Publication: Enterprise Surveys: Ethiopia Country Profile 2015
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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 economyâs 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 Ethiopia. Business owners and top managers in 848 firms were interviewed from June 2015 to February 2016.
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âWorld Bank. 2015. Enterprise Surveys: Ethiopia Country Profile 2015. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25916 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.â
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