Informal Sector Enterprise Survey 2024
Nepal, 2024 - 2025
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Reference ID
NPL_2024_ISES_v01_M
Producer(s)
World Bank Group (WBG)
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Created on
May 23, 2025
Last modified
May 23, 2025
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- Nepal-2024-ISES-full-data.dta
Main reason of not being registered (NPLr3)
Data file: Nepal-2024-ISES-full-data.dta
Overview
Valid:
1315
Invalid:
1220
Minimum:
-9
Maximum:
10
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
470
End:
471
Width:
2
Range:
-9 - 10
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| -9 | Don't know (spontaneous) | 1 |
0.1%
|
| -7 | Refusal (spontaneous) | 3 |
0.2%
|
| 1 | Cost to register | 221 |
16.8%
|
| 2 | Lack information about where and how to register | 122 |
9.3%
|
| 3 | No benefit to being registered | 151 |
11.5%
|
| 4 | Taxes if registered | 49 |
3.7%
|
| 5 | Inspections and meetings with officials if registered | 3 |
0.2%
|
| 6 | Informal payments needed if registered | 1 |
0.1%
|
| 7 | Exposure to more competition if registered | 7 |
0.5%
|
| 8 | Registration does not apply to a business like mine | 324 |
24.6%
|
| 9 | Time to register | 115 |
8.7%
|
| 10 | Other(spontaneous) | 318 |
24.2%
|
| Sysmiss | 1220 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.