Enterprise Survey 2010-2013: Panel Data (Congo, Dem. Rep.)

Abstract

The dataset covers Enterprise Survey (ES) panel data collected in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2010 and 2013, as part of Africa Enterprise Surveys roll-out, an initiative of the World Bank.

Enterprise Survey 2013 was conducted between August 2013 and May 2014, and ES 2010 was carried out between June and October 2010. 92 panel firms were interviewed in 2010 and 2013, 437 panel businesses were interviewed in 2013 only, and 267 firms were interviewed in 2010 only.

The objectives of the Enterprise Survey are to obtain feedback from enterprises on the state of the private sector as well as to build 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. Through interviews with firms in the manufacturing and services sectors, the survey assesses the constraints to private sector growth and creates statistically significant business environment indicators that are comparable across countries.

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 ascertain 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.