El Salvador Investment Climate Survey 2003 was performed between November 2003 and May 2004. It covered 465 manufacturing firms.
The Investment Climate Surveys (ICS) were conducted by the World Bank and its partners across all geographic regions and covered firms of all sizes in many industries. The ICS collected a wide array of qualitative and quantitative information through face-to-face interviews with managers and owners regarding the investment climate in their country and the productivity of their firms. Topics covered in the ICS included the obstacles to doing business, infrastructure, finance, labor, corruption and regulation, contract enforcement, law and order, innovation and technology, and firm productivity. Taken together, the qualitative and quantitative data helped connect a country’s investment climate characteristics with firm productivity and performance.
Firm-level surveys have been administered since 1998 by different units within the World Bank. Since 2005-06, most data collection efforts have been centralized within the Enterprise Analysis Unit (FPDEA). Enterprise Surveys, a replacement for Investment Climate Surveys, are now conducted by the Enterprise Analysis Unit.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
Name
World Bank
Funding Agency/Sponsor
Name
World Bank
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
The survey covered a stratified sample of 465 manufacturing firms. About 60 percent of the sampled firms were from San Salvador (the capital city), 16 percent from the province of La Libertad and the remaining 24 percent from eleven other provinces. The sample was drawn randomly from nine manufacturing sub-sectors, and encompassed companies of all sizes. The sample was selected to be representative by sector - with 90% confidence and a sampling error of 9% - and was then stratified by size and region.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
Start
End
2003-11
2004-05
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collectors
Name
CID/ Gallup Latin-American
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
The current survey instrument is available:
- Investment Climate in El Salvador: Firm Survey
Access policy
Contacts
Email
enterprisesurveys@worldbank.org
Confidentiality
Confidentiality of the survey respondents and the sensitive information they provide is necessary to ensure the greatest degree of survey participation, integrity and confidence in the quality of the data. Surveys are usually carried out in cooperation with business organizations and government agencies promoting job creation and economic growth, but confidentiality is never compromised.
Access conditions
Firm-level data is available to the public free-of-charge. In order to access the data, users must agree to abide by a strict confidentiality agreement available through Enterprise Analysis Unit website by clicking on "External users register here" at https://www.enterprisesurveys.org/Portal
Citation requirements
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Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.