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Enterprise Survey 2018

Lao PDR, 2018
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LAO_2018_ES_v01_M
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Data file: lao_pdr_2018_full_data

Lao PDR 2018 Enterprise Survey data

Cases: 332
Variables: 347

Variables

idstd
WEB STD FIRMID
id
Firm ID
a4a
Industry Sampling Sector
a6a
Sampling Size
a2
Sampling Region
a4b
Industry Screener Sector
a0
Questionnaire
a3a
Region of The Establishment
a6b
Screener Size
a14d
Day
a14m
Month
a14y
Year
a14h
Hour
a14min
Minutes
a1
Country Code
a12
Interviewer Number
a1a
Interview Language
a1c
Sample Frame Level
a7
Establishment part of a multi-establishment Firm?
a7a
Number of Establishments In The Firm
a7b
Is This Establishment The Headquarters Location?
a11
If Hq, Financial Statements Independent of The Rest of Establishment
a7c
Does This Headquarters Location Engage In Production or Sales At This Location?
a9
Establishment'S Financial Statements Prepared Separately From Hq Statements
a20y
Close Year of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
a20m
Close Month of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
a20d
Close Day of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
b1
Legal Status of The Firm
b1x
Other (Specify)
b3
What Percentage of This Firm Does The Largest Owner(S) Own?
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?
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
b6a
Was Establishment Formally Registered When It Began 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?
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?
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
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?
c15
Did You Experience Insufficient Water Supply For Production In Last FY?
c16
Frequency of Incidents of Water Shortages In A Typical Month In Last FY
c17
Average Length of Water Shortages (Affecting Production) In Last Fiscal Year
c22b
Establishment Has Its Own Website
c30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Electricity To Operations of This Establishment?
d1a1a
Establishment'S Main Product/Service Last FY
d1a1x
Main Product/Service (By The Largest % of Annual Sales) In Last Fiscal Year
d1a3
Main Product/Service: Percent of Total Annual Sales
d2
In Last Fiscal Year, What Were This Establishment's Total Annual Sales?
d2x
Please Also Write Out The Number: Total Annual Sales
n3
What Were The Establishment Sales 3 Years Ago
n3x
Please Also Write Out The Number: Sales 3 Years Ago
LAd1
Were Any of This Establishment's Sales To Government Entities?
LAd2
What Share Of Sales Was Supplied To The Government?
LAd3
Share Of Invoices For Goods and Services Supplied To The Government Fell Into Ar
d3a
% of Sales: National Sales
d3b
% O Sales: Indirect Exports
d3c
% of Sales: Direct Exports
d4
In Last FY, Avg. Num. of Days For Exported Goods To Clear Customs?
d5a
In Clearing Exports Through Customs,Informal Gift/Payment Expected or Requested?
LAd4
Were Clearances and Inspections of Directly Exported Goods Required Through Non-
LAd5
Avg. Num. of Days To Clear Directly Exported Goods Through Non-Customs Agencies
LAd6
Informal Gift or Payment Requested For Clearances and Inspections of Goods Expor
d8
In What Year Did This Establishment First Export Directly or Indirectly?
d10
In Last FY, % of Value of Products Lost In Transit Due To Theft
d11
In Last FY, % of Value of Products Lost In Transit Due To Breakage or Spoilage?
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?
d14
Avg. Num. of Days For Imported Goods To Clear Customs In Last Fiscal Year
d15a
In Clearing Imports Through Customs,Informal Gift/Payment Expected or Requested?
LAd7
Were Clearances and Inspections of Imported Material Inputs Or Supplies Required
LAd8
Avg. Num. of Days To Clear Imported Material Inputs Or Supplies Through Non-Cust
LAd9
Informal Gift or Payment Requested For Clearances and Inspections of Imported Ma
LAd10x
Specify The Primary Input Used For Production
LAd11
Main Supplier Also Manufacture To Unique Specification
LAd12
Number of Suppliers for Primary Input
LAd13
Other Suppliers Of This Input In The Market?
LAd14
Number of Suppliers For Primary Inpt That Are Also Subsidiaries of Establishment
LAd15
Number of Years in Business With Major Suppliers?
LAd16
Has This Establishment Changed Any Of Its Major Suppliers?
LAd17
% of Supplies Purchased With Lower Than Expected Quality?
LAd18
Establishment Work With Suppliers To Improve The Quality Of Inputs?
LAd19
Establishment Looking For New Suppliers To Improve Quality Or Reduce Price?
d30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Transport?
d30b
How Much of An Obstacle: Customs And Trade Regulations?
r1
What Happened When Problem In The Production Process/Services Provision Arose?
r2
Did This Establishment Monitor Any Production/Service Performance Indicators?
r3
How Many Production/Service Provision Performance Indicators Were Monitored?
r4
Did This Establishment Have Production/Service Provision Targets?
r5
What Best Describes The Time Frame of Production/Service Provision Targets?
r6
How Easy To Achieve Its Production/Service Provision Targets?
r7
Who Was Aware of The Production/Service Provision Targets At This Establishment?
r8
Was There Performance Bonuses Based On Production/Service Provision Targets?
r9
What Were Managers' Performance Bonuses Usually Based On?
r10
What Was The Primary Way Non-Managers Were Promoted?
r11
When Was An Under-Performing Non-Manager Reassigned or Dismissed?
e1
In Last FY, Main Market For Establishment'S Main Product
e2b
Competitors For The Main Product/Service In The Main Market
e6
Do You Use Technology Licensed From A Foreign-Owned Company?
e11
Does This Establishment Compete Against Unregistered or Informal Firms?
e30
How Much of An Obstacle: Practices of Competitors In Informal Sector?
h1
New Products/Services Introduced Over Last 3 Yrs
h2
New Products/Services Also New For Thr Establishment'S Main Market
h3x
Describe In Detail The Main New or Significantly Improved Product or Service
h4x
Describe How The Main New/Significantly Improved Product or Service Is Different
h5
During Last 3 Yrs, Establishment Introduced New/Significantly Improved Process
h6x
Describe Main New/Significantly Improved Process This Establishment Introduced
h7x
How The Main New/Significantly Improved Process Is Different
h8
During Last Fiscal Year, Establishment Spent On R&D (Excl Market Research)?
h9
How Much Spent On R&D, Either In-House or External?
f1
In Last FY, What Was The Capacity Utilization (%) of This Establishment?
f2
Number of Hours Per Week Operated By The Establishment In Last Fiscal Year
g6a
Percentage of The Building Occupied: Owned By This Establishment
g1a
Percentage of The Land Occupied: Owned By 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
g5a
What Is The Total Selling Area In This Establishment?
g5b
The Area Is Measured In:
g5bx
Specify Other Units (If Not Included Above) The Area Is Measured In
g30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Access To Land?
i1
In Last FY, Did This Establishment Pay For Security?
i2a
Percentage of Total Annual Sales Paid For Security In Last Fiscal Year
i2b
In Last Fiscal Year, What Is The Total Annual Cost of Security?
i3
Losses Due To Theft, Robbery, Vandalism or Arson Experienced In Last Fiscal Year
i4a
Losses Due To Theft, Robbery, Vandalism or Arson In Last FY (% of Sales)
i4b
Value of Losses Due To Theft, Robbery, Vandalism or Arson In Last FY
i30
How Much of An Obstacle: Crime, Theft And Disorder?
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?
n5a
Total Annual Expenditure For Purchases of Equipment In Last FY
n5b
Total Annual Expenditure For Purchases of Land And Buildings In Last FY
n5ax
Please Also Write Out The Number: Machinery Purchases in Last FY
n5bx
Please Also Write Out The Number: Land/buildings in Last FY
k5a
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Internal Funds/Retained Earnings
k5a1
Fixed Assets - Value Internal Funds or Retained Earnings
k5i
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Owners’ Contributions or Issued New Equity
k5i1
Fixed Assets - Value Owners’ Contribution or Issued New Equity Shares
k5bc
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Bank Borrowing
k5bc1
Fixed Assets - Value Borrowed From Banks
k5e
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Non-Bank Financial Institutions
k5e1
Fixed Assets - Value Borrowed From Non-Bank Financial Institutions
k5f
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Credit From Suppliers/Advances From Customers
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
k4b
Purchase Any New/Used Fixed Assets?
n5c
Total Annual Expenditure For Purchases of Equipment In Year Prior To Last FY
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?
k8
Establishment Has A Line of Credit or Loan From A Financial Institution?
k9
Type of Financial Institution That Granted The Line of Credit or Loan
k10
Year When The Most Recent Loan/Line of Credit Approved
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
k15b
Total Number of Open Lines of Credit and Outstanding Loans
k15c
Total Outstanding Balance of All Open Lines of Credit and Loans (LCU)
k15d
Outstanding Personal Loans Used To Finance Establishment'S Business Activities?
k16
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
k20a1
What Was The Outcome of That Most Recent Application For Loan/Line of Credit?
k21
Financial Statements Checked & Certified By External Auditor In Last FY?
k30
How Much of An Obstacle: Access To Finance
h7a
The Court System Is Fair, Impartial And Uncorrupted
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 ?
LAj20
This is a CAPI filter variable for LAj20x. It is not a survey question.
LAj20x
Most Common Inspections This Establishment Faces
LAj20x_code
Code of LAj20x
LAj21
Information On Inspection Protocols Are Easily Available
LAj22
Information On Inspection Protocols Are Clear
LAj23
Inspectors Are Well Trained And Are Experts In Their Topic
LAj24
Inspectors Are Polite When Dealing With Businesses
LAj25
Inspectors Provide Information, Advice And Technical Assistance
LAj26
Inspections Are Well Coordinated And Do Not Duplicate Requests
LAj27
Companies Have To Bribe Inspectors
LAj28
Inspectors Ordered/Required To Collect The Fine/Initiate Penalty Procedure
LAj29
Inspections Protect From Unfair Competition
LAj30
Complaints Mechanism After Inspection Is Effective And Reliable
j6a
Government Contract Secured (or Attempted) In The Last 12 Months?
j6
% of Value Avg. Establishment Pays In Informal Gifts To Govt To Secure Contract?
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?
LAj31
Regulations Are Announced With Prior Notice/Consultation
LAj32
Finding Information On Existing Regulations Is Straightforward
LAj33
Regulations Are Consistent With One Another
LAj34
Little Variation Of Regulations By Regulatory Officials
LAj35
Regulations Are Enforced Consistently Across Businesses
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
taxrate_pos_j30
J30: rotation position 1
taxadmin_pos_j30
J30: rotation position 2
permit_pos_j30
J30: rotation position 3
instability_pos_j30
J30: rotation position 4
corruption_pos_j30
J30: rotation position 5
courts_pos_j30
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
l3a
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Production Workers
l3b
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Non-Production Workers
l4a1
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Highly Skilled Production Workers, Last FY
l4a2
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Semi Skilled Production Workers, Last FY
l4b
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Unskilled Production Workers, Last FY
l5a
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Female Production Workers
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
l6a
Female Temporary, Full-Time Workers Employed Throughout Last FY
l8
Avg. Length of Employment of All Full-Time Temporary Employees In Last FY
l9b
% of Full Time Workers Completed High School End of Last FY
l9b1
Number of Full Time Workers Completed High School
l10
Formal Training Programs For Permanent, Full-Time Employees In Last FY
l11a
% Permanent Full-Time Production Employees Received Formal Training In Last FY
l11a1
Training Programs Amount: Production Full-Time Permanent Employees Trained
l11b
% Permanent Fulltime Nonproduction Employees Received Formal Training In Last FY
l11b1
Training Programs Amount:Non-Production Full-Time Permanent Employees Trained
LAl36
Primary Focus Of The Formal Training Programs
LAl37
Primary Provider Of These Training Programs
LAl38
Establishment Try To Hire Any Managers Or Senior-Level Professionals?
LAl39
There Were No Or Few Applicants
LAl40
Applicants Lacked Required Job-Specific Skills
LAl41
Applicants Lacked Required Personal Skills Or Behaviors
LAl42
Applicants Expected Higher Wages Than The Establishment Can Offer
LAl43
Applicants Did Not Like The Working Conditions
LAl44
Establishment Hire Non-Production Technicians, Associate Professionals, And Sale
LAl45
There Were No Or Few Applicants
LAl46
Applicants Lacked Required Job-Specific Skills
LAl47
Applicants Lacked Required Personal Skills Or Behaviors
LAl48
Applicants Expected Higher Wages Than The Establishment Can Offer
LAl49
Applicants Did Not Like The Working Conditions
LAl50
Managerial And Leadership Skills
LAl51
Interpersonal And Communication Skills
LAl52
Writing Skills
LAl53
Reading Skills
LAl54
Problem Solving Skills
LAl55
Critical Thinking Skills
LAl56
Work Ethic And Commitment
LAl57
Foreign Language Skills
LAl58
Computer Skills Or General IT Skills
LAl59
Technical Skills Other Than Computers Or Vocational, Job-Specific Skills
LAl60
Numeracy Skills
l30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Labor Regulations?
l30b
How Much of An Obstacle: Inadequately Educated Workforce?
m1a
Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation of This Establishment
m1a_finance_pos
m1a: Position of Access to Finance
m1a_land_pos
m1a: Position of Access to land
m1a_permit_pos
m1a: Position of Business licensing and permits
m1a_corruption_pos
m1a: Position of corruption
m1a_courts_pos
m1a: Position of Courts
m1a_crime_pos
m1a: Position of Crime, theft and disorder
m1a_trade_pos
m1a: Position of Customs and trade regulations
m1a_electricity_pos
m1a: Position of Electricity
m1a_workforce_pos
m1a: Position of Inadequately educated workforce
m1a_labor_pos
m1a: Position of Labor regulations
m1a_instability_pos
m1a: Position of Political instability
m1a_informal_pos
m1a: Position of Practices of competitors in the informal sector
m1a_taxadmin_pos
m1a: Position of Tax administration
m1a_taxrate_pos
m1a: Position of Tax rates
Total: 347
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