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Enterprise Survey 2003-2006-2010-2016

Nicaragua, 2003 - 2017
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Reference ID
NIC_2003-2016_ES-P_v01_M
Producer(s)
World Bank
Metadata
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Sep 19, 2018
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Total Annual Informal Payment (j7b)

Data file: Nicaragua_2003_2006_2010_2016_test

Overview

Valid: 290
Invalid: 1309
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 851
End: 856
Width: 6
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question
It is said 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 total annual value, do establishments like this one pay in informal payments or gifts to public officials for this purpose?
- Total annual informal payment
Categories
Value Category
-9 Don't know (spontaneous)
-8 Refusal (spontaneous)
0 No payments or gifts are paid
1
2
42
50
100
142
150
200
250
300
400
427
500
760
800
850
1000
1140
1200
1425
1500
2137
2500
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4000
5000
6000
7125
10000
10800
15000
15600
18000
25000
30000
33600
36000
50000
60000
75000
142513
180000
200000
290000
300000
810000
Sysmiss
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
Size of informal payments/gifts Informal payments are payments made to government officials that are unaudited and 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.
Sensitive question, no clarification can be offered
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