followed for ACS, with the probability of selection (within stratum) adjusted to account for the adaptive selection process.
Note: Refer to Sampling Weight section in "The Informal Sector Enterprise Surveys in Cities in Cambodia, 2024" document for further details on sampling weights.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2024-07 | 2024-10 |
- Computer Assisted Personal Interview [capi]
This survey was fully implemented using the World Banks’ Survey Solutions CAPI software. The selection for interviews was conducted in the field and in real time, via a random algorithm programmed in the CAPI so that enumerators do not have control over who gets selected. A detailed monitoring protocol was put in place during the data collection to ensure the integrity of the fieldwork and methodology. In addition to supervision through assigned supervisors, every enumerator records his/her path using a tracking software (Oruxmaps) installed on all CAPI tablets. Enumerators submit captured paths to a centralized server at the end of the enumeration of every block. This tracking path is checked to ensure that enumerators have fully covered the block assigned to them. This quality check was done at high frequency. In cases where the tracking path indicated a lower than acceptable level of effort in listing informal business, the enumerator was asked to re-survey the block.
Data Access
The use of this dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the identification of the Primary Investigator (including country name)
- the full title of the survey and its acronym (when available), and the year(s) of implementation
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download (for datasets disseminated online).
Example:
The World Bank Group. Cambodia - Informal Sector Enterprise Survey (ISES) 2024, Ref. KHM_2024_ISES_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/en/data on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
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.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Analysis Unit | World Bank Group | enterprisesurveys@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_KHM_2024_ISES_v01_M_WB
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | DECDG | World Bank | Documentation of the survey |
2024-12-10
Metadata version
Version 01 (December 2024)
2024-12-10