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Bhutan, 2009 - 2024
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Data file: Bhutan_2009_2015_2024

Bhutan 2009, 2015, and 2024 World Bank Enterprise Survey panel data

Cases: 658
Variables: 529

Variables

idstd
WEB STD FIRMID
panelid
ID that is the same across the waves for panel firms
year
Year of survey
panel
Panel: Firm interviewed in these years
eligibility2024
Eligibility of 2015 firm in 2024
status2024
Status of 2015 firm in 2024
eligibility2015
Eligibility of 2009 firm in 2015
status2015
Status of 2009 firm in 2015
a4a
Industry Sampling Sector
a6a
Sampling Size
a2
Sampling Region
_2024_a1c
Sample Frame Level
a0
Questionnaire
a3a
Region of The Establishment
_2024_a6c
Screener Size
a7
Establishment part of a multi-establishment Firm?
_2015_2024_panel
Panel Code
_2015_2024_a1a
Language of The Interview
a14d
Day
a14m
Month
a14y
Year
a14h
Hour
a14min
Minutes
_2024_a20y
Close Year of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
_2024_a20m
Close Month of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
_2024_a20d
Close Day of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
a1
Country Code
a12
Interviewer Number
a7a
Number of Establishments In The Firm
_2024_a7b
Is This Establishment The Headquarters Location?
a11
If Hq, Financial Statements Independent of The Rest of Establishment
_2024_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)
_2024_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?
_2015_2024_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?
_2015_2024_b7a
Is The Top Manager Female?
b8
Does Establishment Have An Internationally-Recognized Quality Certification?
_2015_2024_b8x
Specify The Internationally-Recognized Quality Certifications
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?
_2024_c31
Cost to obtain electrical connection
_2024_c32
Electricity consumption in a typical month (kWh)
c6
Over Last FY, Did This Establishment Experience Power Outages?
c7
Number of Power Outages Experienced In A Typical Month In Last Fiscal Year
_2015_2024_c8a
Average Duration of Power Outages: Hours
_2015_2024_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?
_2024_c33
Cost to obtain water connection
_2024_c34
Water consumption in a typical month
_2024_c34b
Unit measure of answer to c34
_2024_c34bx
Other (Specify)
_2024_c152
Did You Experience Insufficient Water Supply In Last FY?
_2024_c162
Frequency of Incidents of Water Shortages In A Typical Month In Last FY
_2024_c172
Average Length of Water Shortages In Last Fiscal Year
_2024_c35a
In Last FY, Losses As % of Annual Sales Due To Water Shortages
_2024_c35b
In Last FY, Value of Losses Due To Water Shortages
c22b
Establishment Has Its Own Website
_2024_c36
Application To Obtain Fixed Broadband Internet Connection Over The Last 2 Years
_2024_c37
How Many Days Did It Take For You To Obtain Internet Connection?
_2024_c38
Cost to obtain Internet connection
_2024_c39
Did You Experience Internet Disruptions In Last FY?
_2024_c40a
Average Length of Internet Disruptions: Hours
_2024_c40b
Average Length of Internet Disruptions: Minutes
_2024_c41a
In Last FY, Losses As % of Annual Sales Due To Internet Disruptions
_2024_c41b
In Last FY, Value of Losses Due To Internet Disruptions
_2024_c42
How difficult to switch internet providers?
c30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Electricity To Operations of This Establishment?
_2024_d1a1a
Establishment'S Main Product/Service Last FY
_2024_d1a6a
Total number of hotel rooms in the last FY
_2024_d1a6b
Total areas of rooms in the last FY
_2024_d1a6c
Specify units
_2024_d1a6cx
Other (Specify)
d1a3
Main Product/Service: Percent of Total Annual Sales
d2
In Last Fiscal Year, What Were This Establishment’S Total Annual Sales?
_2015_2024_d2x
Please Also Write Out The Number
n3
What were the establishment's sales 3 years ago?
_2024_n3x
Please Also Write Out The Number
d3a
% of Sales: National Sales
d3b
% of Sales: Indirect Exports
d3c
% of Sales: Direct Exports
_2024_d31x
Main destination of exports (country code)
_2024_d32
Main point of exit
_2024_d4a
In Last FY, Avg. Num. of Days For Exported Goods To Clear Customs?
_2024_d4b
If less than a day, total hours for exported goods to clear customs
_2024_d33a
In Last FY, Avg. Num. of Days For Exported Goods To Clear all border control age
_2024_d33b
If less than a day, total hours for exported goods to clear all border control a
_2024_d342
Costs to Comply with all Export Requirements (% of value of goods exported)
_2024_d342b
Most Frequently Used Incoterm When Exporting Directly
_2024_d35
Any exports shipped by mail parcel?
d8
In What Year Did This Establishment First Export Directly or Indirectly?
d12a
% of Material Inputs And Supplies of Domestic origin In Last Fiscal Year
_2015_2024_d12b
% of Material Inputs And Supplies of Foreign origin In Last Fiscal Year
d13
Were Any of These Material Inputs And Supplies Imported Directly?
_2024_d38x
Main origin of imports (country code)
_2024_d39
Main point of entry
_2024_d14a
Avg. Num. of Days For Imported Goods To Clear Customs In Last Fiscal Year
_2024_d14b
If less than a day, total hours for imported goods to clear customs
_2024_d40a
In Last FY, Avg. Num. of Days For Imported Goods To Clear all border control age
_2024_d40b
If less than a day, total hours for imported goods to clear all border control a
_2024_d412
Costs to Comply with all Import Requirements (% of value of goods imported)
_2024_d412b
Most Frequently Used Incoterm When Importing Directly
d30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Transport?
d30b
How Much of An Obstacle: Customs And Trade Regulations?
_2024_o1
In the last three years, establishment had any commercial dispute?
_2024_o2
Use of courts, arbitration etc. to (or attempt to ) resolve commercial dispute?
_2024_o3a2
Reliable mechanism to resolve commercial disputes: Arbitration?
_2024_o3b2
Reliable mechanism to resolve commercial disputes:Mediation?
_2024_j31
In resolving commercial disputes, courts are independent and impartial
_2024_r1
What Happened When Problem In The Production Process/Services Provision Arose?
_2024_r2
Did This Establishment Monitor Any Production/Service Performance Indicators?
_2024_r3
How Many Production/Service Provision Performance Indicators Were Monitored?
_2024_r4
Did This Establishment Have Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2024_r5
What Best Describes The Time Frame of Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2024_r6
How Easy To Achieve Its Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2024_r7
Who Was Aware of The Production/Service Provision Targets At This Establishment?
_2024_r8
Were There Performance Bonuses Based On Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2024_r9
What Were Managers' Performance Bonuses Usually Based On?
_2024_r10
What Was The Primary Way Non-Managers Were Promoted?
_2024_r11
When Was An Under-Performing Non-Manager Reassigned or Dismissed?
_2015_2024_e1
In Last FY, Main Market For Establishment'S Main Product
_2015_2024_e2b
Competitors For The Main Product/Service In The Main Market
_2024_e312
Which Best Descibes Establishment's Main Market
e6
Do You Use Technology Licensed From A Foreign-Owned Company?
e11
Does This Establishment Compete Against Unregistered or Informal Firms?
_2024_e32
Change in competition in the last year?
_2024_e33
Establishment can increase prices more than competitors without losing customers
_2024_e34
SOEs operating in the establishment's main market?
e30
How Much of An Obstacle: Practices of Competitors In Informal Sector?
_2015_2024_h1
New Products/Services Introduced Over Last 3 Yrs
_2015_2024_h2
New Products/Services Also New For Thr Establishment'S Main Market
_2024_h32x
Describe In Detail The Main New or Significantly Improved Product or Service
_2015_2024_h5
During Last 3 Yrs, Establishment Introduced New/Significantly Improved Process
_2024_h62x
Describe Main New/Significantly Improved Process This Establishment Introduced
_2015_2024_h8
During Last Fiscal Year, Establishment Spent On R&D (Excl Market Research)?
_2024_h9
How Much Spent On R&D, Either In-House or External?
_2015_2024_f1
In Last FY, What Was The Capacity Utilization (%) of This Establishment?
_2015_2024_g6b
Rented or leased 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
_2024_g31
In last 2 years, establishment applied for occupancy permit
_2024_g32
Wait for occupancy permit
_2024_g33
Cost of occupancy permit
_2015_2024_g5a
What Is The Total Selling Area In This Establishment?
_2015_2024_g5b
The Area Is Measured In:
_2015_2024_g5bx
Specify Other Units (If Not Included Above) The Area Is Measured In
g30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Access To Land?
_2024_ge3
Experience damage of physical assets due to extreme weather events?
_2024_ge3a
Monetary damage of physical assets?
_2024_ge7
Over the last 3 years, establishment monitor its CO2 emissions?
_2024_ge8d
Over last 3 years, establishment adopt energy management measures?
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
_2024_k5a1
Fixed Assets - Value Internal Funds or Retained Earnings
k5i
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Owners’ Contributions or Issued New Equity
_2024_k5i1
Fixed Assets - Value Owners’ Contribution or Issued New Equity Shares
k5bc
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Bank Borrowing
_2024_k5bc1
Fixed Assets - Value Borrowed From Banks
k5e
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Non-Bank Financial Institutions
_2024_k5e1
Fixed Assets - Value Borrowed From Non-Bank Financial Institutions
k5f
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Credit From Suppliers/Advances From Customers
_2024_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)
_2024_k5hdj1
Fixed Assets - Value Other
k6
Does This Establishment Have A Checking And\or Saving Account?
k7
At This Time, Does This Establishment Have An Overdraft Facility?
_2024_k82
Establishment Has A Line of Credit or Loan From A Financial Institution?
_2015_2024_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
_2015_2024_k15b
Total Number of Open Lines of Credit and Outstanding Loans
_2015_2024_k15c
Total Outstanding Balance of All Open Lines of Credit and Loans (LCU)
_2015_2024_k15d
Outstanding Personal Loans Used To Finance Establishment'S Business Activities?
_2024_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
_2015_2024_k20a1
What Was The Outcome of That Most Recent Application For Loan/Line of Credit?
_2024_k31
Total cost to apply for most recent loan
_2024_k32
Days to receive a decision about most recent loan application
k21
Financial Statements Checked & Certified By External Auditor In Last FY?
_2024_k33
Percentage of payments received using e-payments
_2024_k342
Main type of e-payment accepted
_2024_k342x
Other (Specify)
_2024_k35
Avg. days to receive main type of e-payment
_2024_k36
Cost per transaction (% of transaction) to receive main type of e-payment
_2024_k37
Monthly fees and subscription costs to receive main type of e-payment
_2024_k38
Percentage of payments made using e-payments
_2024_k392
Main type of e-payment used to make payments
_2024_k392x
Other (Specify)
_2024_k40
Cost per transaction (% of transaction) to make main type of e-payment
k30
How Much of An Obstacle: Access To Finance
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 ?
_2024_j32
Did any of these visits or meetings consist of a tax audit?
_2024_j33
Weeks until final audit report was received
_2024_j34
Establishment outsourced some tax-related activities in the last FY
_2024_j35
Total Hours to Prepare, File and Pay Taxes
_2024_j36
In last FY, did establishment file taxes electronically
_2024_j37
In last FY, did establishment pay taxes electronically
_2024_j38
In the last 3 yrs., establishment has applied for a VAT refund
_2024_j39
Weeks to receive VAT refund
_2024_j40
Main reason for not applying for a VAT tax refund
j6a
Government Contract Secured (or Attempted) In The Last 12 Months?
_2024_j41
Degree of difficulty to comply with govt contract tender requirements
_2024_j42
Establishment has held a govt contract in last 3 yrs?
_2024_j43
Typical number of days to receive payment under govt contract
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
i30
How Much of An Obstacle: Crime, Theft And Disorder?
_2024_j30_taxrate_pos
J30: rotation position 1
_2024_j30_taxadmin_pos
J30: rotation position 2
_2024_j30_permit_pos
J30: rotation position 3
_2024_j30_instability_pos
J30: rotation position 4
_2024_j30_corruption_pos
J30: rotation position 5
_2024_j30_courts_pos
J30: rotation position 6
_2024_j30_crime_pos
J30: rotation position 7
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
_2015_2024_l3a
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Production Workers
_2015_2024_l3b
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Non-Production Workers
_2015_2024_l4a1
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Skilled Production Workers, Last FY
_2015_2024_l4a2
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Semi-skilled Production Workers, Last FY
_2015_2024_l4b
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Low-skilled Production Workers, Last FY
_2015_2024_l5a
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Female Production Workers
_2015_2024_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
_2015_2024_l9b
% of Full Time Workers Completed High School End of Last FY
_2024_l9b1
Number of Full Time Workers Completed High School
l10
Formal Training Programs For Permanent, Full-Time Employees In Last FY
_2024_l11a
% Permanent Full-Time Production Employees Received Formal Training In Last FY
_2024_l11a1
Training Programs Amount: Production Full-Time Permanent Employees Trained
_2015_2024_l11b
% Permanent Fulltime Nonproduction Employees Received Formal Training In Last FY
_2024_l11b1
Training Programs Amount:Non-Production Full-Time Permanent Employees Trained
_2024_l12a
% Permanent Full-Time Female Employees Received Formal Training In Last FY
_2024_l12a1
Training Programs Amount: Full-Time Permanent Female Employees Trained
_2024_l34
In the last 3 yrs., establishment has dismissed any permanent, full-time workers
_2024_l35
Typical number of weeks to dismiss full-time permanent worker
_2024_l36
Typical number of weeks paid in severance
_2024_l1a
Num. Part-time Employees At End of Last Fiscal Year
_2015_2024_l6
Num. Full-Time Temporary Employees At End of Last FY
_2015_2024_l6a
Female Temporary, Full-Time Workers Employed Throughout Last FY
l8
Avg. Length of Employment of All Full-Time Temporary Employees In Last FY
_2024_l37
In the last 3 yrs., establishment has been involved in any labor dispute
_2024_l38a
Time to Resolve a labor Dispute:Months
_2024_l38b
Time to Resolve a labor Dispute:Days
_2024_l39
Cost to resolve labor dispute
_2024_l40
In last FY, was establishment visited by health and safety inspectors
_2024_l41
Was a report issued for health and safety inspection
l30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Labor Regulations?
l30b
How Much of An Obstacle: Inadequately Educated Workforce?
_2024_l30c
How Much of An Obstacle: The cost of hiring new workers?
m1a
Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation of This Establishment
_2024_m1a_finance_pos
m1a: Position of Access to Finance
_2024_m1a_land_pos
m1a: Position of Access to land
_2024_m1a_permit_pos
m1a: Position of Business licensing and permits
Total: 529
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