Enterprise Survey 2007
Ghana, 2007
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Ghana-2007--full
data-1
$ bribes to public officials (j7b)
Data file: Ghana-2007--full data-1
Overview
Valid:
616
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
685
End:
693
Width:
9
Range:
-
Format:
Questions and instructions
Literal question
We’ve heard that establishments are sometimes required to make gifts or informal payments to public officials to “get things done” with regard to customs, taxes, licenses, regulations, services etc. On average, what percentage of total annual sales, or estimated annual value, do establishments like this one pay in informal payments/gifts to public officials for this purpose?
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| -9 | don't know |
| -8 | refused to answer |
| -7 | not applicable |
| -6 | still in process |
| -5 | application denied |
| -4 | skipped |
| -3 | not provided |
| 50000 | |
| 100000 | |
| 150000 | |
| 200000 | |
| 250000 | |
| 300000 | |
| 400000 | |
| 500000 | |
| 570000 | |
| 780000 | |
| 1000000 | |
| 1200000 | |
| 2000000 | |
| 2500000 | |
| 3000000 | |
| 10000000 | |
| 300000000 |
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.
Interviewer instructions
1) Size of informal payments/gifts Informal payments are payments made to government officials that are unaudited or unreported. They are generally given to an official with the expectation that a service will be performed (such as granting a business license), a violation overlooked (such as violation of health regulation), or because the official threatens the business.
Notice the wording (phrasing) of the question: it asks for the respondent to answer for establishments “like this one” rather than the establishment being interviewed.
Notice the wording (phrasing) of the question: it asks for the respondent to answer for establishments “like this one” rather than the establishment being interviewed.