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Enterprise Survey 2005-2009-2017

Niger, 2005 - 2017
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Reference ID
NER_2005-2017_ES-P_v01_M
Producer(s)
World Bank
Metadata
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Sep 19, 2018
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Sep 19, 2018
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Percent Of Total Annual Sales Paid In Informal Payments (j7a)

Data file: niger_2005_2009_2017

Overview

Valid: 370
Invalid: 69
Minimum: -9
Maximum: 300
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 535
End: 537
Width: 3
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
It is said that establishments are sometimes required to make gifts or informal payments to public officials to "get things done" with regard to customs, taxes, licenses, regulations, services etc. On average, what percent of total annual sales, or estimated total annual value, do establishments like this one pay in informal payments or gifts to public officials for this purpose?
Percent of total annual sales paid as informal payment
Categories
Value Category
-9 Don't know (spontaneous)
-8 Refusal (spontaneous)
0 No payments or gifts are paid
0.100000001490116
0.300000011920929
0.5
1
1.5
2
3
5
7
10
12.5
13
15
20
25
30
50
55
60
80
85
90
92
93
94
300
Sysmiss
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.
Interviewer instructions
PROVIDE EITHER ONE OR THE OTHER, NOT BOTH

1) Size of informal payments/gifts Informal payments are payments made to government officials that are unaudited or unreported. They are generally given to an official with the expectation that a service will be performed (such as granting a business license), a violation overlooked (such as violation of health regulation), or because the official threatens the business.

Notice the wording (phrasing) of the question: it asks for the respondent to answer for establishments “like this one” rather than the establishment being interviewed.

2) Sensitive question, no clarification can be offered
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