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World Bank Enterprise Survey 2023

Central African Republic, 2023
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Data file: Central-African-Republic-2023-full-data.dta

Central African Republic 2023 World Bank Enterprise Survey full data

Cases: 151
Variables: 424

Variables

idstd
WEB STD FIRMID
id
Firm ID
a4a
Industry Sampling Sector
a6a
Sampling Size
a2
Sampling Region
a1c
Sample Frame Level
competition_select
Random selection for market competition question
tax_select
Random selection for market tax compliance question
vat_apply
Random selection for market tax compliance question
a4b_v4
Industry Screener Sector
a4b
Industry Screener Sector - ISIC (Rev. 3.1) Code
a0
Questionnaire
a3a
Region of The Establishment
a6b
Screener Size, Categorical
a6c
Screener Size
a7
Establishment part of a multi-establishment Firm?
panel
Panel Code
a1a
Language of The Interview
a14d
Day
a14m
Month
a14y
Year
a14h
Hour
a14min
Minutes
ic1
Informed Consent
a20y
Close Year of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
a20m
Close Month of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
a20d
Close Day of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
a1
Country Code
a12
Interviewer Number
a7a
Number of Establishments In The Firm
a7b
Is This Establishment The Headquarters Location?
a11
If Hq, Financial Statements Independent of The Rest of Establishment
a7c
Does This Headquarters Location Engage In Production or Sales At This Location?
a9
Establishment'S Financial Statements Prepared Separately From Hq Statements
b1
Legal Status of The Firm
b1x
Other (Specify)
b3
What Percentage of This Firm Does The Largest Owner(S) Own?
b3a
Is the largest owner also the top manager
b2a
% Owned By Private Domestic Individuals, Companies or organizations
b2b
% Owned By Private Foreign Individuals, Companies or organizations
b2c
% Owned By Government/State
b2d
% Owned By Other
b4
Amongst The Owners of The Firm, Are There Any Females?
b4a
% of The Firm Owned By Females
b5
Year Establishment Began Operations
b6
Number of Full-Time Employees of The Establishment When It Started Operations
b6b
In What Year Was This Establishment Formally Registered?
b7
How Many Years of Experience Working In This Sector Does The Top Manager Have?
b7a
Is The Top Manager Female?
b8
Does Establishment Have An Internationally-Recognized Quality Certification?
b8x
Specify The Internationally-Recognized Quality Certifications
CARb1
Is this establishment a member of or part of any organized association such as a
CARb2
Does this establishment pay dues or fees to any of these organized associations?
CARb3
What is the main benefit that this establishment gains from participating in thi
c3
Application To Obtain An Electrical Connection Submitted Over The Last 2 Years
c4
How Many Days Did It Take For You To Receive An Electrical Connection Service?
c5
Informal Gift/Payment Expected or Requested For An Electrical Connection?
c31
Cost to obtain electrical connection
c32
In a typical month, how many kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity does this estab
c6
Over Last FY, Did This Establishment Experience Power Outages?
c7
Number of Power Outages Experienced In A Typical Month In Last Fiscal Year
c8a
Average Duration of Power Outages: Hours
c8b
Average Duration of Power Outages: Minutes
c9a
In Last FY, Losses As % of Annual Sales Due To Power Outages
c9b
In Last FY, Value of Losses Due To Power Outages
c10
Generator Shared or Owned Over The Course of Last Fiscal Year?
c11
% Electricity From Generator Owned/Shared By The Establishment In Last FY
c12
Application To Obtain A Water Connection Submitted Over The Last 2 Years
c13
How Many Days Did It Take For You To Obtain A Water Connection?
c14
When You Applied For A Water Connection, Was An Informal Gift/Payment Requested?
c33
Cost to obtain water connection
c34
Water consumption in a typical month
c34b
Unit measure of answer to BEEc2b
c34bx
Other (Specify)
c35a
In Last FY, Losses As % of Annual Sales Due To Water Shortages
c35b
In Last FY, Value of Losses Due To Water Shortages
c15
Did You Experience Insufficient Water Supply For Production In Last FY?
c16
Frequency of Incidents of Water Shortages In A Typical Month In Last FY
c17
Average Length of Water Shortages (Affecting Production) In Last Fiscal Year
c22b
Establishment Has Its Own Website
c36
Application To Obtain Fixed Broadband Internet Connection Over The Last 2 Years
c37
How Many Days Did It Take For You To Obtain Internet Connection?
c38
Cost to obtain Internet connection
c39
Did You Experience Internet Disruptions In Last FY?
c40a
Average Length of Internet Disruptions: Hours
c40b
Average Length of Internet Disruptions: Minutes
c41a
In Last FY, Losses As % of Annual Sales Due To Internet Disruptions
c41b
In Last FY, Value of Losses Due To Internet Disruptions
c30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Electricity To Operations of This Establishment?
d1a1a
Establishment'S Main Product/Service Last FY
d1a1x
Main Product/Service (By The Largest % of Annual Sales) In Last Fiscal Year
d1a6a
Total number of hotel rooms in the last FY
d1a6b
Total areas of rooms in the last FY
d1a6c
Specify units
d1a3
Main Product/Service: Percent of Total Annual Sales
d2
In Last Fiscal Year, What Were This Establishment’S Total Annual Sales?
d2x
Please Also Write Out The Number
CARd1
In last FY, percentage of total sales were conducted online
d2a1
What were the establishment's sales 2 years ago?
d2a1x
Please Also Write Out The Number
n3
What were the establishment's sales 3 years ago?
d3a
% of Sales: National Sales
d3b
% O Sales: Indirect Exports
d3c
% of Sales: Direct Exports
d31x
Main destination of exports
d32
Main point of exit
d4a
In Last FY, Avg. Num. of Days For Exported Goods To Clear Customs?
d4b
If less than a day, total hours for exported goods to clear customs
d5a
In Clearing Exports Through Customs,Informal Gift/Payment Expected or Requested?
d33a
In Last FY, Avg. Num. of Days For Exported Goods To Clear all border control age
d33b
If less than a day, total hours for exported goods to clear all border control a
d34
FCA costs to comply with all export requirements (% of value of goods exported)
d35
Any exports shipped by main parcel?
d36a
In Last FY, Avg. Num. of Days For Exported Goods To Clear all border control age
d36b
If less than a day, total hours for exported goods to clear all border control a
d37
Average cost of digital exports (% of value of goods)
d8
In What Year Did This Establishment First Export Directly or Indirectly?
d10
In last FY, % of the value of products shipped to supply domestic markets was lo
d11
In last FY, % of the value of products shipped to supply domestic markets was lo
CARd2
In last FY, percentage of the total purchase of inputs, raw materials and mercha
d12a
% of Material Inputs And Supplies of Domestic origin In Last Fiscal Year
d12b
% of Material Inputs And Supplies of Foreign origin In Last Fiscal Year
d13
Were Any of These Material Inputs And Supplies Imported Directly?
d38x
Main origin of imports
d39
Main point of entry
d14a
Avg. Num. of Days For Imported Goods To Clear Customs In Last Fiscal Year
d14b
If less than a day, total hours for imported goods to clear customs
d15a
In Clearing Imports Through Customs,Informal Gift/Payment Expected or Requested?
d40a
In Last FY, Avg. Num. of Days For Imported Goods To Clear all border control age
d40b
If less than a day, total hours for imported goods to clear all border control a
d41
FCA costs to comply with all import requirements (% of value of goods imported)
d30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Transport?
d30b
How Much of An Obstacle: Customs And Trade Regulations?
r1
What Happened When Problem In The Production Process/Services Provision Arose?
r2
Did This Establishment Monitor Any Production/Service Performance Indicators?
r3
How Many Production/Service Provision Performance Indicators Were Monitored?
r4
Did This Establishment Have Production/Service Provision Targets?
r5
What Best Describes The Time Frame of Production/Service Provision Targets?
r6
How Easy To Achieve Its Production/Service Provision Targets?
r7
Who Was Aware of The Production/Service Provision Targets At This Establishment?
r8
Was There Performance Bonuses Based On Production/Service Provision Targets?
r9
What Were Managers' Performance Bonuses Usually Based On?
r10
What Was The Primary Way Non-Managers Were Promoted?
r11
When Was An Under-Performing Non-Manager Reassigned or Dismissed?
e1
In Last FY, Main Market For Establishment'S Main Product
e2b
Competitors For The Main Product/Service In The Main Market
e31a
Market share of largest competitor in the last fiscal year
e31b
Market share of largest competitor in the last fiscal year
e6
Do You Use Technology Licensed From A Foreign-Owned Company?
e11
Does This Establishment Compete Against Unregistered or Informal Firms?
e32
Change in competition in the last year?
e33
Establishment can increase prices more than competitors without losing customers
c42
How difficult to switch internet providers?
e34
SOEs operating in the establishment's main market?
e35
How SOE affects ability to grow and expand?
j42
Establishment has held a govt contract in last 3 yrs?
j43
Typical number of days to receive payment under govt contract
e30
How Much of An Obstacle: Practices of Competitors In Informal Sector?
h1
New Products/Services Introduced Over Last 3 Yrs
h2
New Products/Services Also New For Thr Establishment'S Main Market
h3x
Describe In Detail The Main New or Significantly Improved Product or Service
h4x
Describe How The Main New/Significantly Improved Product or Service Is Different
h5
During Last 3 Yrs, Establishment Introduced New/Significantly Improved Process
h6x
Describe Main New/Significantly Improved Process This Establishment Introduced
h7x
How The Main New/Significantly Improved Process Is Different
h8
During Last Fiscal Year, Establishment Spent On R&D (Excl Market Research)?
h9
How Much Spent On R&D, Either In-House or External?
f1
In Last FY, What Was The Capacity Utilization (%) of This Establishment?
f2
Number of Hours Per Week Operated By The Establishment In Last Fiscal Year
g6a
Percentage of The Building Occupied: Owned By This Establishment
g1a
Percentage of The Land Occupied: Owned By This Establishment
g2
Applic. To Obtain A Construction-Related Permit Submitted Over The Last 2 Years
g3
How Many Days Did It Take For You To Obtain A Construction-Related Permit?
g4
Informal Gift/Payment Expected or Requested For A Construction-Related Permit
g31
In last 2 years, establishment applied for occupancy permit
g32
Wait for occupancy permit
g33
Cost of occupancy permit
g5a
What Is The Total Selling Area In This Establishment?
g5b
The Area Is Measured In:
g5bx
Specify Other Units (If Not Included Above) The Area Is Measured In
g30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Access To Land?
ge3
Experience damage of physical assets due to extreme weather events?
ge3a
Monetary damage of physical assets?
ge7
Over the last 3 years, establishment monitor its CO2 emissions?
ge8
Over last 3 years, establishment adopt energy management measures?
i1
In Last FY, Did This Establishment Pay For Security?
i2a
Percentage of Total Annual Sales Paid For Security In Last Fiscal Year
i2b
In Last Fiscal Year, What Is The Total Annual Cost of Security?
i3
Losses Due To Theft, Robbery, Vandalism or Arson Experienced In Last Fiscal Year
i4a
Losses Due To Theft, Robbery, Vandalism or Arson In Last FY (% of Sales)
i4b
Value of Losses Due To Theft, Robbery, Vandalism or Arson In Last FY
i30
How Much of An Obstacle: Crime, Theft And Disorder?
o1
In the last three years, establishment had any commercial dispute?
o2
Use of courts, arbitration etc. to (or attempt to ) resolve commercial dispute?
o3a
Reliable alternative to courts for resolving commercial disputes: Arbitration?
o3b
Reliable alternative to courts for resolving commercial disputes:Mediation etc.?
k3a
% of Working Capital Financed From Internal Funds/Retained Earnings
k3bc
% of Working Capital Borrowed From Banks
k3e
% of Working Capital Borrowed From Non-Bank Financial Institutions
k3f
% of Working Capital Purchased On Credit/Advances From Suppliers /Customers
k3hd
% of Working Capital Financed By Other (Money Lenders, Friends, Relatives, Etc)
k4
Did This Establishment Purchase Any Fixed Assets In Last FY?
n5a
Total Annual Expenditure For Purchases of Equipment In Last FY
n5b
Total Annual Expenditure For Purchases of Land And Buildings In Last FY
k5a
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Internal Funds/Retained Earnings
k5a1
Fixed Assets - Value Internal Funds or Retained Earnings
k5i
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Owners’ Contributions or Issued New Equity
k5i1
Fixed Assets - Value Owners’ Contribution or Issued New Equity Shares
k5bc
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Bank Borrowing
k5bc1
Fixed Assets - Value Borrowed From Banks
k5e
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Non-Bank Financial Institutions
k5e1
Fixed Assets - Value Borrowed From Non-Bank Financial Institutions
k5f
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Credit From Suppliers/Advances From Customers
k5f1
Fixed Assets - Value Purchases On Credit From Suppliers, Advances From Customers
k5hdj
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Other (Money Lenders\Friends\Relatives\Etc)
k5hdj1
Fixed Assets - Value Other
k4b
Purchase Any New/Used Fixed Assets?
n5c
Total Annual Expenditure For Purchases of Equipment In Year Prior To Last FY
n5d
Total Annual Expenditure On Land And Buildings In Year Prior To Last FY
k6
Does This Establishment Have A Checking And\or Saving Account?
k7
At This Time, Does This Establishment Have An Overdraft Facility?
k8
Establishment Has A Line of Credit or Loan From A Financial Institution?
k9
Type of Financial Institution That Granted The Line of Credit or Loan
k10
Year When The Most Recent Loan/Line of Credit Approved
k11
For The Most Recent Loan, What Was The Value At The Time of Approval?
k13
Financing Required For The Most Recent Line of Credit or Loan
k14a
Type of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Loan? Land, Buildings
k14b
Type of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Loan? Equipment
k14c
Type of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Loan? Accounts
k14d
Type of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Loan? Personal Assets
k14e
Type of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Loan? Other
k15a
Value of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Credit/Loan
k15b
Total Number of Open Lines of Credit and Outstanding Loans
k15c
Total Outstanding Balance of All Open Lines of Credit and Loans (LCU)
k15d
Outstanding Personal Loans Used To Finance Establishment'S Business Activities?
k162
In Last FY, Did Establishment Apply For New Loans/Lines of Credit?
k17
Main Reason For Not Applying For New Loans or New Lines of Credit
k20a1
What Was The Outcome of That Most Recent Application For Loan/Line of Credit?
k31
Total cost to apply for most recent loan
k32
Days to receive a decision about most recent loan application
k21
Financial Statements Checked & Certified By External Auditor In Last FY?
k33
Percentage of payments received using e-payments
k34
Main type of e-payment accepted
k35
Avg. days to receive main type of e-payment
k36
Cost per transaction (% of transaction) to receive main type of e-payment
k37
Monthly fees and subscription costs to receive main type of e-payment
k38
Percentage of payments made using e-payments
k39
Main type of e-payment used to make payments
k40
Cost per transaction (% of transaction) to make main type of e-payment
k30
How Much of An Obstacle: Access To Finance
j31
In resolving commercial disputes, courts are independent and impartial
j2
What % of Senior Management Time Was Spent In Dealing With Govt Regulations?
j3
Over The Last 12 Months, Was This Establishment Inspected By Tax officials?
j4
Frequency of Inspections/Requirement For Meeting By Tax officials
j5
In Any of These Inspections Was A Gift/Informal Payment Requested ?
j32
Did any of these visits or meetings consist of a tax audit?
j33
Weeks until final audit report was received
j34
Establishment outsourced some tax-related activities in the last FY
j35a
Total annual time spent on tax compliance (hours)
j35b
Average monthly time spent on tax compliance (hours)
j36
In last FY, did establishment file taxes electronically
j37
In last FY, did establishment pay taxes electronically
j38
In the last 3 yrs., establishment has applied for a VAT refund
j39
Weeks to receive VAT refund
j40
Main reason for not applying for a VAT tax refund
j6a
Government Contract Secured (or Attempted) In The Last 12 Months?
j6
% of Value Avg. Establishment Pays In Informal Gifts To Govt To Secure Contract?
j41
Degree of difficulty to comply with govt contract tender requirements
j7a
Percent of Total Annual Sales Paid In Informal Payments
j7b
Total Annual Informal Payment
j10
Application To Obtain An Import License Submitted Over The Last 2 Years?
j11
How Many Days Did It Take To Obtain Your Import License?
j12
When You Applied For An Import License, Was An Informal Gift/Payment Requested?
j13
Application To Obtain An Operating License Submitted Over Last 2 Years?
j14
How Many Days Did It Take To Obtain Your Operating License?
j15
When You Applied For Operating License Was An Informal Gift/Payment Requested?
j30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Tax Rates
j30b
How Much of An Obstacle: Tax Administrations
j30c
How Much of An Obstacle: Business Licensing And Permits
j30e
How Much of An Obstacle: Political Instability
j30f
How Much of An Obstacle: Corruption
h30
How Much of An Obstacle: Courts
j30_taxrate_pos
J30: rotation position 1
j30_taxadmin_pos
J30: rotation position 2
j30_permit_pos
J30: rotation position 3
j30_instability_pos
J30: rotation position 4
j30_corruption_pos
J30: rotation position 5
j30_courts_pos
J30: rotation position 6
l1
Num. Permanent, Full-Time Employees At End of Last Fiscal Year
l2
Num. Permanent, Full-Time Employees At End of 3 Fiscal Years Ago
l3a
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Production Workers
l3b
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Non-Production Workers
l4a1
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Skilled Production Workers, Last FY
l4a2
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Semi-skilled Production Workers, Last FY
l4b
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Low-skilled Production Workers, Last FY
l5a
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Female Production Workers
l5b
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Female Non-Production Workers
l5
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Female
l6
Num. Full-Time Temporary Employees At End of Last FY
l6a
Female Temporary, Full-Time Workers Employed Throughout Last FY
Total: 424
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