Myanmar - Enterprise Survey 2014-2016

The documented dataset covers Enterprise Survey (ES) panel data collected in Myanmar in 2014 and 2016. The objective of the Enterprise Survey is to obtain feedback from enterprises on the state of the private sector as well as to help in building a panel of enterprise data that will make it possible to track changes in the business environment over time, thus allowing, for example, impact assessments of reforms. Enterprise Surveys target a sample consisting of longitudinal (panel) observations and new cross-sectional data. Panel firms are prioritized in the sample selection, comprising up to 50% of the sample. For all panel firms, regardless of the sample, current eligibility or operating status is determined and included in panel datasets. Myanmar ES 2014 was conducted in February April 2014, ES 2016 was carried out in October 2016 April 2017. Stratified random sampling was used to select the surveyed businesses. Data was collected using face-to-face interviews. Data from 1,239 establishments was analyzed: 354 businesses were from 2014 ES only, 329 from 2016 only, and 556 firms were from 2014 and 2016. The standard Enterprise Survey topics include firm characteristics, gender participation, access to finance, annual sales, costs of inputs and labor, workforce composition, bribery, licensing, infrastructure, trade, crime, competition, capacity utilization, land and permits, taxation, informality, business-government relations, innovation and technology, and performance measures. Over 90 percent of the questions objectively measure characteristics of a country’s business environment. The remaining questions assess the survey respondents’ opinions on what are the obstacles to firm growth and performance.

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Author World Bank
Last Updated May 21, 2020, 12:06 (UTC)
Created March 16, 2020, 13:20 (UTC)
Release Year 2017-09-14 15:41:43