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Data file: Sierra Leone_2009_2017_2023.dta

Sierra Leone 2009, 2017, and 2023 World Bank Enterprise Survey panel data

Cases: 511
Variables: 510

Variables

idstd
WEB STD FIRMID
panelid
ID that is the same across the waves for panel firms
year
Year of survey
panel
Panel: Firm interviewed in these years
eligibility2023
Eligibility of 2017 firm in 2023
status2023
Status of 2017 firm in 2023
eligibility2017
Eligibility of 2009 firm in 2017
status2017
Status of 2009 firm in 2017
a4a
Industry Sampling Sector
a6a
Sampling Size
a2
Sampling Region
_2023_a1c
Sample Frame Level
_2023_rotation
Random selection
_2023_vat_apply
Random selection for market tax compliance question
a0
Questionnaire
a3a
Region of The Establishment
_2023_a6c
Screener Size
a6b
Screener Size, Categorical
a7
Establishment part of a multi-establishment Firm?
_2023_panel
Panel Code
_2017_2023_a1a
Language of The Interview
a14d
Day
a14m
Month
a14y
Year
a14h
Hour
a14min
Minutes
_2023_ic1
Informed Consent
_2023_a20y
Close Year of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
_2023_a20m
Close Month of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
_2023_a20d
Close Day of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
a1
Country Code
a12
Interviewer Number
a7a
Number of Establishments In The Firm
_2017_2023_a7b
Is This Establishment The Headquarters Location?
a11
If Hq, Financial Statements Independent of The Rest of Establishment
_2017_2023_a7c
Does This Headquarters Location Engage In Production or Sales At This Location?
a9
Establishment'S Financial Statements Prepared Separately From Hq Statements
b1
Legal Status of The Firm
b1x
Other (Specify)
_2023_b3a
Is the largest owner also the top manager
b2a
% Owned By Private Domestic Individuals, Companies or organizations
b2b
% Owned By Private Foreign Individuals, Companies or organizations
b2c
% Owned By Government/State
b2d
% Owned By Other
b4
Amongst The Owners of The Firm, Are There Any Females?
_2017_2023_b4a
% of The Firm Owned By Females
b5
Year Establishment Began Operations
b6
Number of Full-Time Employees of The Establishment When It Started Operations
b6b
In What Year Was This Establishment Formally Registered?
b7
How Many Years of Experience Working In This Sector Does The Top Manager Have?
b7a
Is The Top Manager Female?
b8
Does Establishment Have An Internationally-Recognized Quality Certification?
_2017_2023_b8x
Specify The Internationally-Recognized Quality Certifications
c3
Application To Obtain An Electrical Connection Submitted Over The Last 2 Years
c4
How Many Days Did It Take For You To Receive An Electrical Connection Service?
c5
Informal Gift/Payment Expected or Requested For An Electrical Connection?
_2023_BEEc1
Cost to obtain electrical connection
c6
Over Last FY, Did This Establishment Experience Power Outages?
c7
Number of Power Outages Experienced In A Typical Month In Last Fiscal Year
c8a
Average Duration of Power Outages: Hours
_2017_2023_c8b
Average Duration of Power Outages: Minutes
c9a
In Last FY, Losses As % of Annual Sales Due To Power Outages
c9b
In Last FY, Value of Losses Due To Power Outages
c10
Generator Shared or Owned Over The Course of Last Fiscal Year?
c11
% Electricity From Generator Owned/Shared By The Establishment In Last FY
c12
Application To Obtain A Water Connection Submitted Over The Last 2 Years
c13
How Many Days Did It Take For You To Obtain A Water Connection?
c14
When You Applied For A Water Connection, Was An Informal Gift/Payment Requested?
_2023_BEEc2
Cost to obtain water connection
_2023_c152
Did You Experience Insufficient Water Supply In Last FY?
_2023_c162
Frequency of Incidents of Water Shortages In A Typical Month In Last FY
_2023_c172
Average Length of Water Shortages In Last Fiscal Year
_2023_BEEc3a
In Last FY, Losses As % of Annual Sales Due To Water Shortages
_2023_BEEc3b
In Last FY, Value of Losses Due To Water Shortages
c22b
Establishment Has Its Own Website
_2023_BEEc4
Application To Obtain Fixed Broadband Internet Connection Over The Last 2 Years
_2023_BEEc5
How Many Days Did It Take For You To Obtain Internet Connection?
_2023_BEEc6
Cost to obtain Internet connection
_2023_BEEc7
Did You Experience Internet Disruptions In Last FY?
_2023_BEEc8
Average Length of Internet Disruptions: Hours
_2023_BEEc9a
In Last FY, Losses As % of Annual Sales Due To Internet Disruptions
_2023_BEEc9b
In Last FY, Value of Losses Due To Internet Disruptions
c30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Electricity To Operations of This Establishment?
_2017_2023_d1a1a
Establishment'S Main Product/Service Last FY
_2017_2023_d1a1x
Main Product/Service (By The Largest % of Annual Sales) In Last Fiscal Year
_2023_d1a6a
Total number of hotel rooms in the last FY
_2023_d1a6b
Total areas of rooms in the last FY
_2023_d1a6c
Specify units
_2017_2023_d1a3
Main Product/Service: Percent of Total Annual Sales
d2
In Last Fiscal Year, What Were This Establishment’S Total Annual Sales?
_2017_2023_d2x
Please Also Write Out The Number
_2023_d2a1
What were the establishment's sales 2 years ago?
_2023_d2a1x
Please Also Write Out The Number
n3
What were the establishment's sales 3 years ago?
d3a
% of Sales: National Sales
d3b
% O Sales: Indirect Exports
d3c
% of Sales: Direct Exports
_2023_BEEd1x
Main destination of exports
_2023_BEEd2
Main point of exit
_2023_d4a
In Last FY, Avg. Num. of Days For Exported Goods To Clear Customs?
_2023_d4b
If less than a day, total hours for exported goods to clear customs
_2023_BEEd3a
In Last FY, Avg. Num. of Days For Exported Goods To Clear all border control age
_2023_BEEd3b
If less than a day, total hours for exported goods to clear all border control a
_2023_BEEd4
FCA costs to comply with all export requirements (% of value of goods exported)
_2023_BEEd5
Any exports shipped by main parcel?
_2023_BEEd6a
In Last FY, Avg. Num. of Days For Exported Goods To Clear all border control age
_2023_BEEd6b
If less than a day, total hours for exported goods to clear all border control a
_2023_BEEd7
Average cost of digital exports (% of value of goods)
_2017_2023_d8
In What Year Did This Establishment First Export Directly or Indirectly?
d12a
% of Material Inputs And Supplies of Domestic origin In Last Fiscal Year
d12b
% of Material Inputs And Supplies of Foreign origin In Last Fiscal Year
d13
Were Any of These Material Inputs And Supplies Imported Directly?
_2023_BEEd8x
Main origin of imports
_2023_BEEd9
Main point of entry
_2023_d14a
Avg. Num. of Days For Imported Goods To Clear Customs In Last Fiscal Year
_2023_d14b
If less than a day, total hours for imported goods to clear customs
_2023_BEEd10a
In Last FY, Avg. Num. of Days For Imported Goods To Clear all border control age
_2023_BEEd10b
If less than a day, total hours for imported goods to clear all border control a
_2023_BEEd11
FCA costs to comply with all import requirements (% of value of goods imported)
d30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Transport?
d30b
How Much of An Obstacle: Customs And Trade Regulations?
_2023_r1
What Happened When Problem In The Production Process/Services Provision Arose?
_2023_r2
Did This Establishment Monitor Any Production/Service Performance Indicators?
_2023_r3
How Many Production/Service Provision Performance Indicators Were Monitored?
_2023_r4
Did This Establishment Have Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2023_r5
What Best Describes The Time Frame of Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2023_r6
How Easy To Achieve Its Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2023_r7
Who Was Aware of The Production/Service Provision Targets At This Establishment?
_2023_r8
Was There Performance Bonuses Based On Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2023_r9
What Were Managers' Performance Bonuses Usually Based On?
_2023_r10
What Was The Primary Way Non-Managers Were Promoted?
_2023_r11
When Was An Under-Performing Non-Manager Reassigned or Dismissed?
_2017_2023_e1
In Last FY, Main Market For Establishment'S Main Product
_2017_2023_e2b
Competitors For The Main Product/Service In The Main Market
_2023_BEEe1a
Market share of largest competitor in the last fiscal year
_2023_BEEe1b
Market share of largest competitor in the last fiscal year
e6
Do You Use Technology Licensed From A Foreign-Owned Company?
e11
Does This Establishment Compete Against Unregistered or Informal Firms?
_2023_BEEe2
Change in competition in the last year?
_2023_BEEe3
Establishment can increase prices more than competitors without losing customers
_2023_BEEe4
How difficult to switch internet providers?
_2023_BEEe5
SOEs operating in the establishment's main market?
_2023_BEEe6
How SOE affects ability to grow and expand?
_2023_BEEe7
Establishment has held a govt contract in last 3 yrs?
_2023_BEEe8
Typical number of days to receive payment under govt contract
e30
How Much of An Obstacle: Practices of Competitors In Informal Sector?
_2017_2023_h1
New Products/Services Introduced Over Last 3 Yrs
_2017_2023_h2
New Products/Services Also New For Thr Establishment'S Main Market
_2017_2023_h3x
Describe In Detail The Main New or Significantly Improved Product or Service
_2017_2023_h4x
Describe How The Main New/Significantly Improved Product or Service Is Different
_2017_2023_h5
During Last 3 Yrs, Establishment Introduced New/Significantly Improved Process
_2017_2023_h6x
Describe Main New/Significantly Improved Process This Establishment Introduced
_2017_2023_h7x
How The Main New/Significantly Improved Process Is Different
_2017_2023_h8
During Last Fiscal Year, Establishment Spent On R&D (Excl Market Research)?
_2017_2023_h9
How Much Spent On R&D, Either In-House or External?
f1
In Last FY, What Was The Capacity Utilization (%) of This Establishment?
g2
Applic. To Obtain A Construction-Related Permit Submitted Over The Last 2 Years
g3
How Many Days Did It Take For You To Obtain A Construction-Related Permit?
g4
Informal Gift/Payment Expected or Requested For A Construction-Related Permit
_2023_BEEg1
In last 2 years, establishment applied for occupancy permit
_2023_BEEg2
Wait for occupancy permit
_2023_BEEg3
Cost of occupancy permit
_2017_2023_g5a
What Is The Total Selling Area In This Establishment?
_2017_2023_g5b
The Area Is Measured In:
_2017_2023_g5bx
Specify Other Units (If Not Included Above) The Area Is Measured In
g30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Access To Land?
_2023_ge3
Experience damage of physical assets due to extreme weather events?
_2023_ge3a
Monetary damage of physical assets?
_2023_ge7
Over the last 3 years, establishment monitor its CO2 emissions?
_2023_ge8
Over last 3 years, establishment adopt energy management measures?
_2023_BEEo1
In the last three years, establishment had any commercial dispute?
_2023_BEEo2
Use of courts, arbitration etc. to (or attempt to ) resolve commercial dispute?
_2023_BEEo3a
Reliable alternative to courts for resolving commercial disputes: Arbitration?
_2023_BEEo3b
Reliable alternative to courts for resolving commercial disputes:Mediation etc.?
k3a
% of Working Capital Financed From Internal Funds/Retained Earnings
k3bc
% of Working Capital Borrowed From Banks
k3e
% of Working Capital Borrowed From Non-Bank Financial Institutions
k3f
% of Working Capital Purchased On Credit/Advances From Suppliers /Customers
k3hd
% of Working Capital Financed By Other (Money Lenders, Friends, Relatives, Etc)
k4
Did This Establishment Purchase Any Fixed Assets In Last FY?
_2017_2023_n5a
Total Annual Expenditure For Purchases of Equipment In Last FY
_2017_2023_n5b
Total Annual Expenditure For Purchases of Land And Buildings In Last FY
k5a
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Internal Funds/Retained Earnings
_2017_2023_k5a1
Fixed Assets - Value Internal Funds or Retained Earnings
k5i
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Owners’ Contributions or Issued New Equity
_2017_2023_k5i1
Fixed Assets - Value Owners’ Contribution or Issued New Equity Shares
k5bc
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Bank Borrowing
_2017_2023_k5bc1
Fixed Assets - Value Borrowed From Banks
k5e
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Non-Bank Financial Institutions
_2017_2023_k5e1
Fixed Assets - Value Borrowed From Non-Bank Financial Institutions
k5f
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Credit From Suppliers/Advances From Customers
_2017_2023_k5f1
Fixed Assets - Value Purchases On Credit From Suppliers, Advances From Customers
k5hdj
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Other (Money Lenders\Friends\Relatives\Etc)
k5hdj1
Fixed Assets - Value Other
_2017_2023_k4b
Purchase Any New/Used Fixed Assets?
_2017_2023_n5c
Total Annual Expenditure For Purchases of Equipment In Year Prior To Last FY
_2017_2023_n5d
Total Annual Expenditure On Land And Buildings In Year Prior To Last FY
k6
Does This Establishment Have A Checking And\or Saving Account?
k7
At This Time, Does This Establishment Have An Overdraft Facility?
_2023_k82
Establishment Has A Line of Credit or Loan From A Financial Institution?
_2017_2023_k9
Type of Financial Institution That Granted The Line of Credit or Loan
_2017_2023_k10
Year When The Most Recent Loan/Line of Credit Approved
_2017_2023_k11
For The Most Recent Loan, What Was The Value At The Time of Approval?
k13
Financing Required For The Most Recent Line of Credit or Loan
k14a
Type of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Loan? Land, Buildings
k14b
Type of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Loan? Equipment
k14c
Type of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Loan? Accounts
k14d
Type of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Loan? Personal Assets
k14e
Type of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Loan? Other
k15a
Value of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Credit/Loan
_2017_2023_k15b
Total Number of Open Lines of Credit and Outstanding Loans
_2017_2023_k15c
Total Outstanding Balance of All Open Lines of Credit and Loans (LCU)
_2017_2023_k15d
Outstanding Personal Loans Used To Finance Establishment'S Business Activities?
_2023_k162
In Last FY, Did Establishment Apply For New Loans/Lines of Credit?
k17
Main Reason For Not Applying For New Loans or New Lines of Credit
_2017_2023_k20a1
What Was The Outcome of That Most Recent Application For Loan/Line of Credit?
_2023_BEEk2
Total cost to apply for most recent loan
_2023_BEEk3
Days to receive a decision about most recent loan application
k21
Financial Statements Checked & Certified By External Auditor In Last FY?
_2023_BEEk4
Percentage of payments received using e-payments
_2023_BEEk6
Main type of e-payment accepted
_2023_BEEk7
Avg. days to receive main type of e-payment
_2023_BEEk8
Cost per transaction (% of transaction) to receive main type of e-payment
_2023_BEEk9
Monthly fees and subscription costs to receive main type of e-payment
_2023_BEEk10
Percentage of payments made using e-payments
_2023_BEEk12
Main type of e-payment used to make payments
_2023_BEEk13
Cost per transaction (% of transaction) to make main type of e-payment
k30
How Much of An Obstacle: Access To Finance
_2023_BEEj1
In resolving commercial disputes, courts are independent and impartial
j2
What % of Senior Management Time Was Spent In Dealing With Govt Regulations?
j3
Over The Last 12 Months, Was This Establishment Inspected By Tax officials?
j4
Frequency of Inspections/Requirement For Meeting By Tax officials
j5
In Any of These Inspections Was A Gift/Informal Payment Requested ?
_2023_BEEj2
Did any of these visits or meetings consist of a tax audit?
_2023_BEEj3
Weeks until final audit report was received
_2023_BEEj4
Establishment outsourced some tax-related activities in the last FY
_2023_BEEj5a
Total annual time spent on tax compliance (hours)
_2023_BEEj5b
Average monthly time spent on tax compliance (hours)
_2023_BEEj6
In last FY, did establishment file taxes electronically
_2023_BEEj7
In last FY, did establishment pay taxes electronically
_2023_BEEj8
In the last 3 yrs., establishment has applied for a VAT refund
_2023_BEEj9
Weeks to receive VAT refund
_2023_BEEj10
Main reason for not applying for a VAT tax refund
j6a
Government Contract Secured (or Attempted) In The Last 12 Months?
_2023_BEEj11
Degree of difficulty to comply with govt contract tender requirements
j7a
Percent of Total Annual Sales Paid In Informal Payments
j7b
Total Annual Informal Payment
j10
Application To Obtain An Import License Submitted Over The Last 2 Years?
j11
How Many Days Did It Take To Obtain Your Import License?
j12
When You Applied For An Import License, Was An Informal Gift/Payment Requested?
j13
Application To Obtain An Operating License Submitted Over Last 2 Years?
j14
How Many Days Did It Take To Obtain Your Operating License?
j15
When You Applied For Operating License Was An Informal Gift/Payment Requested?
j30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Tax Rates
j30b
How Much of An Obstacle: Tax Administrations
j30c
How Much of An Obstacle: Business Licensing And Permits
j30e
How Much of An Obstacle: Political Instability
j30f
How Much of An Obstacle: Corruption
h30
How Much of An Obstacle: Courts
i30
How Much of An Obstacle: Crime, Theft And Disorder?
_2023_j30_taxrate_pos
J30: rotation position 1
_2023_j30_taxadmin_pos
J30: rotation position 2
_2023_j30_permit_pos
J30: rotation position 3
_2023_j30_instability_pos
J30: rotation position 4
_2023_j30_corruption_pos
J30: rotation position 5
_2023_j30_courts_pos
J30: rotation position 6
l1
Num. Permanent, Full-Time Employees At End of Last Fiscal Year
l2
Num. Permanent, Full-Time Employees At End of 3 Fiscal Years Ago
_2017_2023_l3a
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Production Workers
_2017_2023_l3b
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Non-Production Workers
_2017_2023_l4a1
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Skilled Production Workers, Last FY
_2017_2023_l4a2
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Semi-skilled Production Workers, Last FY
_2017_2023_l4b
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Low-skilled Production Workers, Last FY
_2017_2023_l5a
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Female Production Workers
_2017_2023_l5b
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Female Non-Production Workers
l5
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Female
l6
Num. Full-Time Temporary Employees At End of Last FY
_2017_2023_l6a
Female Temporary, Full-Time Workers Employed Throughout Last FY
l8
Avg. Length of Employment of All Full-Time Temporary Employees In Last FY
_2017_2023_l9b
% of Full Time Workers Completed High School End of Last FY
_2023_l9b1
Number of Full Time Workers Completed High School
l10
Formal Training Programs For Permanent, Full-Time Employees In Last FY
_2017_2023_l11a
% Permanent Full-Time Production Employees Received Formal Training In Last FY
_2017_2023_l11a1
Training Programs Amount: Production Full-Time Permanent Employees Trained
_2017_2023_l11b
% Permanent Fulltime Nonproduction Employees Received Formal Training In Last FY
_2017_2023_l11b1
Training Programs Amount:Non-Production Full-Time Permanent Employees Trained
_2023_l12a
% Permanent Full-Time Female Employees Received Formal Training In Last FY
_2023_l12a1
Training Programs Amount: Full-Time Permanent Female Employees Trained
_2023_BEEl2
In the last FY, number of workers establishment needed to hire
_2023_BEEl3
In the last FY, number of workers establishment hired
_2023_BEEl4
Main reason establishment did not hire more workers in the last FY
_2023_BEEl5
In the last 3 yrs., establishment has dismissed any permanent, full-time workers
_2023_BEEl6
Typical number of weeks to dismiss full-time permanent worker
_2023_BEEl7
Typical number of weeks paid in severance
_2023_BEEl8
In the last 3 yrs., establishment has been involved in any labor dispute
_2023_BEEl10
Typical number of weeks to resolve labor dispute
_2023_BEEl11
Cost to resolve labor dispute
_2023_BEEl12
In last FY, was establishment visited by health and safety inspectors
_2023_BEEl13
Was a report issued for health and safety inspection
l30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Labor Regulations?
Total: 510
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