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Productivity of the Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey 2009

Lebanon, 2009
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Data file: Lebanon-2009--full data-

The file contains the cleaned, raw database. Text of questions can be found in "Productivity of the Investment Climate Private Enterprise Survey Questionnaire" in "Questionnaires" folder. Summary of indicators can be found in Excel document "Lebanon PICS 2009 Indicators" in "Technical Documents" folder.

Cases: 382
Variables: 651

Variables

q3601k
Q36k- Specify type of subsidy
q3601x
Q36-use of original loan
q3601l
Q36l- Incidence of the loan taken having a government guarantee
q3701x
Q37- Main reason the establishment does not have a loan
q3801a
Q38a- The principal reason the establishment did not apply for a loan
q3801b
Q38b- Principal Reason given for application rejection
q3901x
Q39- Percentage of total borrowing that is denominated in foreign currency
q3901a
Q39a- Incidence of the firms access to bank financing will be affected by the c
q3902a
Q39a- Incidence of the firms access to bank financing will be affected by the c
q3901b
Q39b- How The current global financing instability affects financing
q3902b
Q39b- How The current volatility in the financial markets affects financing
q4001x
Q40- Incidence of establishment having a checking and - or saving account
q4002x
Q40- Incidence of establishment having a property and casualty insurance on any
q4101x
Q41- Incidence of establishment having its general purpose financial statements
q4101b
Q41B- statements prepared in accordance with
q4101c
Q41- Incidence of establishment having its annual financial statement checked an
q4201x
Q42a- Incidence of the establishment owning - leasing the majority of its lands
q4202x
Q42b- Incidence of the establishment owning - leasing the majority of its buildi
q4301a
Q43a- Evaluation of the statement “I am confident that the judicial system wil
q4301b
Q43b- Incidence of establishments being involved in a court case in the last thr
q4401a
Q44a- Percentage of establishment s sales being pre-paid in 2008
q4402a
Q44a- Percentage of establishment s sales being paid at delivery in 2008
q4403a
Q44a- Percentage of establishment s sales being sold on credit in 2008
q4401b
Q44b- Percentage of monthly total sales to private customers not paid within the
q4401c
Q44c- Percentage of the above monthly total sales to private customers never rep
q4401d
Q44d- The number of days that it took to resolve an overdue payment over the las
q4501a
Q45a- Percentage of establishment s overdue payments which were resolved by cour
q4501b
Q45b- The number of weeks that it took to resolve the court cases
q4501c
Q45c- Incidence of the decisions of the court being enforced
q4601a
Q46a- Incidence of the establishment experiencing losses in the last year due to
q4601b
Q46b- Value of losses due to theft, robbery, vandalism, or arson (LL)
q4601c
Q46c- The number of cases of theft, robbery, vandalism, or arson
q4601d
Q46d- The number of cases of theft, robbery, vandalism, or arson reported to the
q4601e
Q46e- The number of cases of theft, robbery, vandalism, or arson resolved
q4701x
Q47a- Establishment s costs in providing security related to crime in 2008 (LL)
q4702x
Q47b- Establishment s costs in providing protection payments in 2008 (LL)
q4801x
Q48- Evaluation of statement “In general, government officials interpretation
q4901a
Q49A- plan to increase workforce
q4901b
Q49b- Number by which establishments plan to increase workforce
q4902b
Q49b- Number by which establishments plan to decrease workforce
q4901c
Q49c- The most important reason for not increasing - decreasing current workforc
q4902c
Q49c- The second most important reason for not increasing - decreasing current w
q5001x
Q50- Percentage of senior management s time spent dealing with government requir
q5101a
Q51a- Incidence of establishment s giving gifts or informal payments to public o
q5101b
Q51b- Percent of annual sales value that gifts or informal payments to public of
q5102b
Q51b- The amount that gifts or informal payments to public officials cost a typi
q5201x
A mainline telephone connection
q5202x
An electrical connection
q5203x
A water connection
q5204x
A construction permit
q5205x
An import license
q5206x
Main operating license
q5207x
Q52- Name of main operating license
q5201a
Q52a- Incidence of establishment seeking to obtain a mainline telephone connecti
q5202a
Q52a- Incidence of establishment seeking to obtain an electrical connection
q5203a
Q52a- Incidence of establishment seeking to obtain a water connection
q5204a
Q52a- Incidence of establishment seeking to obtain a construction permit
q5205a
Q52a- Incidence of establishment seeking to obtain an import license
q5206a
Q52a- Incidence of establishment seeking to obtain a main operating license
q5201b
Q52b- Incidence of establishment experiencing delays in obtaining a mainline tel
q5202b
Q52b- Incidence of establishment experiencing delays in obtaining an electrical
q5203b
Q52b- Incidence of establishment experiencing delays in obtaining a water connec
q5204b
Q52b- Incidence of establishment experiencing delays in obtaining a construction
q5205b
Q52b- Incidence of establishment experiencing delays in obtaining an import lice
q5206b
Q52b- Incidence of establishment experiencing delays in obtaining a main operati
q5201c
Q52c- Actual wait days in obtaining a mainline telephone connection
q5202c
Q52c- Actual wait days in obtaining an electrical connection
q5203c
Q52c- Actual wait days in obtaining a water connection
q5204c
Q52c- Actual wait days in obtaining a construction permit
q5205c
Q52c- Actual wait days in obtaining an import license
q5206c
Q52c- Actual wait days in obtaining a main operating license
q5201d
Q52d- Incidence of a gift-payment expected in obtaining a mainline telephone con
q5202d
Q52d- Incidence of a gift-payment expected in obtaining an electrical connection
q5203d
Q52d- Incidence of a gift-payment expected in obtaining a water connection
q5204d
Q52d- Incidence of a gift-payment expected in obtaining a construction permit
q5205d
Q52d- Incidence of a gift-payment expected in obtaining an import license
q5206d
Q52d- Incidence of a gift-payment expected in obtaining a main operating license
q5201e
Q52e- Amount expected (LL) in obtaining a mainline telephone connection
q5202e
Q52e- Amount expected (LL) in obtaining an electrical connection
q5203e
Q52e- Amount expected (LL) in obtaining a water connection
q5204e
Q52e- Amount expected (LL) in obtaining a construction permit
q5205e
Q52e- Amount expected (LL) in obtaining an import license
q5206e
Q52e- Amount expected (LL) in obtaining a main operating license
q5301a
Q53a- Percentage of total sales that establishment s report for tax purposes
q5301b
Q53B-Percentage of total workforce reported for payroll taxes and labor regulati
q5301c
Q53C-Percentage of total salaries reported for payroll taxes and labor regulatio
q5401x
Q54- Evaluation of whether Corporate Income Tax is causing constraints to the es
q5402x
Q54- Evaluation of whether VAT is causing constraints to the establishment
q5403x
Q54- Evaluation of whether social security payments are causing constraints to t
q5404x
Q54- Evaluation of whether a family allowance is causing constraints to the esta
q5405x
Q54- Evaluation of whether built-up property taxes are causing constraints to th
q5406x
Q54- Evaluation of whether municipal taxes are causing constraints to the establ
q5407x
Q54- Evaluation of whether work permit taxes are causing constraints to the esta
q5408x
Q54- Evaluation of whether stamp duty is causing constraints to the establishmen
q5501x
Q55ai- Incidence of the establishment having been inspected by the tax inspector
q5502x
Q55ai- Incidence of the establishment having been inspected by the labor and soc
q5503x
Q55ai- Incidence of the establishment having been inspected by the fire and buil
q5504x
Q55ai- Incidence of the establishment having been inspected by the sanitation -
q5505x
Q55ai- Incidence of the establishment having been inspected by the municipal pol
q5506x
Q55ai- Incidence of the establishment having been inspected by the environmental
q5507x
Q55ai- Incidence of the establishment having been inspected by other agencies
q5501o
Q55-specify other
q5501a
Q55aii- The number of times that the establishment was inspected by the tax insp
q5502a
Q55aii- The number of times that the establishment was inspected by the labor an
q5503a
Q55aii- The number of times that the establishment was inspected by the fire and
q5504a
Q55aii- The number of times that the establishment was inspected by the sanitati
q5505a
Q55aii- The number of times that the establishment was inspected by the municipa
q5506a
Q55aii- The number of times that the establishment was inspected by the environm
q5507a
Q55aii- The number of times that the establishment was inspected by other agenci
q5501b
Q55b- The average duration of each visit to the establishment by the tax inspect
q5502b
Q55b- The average duration of each visit to the establishment by the labor and s
q5503b
Q55b- The average duration of each visit to the establishment by the fire and bu
q5504b
Q55b- The average duration of each visit to the establishment by the sanitation
q5505b
Q55b- The average duration of each visit to the establishment by the municipal p
q5506b
Q55b- The average duration of each visit to the establishment by the environment
q5507b
Q55b- The average duration of each visit to the establishment by other agencies
q5501c
Q55c- total cost of fines or seized goods as a result of the inspection by the t
q5502c
Q55c- total cost of fines or seized goods as a result of the inspection by the l
q5503c
Q55c- total cost of goods as a result of the inspection by the fire and building
q5504c
Q55c- total cost of goods as a result of the inspection by the sanitation - epid
q5505c
Q55c- total cost of goods as a result of the inspection by the municipal police
q5506c
Q55c- total cost of goods as a result of the inspection by the environmental age
q5507c
Q55c- total cost of goods as a result of the inspection by other agencies (LL)
q5501d
Q55d- Incidence of being asked or expected to give a gift or informal payment to
q5502d
Q55d- Incidence of being asked or expected to give a gift or informal payment to
q5503d
Q55d- Incidence of being asked or expected to give a gift or informal payment to
q5504d
Q55d- Incidence of being asked or expected to give a gift or informal payment to
q5505d
Q55d- Incidence of being asked or expected to give a gift or informal payment to
q5506d
Q55d- Incidence of being asked or expected to give a gift or informal payment to
q5507d
Q55d- Incidence of being asked or expected to give a gift or informal payment to
q5501e
Q55e- The value of the gift or informal epidem asked for or expected by the tax
q5502e
Q55e- The value of the gift or informal payment asked for or expected by labor a
q5503e
Q55e- The value of the gift or informal payment asked for or expected by fire an
q5504e
Q55e- The value of the gift or informal payment asked for or expected by sanitat
q5505e
Q55e- The value of the gift or informal payment asked for or expected by the mun
q5506e
Q55e- The value of the gift or informal payment asked for or expected by the env
q5507e
Q55e- The value of the gift or informal payment asked for or expected by other a
q5601a
Q56a- Incidence of a gift or informal payment being expected to secure governmen
q5601b
Q56b- Percentage of the gift or informal payment from the contract value
q5701a
Avoid sales tax, VAT or other taxes
q5702a
Do not pay duties or observe trade regulations
q5703a
Avoid labor taxes - regulations
q5704a
Violate my copyrights, patents or trademarks
q5705a
Receive subsidies from national - local government
q5706a
having favored access to credit, infrastructure services or customers
q5707a
Conspire to limit my access to markets or supplies
q5701x
Q57a- Evaluation of whether your competitors “avoiding sales tax, VAT, or othe
q5702x
Q57a- Evaluation of whether “not paying duties or observing trade regulationsâ
q5703x
Q57a- Evaluation of whether “avoiding labor taxes - regulations” is problema
q5704x
Q57a- Evaluation of whether “violating your copyrights, patents, or trademarks
q5705x
Q57a- Evaluation of whether “receiving subsidies from national - local governm
q5706x
Q57a- Evaluation of whether “having favored access to credit, infrastructure s
q5707x
Q57a- Evaluation of whether your competitors “conspiring to limit your access
q5701bl
Your firm
q5702bl
Your domestic competitors
q5703bl
Other domestic firms
q5704bl
Foreign firms
q5705bl
A business association to which you belong
q5706bl
Other business associations
q5707bl
Dominant firms or conglomerates in key sectors of the economy
q5708bl
Labor unions
q5709bl
Organized crime
q5710bl
Regional or local government
q5711bl
Military
q5712bl
Individuals or firms with close personal ties to political leaderss
q5713bl
Avoid sales tax, VAT or other taxes
q5701b
Q57b- Evaluation of “your firm” had on national laws and regulations
q5702b
Q57b- Evaluation of “your domestic competitors” had on national laws and reg
q5703b
Q57b- Evaluation of “other domestic firms” had on national laws and regulati
q5704b
Q57b- Evaluation of “foreign firms” had on national laws and regulations
q5705b
Q57b- Evaluation of “a business association to which you belong” had on nati
q5706b
Q57b- Evaluation of “other business associations” had on national laws and
q5707b
Q57b- Evaluation of “dominant firms or conglomerates...” had on national law
q5708b
Q57b- Evaluation of “labor unions” had on recently enacted national laws and
q5709b
Q57b- Evaluation of “organized crime” had on recently enacted national laws
q5710b
Q57b- Evaluation of “regional or local government” had on national laws and
q5711b
Q57b- Evaluation of “military” had on national laws and regulations
q5712b
Q57b- Evaluation of “individuals or firms...” had on national laws and regul
q5713b
Q57b- Evaluation of “international development agencies or foreign governments
q5801x
Q58- The number of full-time paid employees at the time the establishment starte
q5901a
Q59a- The average number of permanent workers in 2006
q5902a
Q59a- The average number of permanent workers in 2007
q5903a
Q59a- The average number of permanent workers in 2008
q5904a
Q59a- The average number of professionals at the establishment in 2008
q5905a
Q59a- The average number of skilled production workers at the establishment in 2
q5906a
Q59a- The average number of unskilled productions workers at the establishment i
q5901b1
Q59b- Employment expectation
q5901b2
Q59b- Percentage of employment expansion
q5902b2
Q59b- Percentage of employment reduction
q5901c
Q59c- Percentage of establishment s female workers being professionals
q5902c
Q59c- Percentage of establishment s female workers being skilled production work
q5903c
Q59c- Percentage of establishment s female workers being unskilled production wo
q5904c
Q59c- Percentage of establishment s permanent workers in 2008 being female
q5905c
Q59c- Percentage of establishment s permanent workers in 2008 being part-timers
q5901ci
Q59ci- Total compensation for establishment s professionals in 2008 (LL)
q5902ci
Q59ci- Total compensation for establishment s skilled production workers in 2008
q5903ci
Q59ci- Total compensation for establishment s unskilled production workers in 20
q5901cii
Q59cii- Wages for establishment s professionals in 2008 (LL)
q5902cii
Q59cii- Wages for establishment s skilled production workers in 2008 (LL)
q5903cii
Q59cii- Wages for establishment s unskilled production workers in 2008 (LL)
q5901d
Q59d- The average number of working hours per week - part-timers
q5901e
Q59e. On average, how long (in years) does the Total workers stay in your enterp
q5902e
Q59e. On average, how long (in years) does the Professional workers stay in your
q5903e
Q59e. On average, how long (in years) does the Skilled Production workers stay i
q5904e
Q59e. On average, how long (in years) does the Unskilled Production workers stay
q6001x
Q60- Incidence of employing temporary workers
q6101a
Q61a- The average number of temporary workers in 2008
q6102a
Q61a- The average number of temporary workers in 2007
q6103a
Q61a- The average number of temporary workers in 2006
q6101b
Q61b- The average number of establishment s temporary workers in 2008 being fema
q6101c
Q61c- The average number of establishment s temporary workers in 2008 being part
q6101d
Q61d- The average length of employment for each project of temporary workers in
q6101e
Q61e- The total compensation of establishment s temporary workers in 2008 (LL)
q6201x
Q62- The average number of working hours per week - temporary workers
q6301x
Q63- The number of permanent employees being foreign nationals
q6401a
Q64a- The number of permanent employees that the establishment hired in 2008
q6401b
Q64b- Main reasons behind permanent employees leaving the establishment
q6402b
Q64b- Main reasons behind permanent employees leaving the establishment
q6403b
Q64b- Main reasons behind permanent employees leaving the establishment
q6401c
Q64c- number of permanent employees who left the establishment after being dismi
q6402c
Q64c- number of permanent employees who left the establishment due to sickness o
q6403c
Q64c- number of permanent employees who left the establishment for other reasons
q6501a
Q65a- weeks to fill most recent vacancy through external recruitment for skilled
q6502a
Q65a- weeks to fill most recent vacancy through external recruitment for product
q6503a
Q65a- weeks to fill most recent vacancy through external recruitment for manager
q6501x
Engineers
q6502x
Computers and CT
q6503x
Technicians
q6504x
English translators
q6505x
Construction workers
q6506x
Managers
q6507x
Sales force
q6508x
Legal affairs
q6509x
Health Professionals
q6510x
Accountants-financial analysts
q6511x
Maintenance-security
q6501b
Q65b- Incidence of the firm hiring engineers
q6502b
Q65b- Incidence of the firm hiring computers and CT
q6503b
Q65b- Incidence of the firm hiring technicians
q6504b
Q65b- Incidence of the firm hiring English translators
q6505b
Q65b- Incidence of the firm hiring construction workers
q6506b
Q65b- Incidence of the firm hiring managers
q6507b
Q65b- Incidence of the firm hiring sales force
q6508b
Q65b- Incidence of the firm hiring legal affairs
q6509b
Q65b- Incidence of the firm hiring Health Professionals
q6510b
Q65b- Incidence of the firm hiring accountants-financial analysts
q6511b
Q65b- Incidence of the firm hiring maintenance-security
q6501c
Q65c- Incidence of difficulty in finding or hiring engineers
q6502c
Q65c- Incidence of difficulty infinding or hiring computers and CT
q6503c
Q65c- Incidence of difficulty infinding or hiring technicians
q6504c
Q65c- Incidence of difficulty infinding or hiring English translators
q6505c
Q65c- Incidence of difficulty infinding or hiring construction workers
q6506c
Q65c- Incidence of difficulty infinding or hiring managers
q6507c
Q65c- Incidence of difficulty infinding or hiring sales force
q6508c
Q65c- Incidence of difficulty infinding or hiring legal affairs
q6509c
Q65c- Incidence of difficulty infinding or hiring Health Professionals
q6510c
Q65c- Incidence of difficulty infinding or hiring accountants-financial analyst
q6511c
Q65c- Incidence of difficulty infinding or hiring maintenance-security
q6501d
Q65d- Primary reason in finding or hiring engineers
q6502d
Q65d- Primary reason of difficulty in finding or hiring computers and CT
q6503d
Q65d- Primary reason of difficulty in finding or hiring technicians
q6504d
Q65d- Primary reason of difficulty in finding or hiring English translators
q6505d
Q65d- Primary reason of difficulty in finding or hiring construction workers
q6506d
Q65d- Primary reason in finding or hiring managers
q6507d
Q65d- Primary reason in finding or hiring sales force
q6508d
Q65d- Primary reason in finding or hiring legal affairs
q6509d
Q65d- Primary reason in finding or hiring Health Professionals
q6510d
Q65d- Primary reason in finding or hiring accountants-financial analysts
q6511d
Q65d- Primary reason in finding or hiring maintenance-security
q6501e
Q65e- The mechanism your firm uses to hire workers
q6601a
Q66a- Incidence of permanent employees at the establishment being offered intern
q6602a
Q66a- Incidence of permanent employees at the establishment being offered extern
q6601b
Q66b- Percentage of permanent skilled workers receiving formal training in 2008
q6602b
Q66b- Percentage of permanent unskilled workers receiving formal training in 200
q6601c
Q66c- Training duration (weeks) of permanent skilled workers in 2008
q6602c
Q66c- Training duration (weeks) of permanent unskilled workers in 2008
q6601d
Q66d- The firm s total expenditure on the training of its employees in 2008
q6701x
Q67- Percentage of establishment s workforce being unionized
q6801a
Q68a- Days of production lost due to worker strikes or other labor disputes
q6801b
Q68b- Days of production lost due to civil unrest
q6801c
Q68c- Days of production lost due to employee absenteeism because of illness, de
q6901a
Q69a- Percentage of workforce having not completed primary school
q6902a
Q69a- Percentage of workforce having completed primary school
q6903a
Q69a- Percentage of workforce having completed primary plus vocational training
q6904a
Q69a- Percentage of workforce having completed secondary school
q6905a
Q69a- Percentage of workforce having completed secondary plus vocational trainin
q6906a
Q69a- Percentage of workforce having completed post-secondary vocational trainin
q6907a
Q69a- Percentage of workforce having some university
q6908a
Q69a- Percentage of workforce having some university or higher level education
q6901b
Q69b- Percentage of workforce that has not completed primary school being female
q7001x
Q70- Highest level of education of the top manager
q7101a
Q71a- The number of years of experience that the top manager had before running
q7101b
Q71b- The number of years of experience that the top manager had with a domestic
q7101c
Q71c- The number of years of experience that the top manager had with a foreign
p0101a
P1- Establishment s total sales in 2008 (LL)
p0102a
P1- Establishment s total sales in 2007 (LL)
p0101b
P1- Establishment s total purchase of raw material and intermediate goods in 200
p0102b
P1- Establishment s total purchase of raw material and intermediate goods in 200
p0101c
P1- Total cost of labor, including wages, salaries, and bonuses in 2008 (LL)
p0102c
P1- Total cost of labor, including wages, salaries, and bonuses in 2007 (LL)
Total: 651
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