Enterprise Surveys

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Enterprise Surveys are conducted by the World Bank and its partners across all geographic regions, and cover small, medium, and large companies. They collect a wide array of qualitative and quantitative information through face-to-face interviews with firm managers and owners regarding the business environment in their countries and the productivity of their firms. Country profiles are produced by the Enterprise Analysis Unit of the World Bank Group.

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COVID-19- A Struggling Recovery for the Private Sector in North Macedonia

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2022-07-19) Jolevski, Filip ; Madzarevic-Sujster, Sanja

As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to take its toll on human life, businesses in North Macedonia have continued to struggle despite a return to some normalcy. This note examines the state of the private sector in North Macedonia by comparing the performance of businesses during the period of adjustment to the pandemic in April 2021 with the initial impact in September 2020 and the baseline before the crisis, drawing on a standard round of the Enterprise Survey in 2019 and two follow-up surveys in 2020 and 2021. While the second round of the follow-up survey revealed signs of some early-stage recovery, on average firm sales were still worse off than at the outbreak of the pandemic. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been facing difficulties obtaining financing and were more likely to be overdue on their financial obligations than in fall 2020. A quicker and stronger recovery could be promoted through sound policies that aim at increasing access to financing, enhancing digitalization, and improving firm management and human capital, as well as the effective implementation of insolvency procedures.
Unlocking Sustainable Private Sector Growth in the Middle East and North Africa: Evidence from the Enterprise Survey

(Luxembourg City: European Investment Bank; London: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Washington, DC: World Bank, 2022) World Bank ; European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ; European Investment Bank

Economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has been weak since the global financial crisis of 2007-09 and the Arab Spring of the early 2010s. Achieving higher and sustainable growth is particularly important in view of other economic challenges facing the region: public debt in MENA countries has increased considerably over the last decade, accompanied by declining investment. This report seeks to understand what lies beneath that relatively slow growth, with a particular focus on the reasons for stagnating productivity and inadequate accumulation of human capital and physical capital in the region’s private sector. To this end, the report summarizes the main findings from nine background papers based on enterprise survey data. It also draws conclusions for policy, not only for promoting stronger firm performance, but also for addressing the challenge of climate change by pursuing sustainable growth.
Enterprise Surveys Follow-up on COVID-19: What Businesses Experience, Moldova 2021, Round 3

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2021-06-30) World Bank Group

The outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) affected individuals and businesses, alike. Understanding the impact of the crisis on businesses, and subsequently how firms are recovering, gives insights into the overall health of the economy as the world tackles the health crisis it is facing. The follow-up surveys to the standard Enterprise Surveys (ES) aim to assess how businesses are adapting and recovering as the first signs of improvement appear in the global health situation. This document summarizes the main findings from the third round of follow-up surveys in Moldova.
Do Crises Hit Female-Managed and Male-Managed Firms Differently? Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2020-09-10) Ahmed, Tanima ; Muzi, Silvia ; Ueda, Kohei

While efforts are currently in place to collect data on the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, this note looks at the experience of the 2008 financial crisis to gain insights on possible differential effects of crises on female and male entrepreneurs. Specially, the note uses firm-level data collected immediately after the 2008 financial crisis in six countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Turkey) to look at two aspects of the differential effect of the crisis. First, whether there is a difference in the exit rate for firms with male vs. female top managers; and second, whether, among firms that stayed in business, female-managed firms are affected disproportionally. Results show that firms run by female top managers are more likely to exit the market. Secondly, when able to stay in business, male and female-managed firms suffered a similar impact in the short term; however, female-managed firms suffered more than male-managed firms in the longer term.
Enterprise Surveys: Armenia Country Profile 2020

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2020-01) World Bank

The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on many aspects of the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether an economy’s private sector will thrive or not. An accommodating business environment is one that encourages firms to operate efficiently. Such conditions strengthen incentives for firms to innovate and to increase productivity, key factors for sustainable development. A more productive private sector, in turn, expands employment and contributes taxes necessary for public investment in health, education, and other services. Questions contained in the ES aim at covering most of the topics mentioned above. The topics include infrastructure, trade, finance, regulations, taxes and business licensing, corruption, crime and informality, access to finance, innovation, labor, and perceptions about obstacles to doing business.
Enterprise Surveys: Mozambique 2018 Country Profile

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2019) World Bank

The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on many aspects of the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether an economy’s private sector will thrive or not. Questions contained in the ES aim at covering most of these topics: infrastructure; trade; finance; regulations; taxes and business licensing; corruption; crime and informality; access to finance; innovation; labor; and perceptions about obstacles to doing business. This document summarizes the results of the Enterprise Survey for Mozambique. Business owners and top managers in 601 firms were interviewed between June 2018 and January 2019. It also provides a description of the sample breakdown across the three survey design categories: business sector; firm size; and location.
Navigating the Landscape of Transactions: Understanding Firms’ Transactional Governance Structures in Six Latin American Countries

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2019) Francis, David C.

This note summarizes findings from a new paper, which lays out a methodology to determine the types of mechanisms, be they the legal system, civil organizations, or shared business interest, that firms use when entering into agreements with their suppliers and customers. Specially, the note summarizes the data exploration technique (known as Latent Class Analysis) used in the paper and shows some basic results in terms of the attributes of each class. Four basic classes are used for dealing with suppliers (pure bilateralism, bilateralism with private support, bilateralism with legal support, and strong comprehensive) and with customers (pure bilateralism, bilateralism with private support, bilateralism with weak support, and weak comprehensive). Lastly, some basic correlations between the likelihood of class membership and firm-level characteristics are shown.
Enterprise Surveys: Chad Country Profile 2018

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2018) World Bank

The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on many aspects of the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether an economy’s private sector will thrive or not. Questions contained in the ES aim at covering most of the topics mentioned above. The topics include infrastructure, trade, finance, regulations, taxes and business licensing, corruption, crime and informality, access to finance, innovation, labor, and perceptions about obstacles to doing business. This document summarizes the results of the Enterprise Survey for Chad. Business owners and top managers in 153 firms were interviewed between February to April 2018. The report provides a description of the sample breakdown across the three survey design categories: business sector, firm size, and location.
Enterprise Surveys: Guatemala Country Profile 2017

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2017-12) World Bank

The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on many aspects of the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether an economy’s private sector will thrive or not. An accommodating business environment is one that encourages firms to operate efficiently. Such conditions strengthen incentives for firms to innovate and to increase productivity, key factors for sustainable development. A more productive private sector, in turn, expands employment and contributes taxes necessary for public investment in health, education, and other services. Questions contained in the ES aim at covering most of the topics mentioned above. The topics include infrastructure, trade, finance, regulations, taxes and business licensing, corruption, crime and informality, access to finance, innovation, labor, and perceptions about obstacles to doing business. This document summarizes the results of the Enterprise Survey for Guatemala. Business owners and top managers in 345 firms were interviewed between October 2017 and May 2018. Figure 2 provides a description of the sample breakdown across the three survey design categories: business sector, firm size, and location.
Enterprise Surveys: Ecuador Country Profile 2017

(World Bank, Washington, DC, 2017-12) World Bank

The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on many aspects of the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether an economy’s private sector will thrive or not. An accommodating business environment is one that encourages firms to operate efficiently. Such conditions strengthen incentives for firms to innovate and to increase productivity, key factors for sustainable development. A more productive private sector, in turn, expands employment and contributes taxes necessary for public investment in health, education, and other services. Questions contained in the ES aim at covering most of the topics mentioned above. The topics include infrastructure, trade, finance, regulations, taxes and business licensing, corruption, crime and informality, access to finance, innovation, labor, and perceptions about obstacles to doing business. This document summarizes the results of the Enterprise Survey for Ecuador. Business owners and top managers in 361 firms were interviewed between March and October 2017. Figure 2 provides a description of the sample breakdown across the three survey design categories: business sector, firm size, and location.