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World Bank Enterprise Survey 2013-2022

Bangladesh, 2013 - 2022
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Data file: Bangladesh _2013_2022_

Bangladesh 2013 and 2022 World Bank Enterprise Survey panel data

Cases: 2440
Variables: 604

Variables

idstd
WEB STD FIRMID
panelid
ID that is the same across the waves for panel firms
year
Year of survey
panel
Panel: Firm interviewed in these years
eligibility2022
Eligibility of 2013 firm in 2022
a4a
Industry Sampling Sector
a6a
Sampling Size
a2
Sampling Region
_2022_a4b_v4
Industry Screener Sector
a4b
Industry Screener Sector, ISIC 3.1
a0
Questionnaire
a3a
Region of The Establishment
_2022_a6c
Screener Size
a6b
Screener Size, Categorical
a14d
Day
a14m
Month
a14y
Year
a14h
Hour
a14min
Minutes
_2022_ic1
IC.1 Respondent understands the purpose of the Enterprise Survey, the COVID-19 p
a1
Country Code
a1a
Language of The Interview
_2022_a1c
Sample Frame Level
a7
Establishment part of a multi-establishment Firm?
a7a
Number of Establishments In The Firm
_2022_a7b
Is This Establishment The Headquarters Location?
a11
If Hq, Financial Statements Independent of The Rest of Establishment
_2022_a7c
Does This Headquarters Location Engage In Production or Sales At This Location?
a9
Establishment'S Financial Statements Prepared Separately From Hq Statements
_2022_a20y
Close Year of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
_2022_a20m
Close Month of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
_2022_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?
_2022_b3a
Is the largest owner also the top manager
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
_2022_BGDb2a
Has owner or management ever been elected to political position?
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
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?
_2022_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
_2022_c8a
Average Duration of Power Outages: Hours
_2022_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
_2022_BGDc18
In Last FY, experience insufficient internet connection for business purposes?
_2022_BGDc19
In a typical month, how many incidents of insufficient internet?
_2022_BGDc20
How long did these incidents last on average?
c22b
Establishment Has Its Own Website
_2022_BMGc7
Over the last three years, did this establishment emit CO2
_2022_BMGc8
Over the last three years, did this establishment monitor its CO2 emissions?
_2022_BMGc18
Over the last three years, did this establishment have targets for CO2 emissions
_2022_BMGc23k
Last 3 years, adopt improvements in factory conditions
_2022_BMGc23l
Last 3 years, adopt upgrades of machinery
_2022_BMGc23m
Last 3 years, adopt improvements of waste management
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
_2022_d1a6a
Total number of rooms at end of last FY
_2022_d1a6b
Total area of all the rooms at the end of last FY
_2022_d1a6c
Specify units
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
_2022_d20
In Last Fiscal Year, what % sales from internet transactions?
_2022_d2a1
What were the establishment's sales 2 years ago?
_2022_d2a1x
Please Also Write Out The Number
n3
What Were The Establishment Sales 3 Years Ago
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?
_2022_d5a
In Clearing Exports Through Customs,Informal Gift/Payment Expected or Requested?
_2022_BGDd31
Which list elements represent the biggest obstacle to exports
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
_2022_d15a
In Clearing Imports Through Customs,Informal Gift/Payment Expected or Requested?
_2022_BGDd16
In Last FY, main input or supply used
_2022_BGDd17
Was the main material input or supplies imported directly?
_2022_BGDd18
Main reason decided to import this main material
_2022_BGDd19
Number of suppliers used for main material input
_2022_BGDd20
Any other suppliers of this input in market?
_2022_BGDd21
Does main supplier manufacture to unique specifications?
_2022_BGDd22
Number of years done business with major supplier
_2022_BGDd23
In past 2 years, changed major suppliers?
_2022_BGDd24
% of establishment supplies lower than expected quality
_2022_BGDd25
Work with suppliers to improve quality of material inputs?
_2022_BGDd26
Looking for new suppliers to improve quality or reduce price?
_2022_BGDd27a
Preventing problems: personal relationship and trust
_2022_BGDd27b
Preventing problems: mutual interest in business relationship
_2022_BGDd27c
Preventing problems: paid, private dispute resolution
_2022_BGDd27d
Preventing problems: assistance of government officials
_2022_BGDd27e
Preventing problems: intervention of other third parties
_2022_BGDd27f
Preventing problems: legal system
d30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Transport?
d30b
How Much of An Obstacle: Customs And Trade Regulations?
_2022_BGDd30c
How Much of An Obstacle: Port facilities?
_2022_BGDd30d
How Much of An Obstacle: Price and availiabilities of material inputs?
_2022_BGDj30
How Much of An Obstacle: Standards and certification?
_2022_r1
What Happened When Problem In The Production Process/Services Provision Arose?
_2022_r2
Did This Establishment Monitor Any Production/Service Performance Indicators?
_2022_r3
How Many Production/Service Provision Performance Indicators Were Monitored?
_2022_r4
Did This Establishment Have Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2022_r5
What Best Describes The Time Frame of Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2022_r6
How Easy To Achieve Its Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2022_r7
Who Was Aware of The Production/Service Provision Targets At This Establishment?
_2022_r8
Was There Performance Bonuses Based On Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2022_r9
What Were Managers' Performance Bonuses Usually Based On?
_2022_r10
What Was The Primary Way Non-Managers Were Promoted?
_2022_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
_2022_h3x
Describe In Detail The Main New or Significantly Improved Product or Service
_2022_h4x
Describe How The Main New/Significantly Improved Product or Service Is Different
h5
During Last 3 Yrs, Establishment Introduced New/Significantly Improved Process
_2022_h6x
Describe Main New/Significantly Improved Process This Establishment Introduced
_2022_h7x
How The Main New/Significantly Improved Process Is Different
h8
During Last Fiscal Year, Establishment Spent On R&D (Excl Market Research)?
_2022_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
_2022_COVb1a
Close temporarily due to COVID-19?
_2022_COVb1b
For how many weeks temporarily closed?
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
_2022_BGDg5
In Last FY, have access to bonded warehouses?
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
k5a
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Internal Funds/Retained Earnings
_2022_k5a1
Fixed Assets - Value Internal Funds or Retained Earnings
k5i
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Owners’ Contributions or Issued New Equity
_2022_k5i1
Fixed Assets - Value Owners’ Contribution or Issued New Equity Shares
k5bc
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Bank Borrowing
_2022_k5bc1
Fixed Assets - Value Borrowed From Banks
k5e
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Non-Bank Financial Institutions
_2022_k5e1
Fixed Assets - Value Borrowed From Non-Bank Financial Institutions
k5f
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Credit From Suppliers/Advances From Customers
_2022_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)
_2022_k5hdj1
Fixed Assets - Value Other
_2022_k4b
Purchase Any New/Used Fixed Assets?
_2022_n5c
Total Annual Expenditure For Purchases of Equipment In Year Prior To Last FY
_2022_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)
_2022_COVk15
Total Outstanding Balance of All Open Lines of Credit and Loans (LCU) on Jan 1,
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
_2022_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?
_2022_BGDk1a
Use credit or debit card to make or receive payments?
_2022_BGDk1b
Use mobile money payment to make or receive payments?
_2022_BGDk1c
Online payment to make or receive payments?
_2022_BGDk3a
In Last FY, main mode to pay for utility bills?
_2022_BGDk3b
In Last FY, main mode to pay for business taxation?
_2022_BGDk3c
In Last FY, main mode to pay for any business registration fees?
_2022_BGDk3d
In Last FY, main mode to pay for any foreign or domestic investment license?
_2022_BGDk3e
In Last FY, main mode to pay for trade license fee?
k30
How Much of An Obstacle: Access To Finance
h7a
The Court System Is Fair, Impartial And Uncorrupted
_2022_BGDj1a
The ADRM is fair, impartial nad 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 ?
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?
_2022_BGDj12
Over last 2 years, apply to obtain an export license?
_2022_BGDj16
Over last 2 years, apply to be accredited by any agencies?
_2022_j16
Over last FY, received any national or local gov support?
_2022_BGDj21a
Agree or disagree: Paying taxes helps society
_2022_BGDj21b
Agree or disagree: most firms in my market pay taxes
_2022_BGDj21c
Agree or disagree: not paying taxes is frowned upon in my market
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
_2022_j30_taxrate_pos
J30: rotation position 1
_2022_j30_taxadmin_pos
J30: rotation position 2
_2022_j30_permit_pos
J30: rotation position 3
_2022_j30_instability_pos
J30: rotation position 4
_2022_j30_corruption_pos
J30: rotation position 5
_2022_j30_courts_pos
J30: rotation position 6
_2022_BGDj31
Main reason that tax administration is an obstacle
_2022_BGDj32
Policy that most encourages tax payment
l1
Num. Permanent, Full-Time Employees At End of Last Fiscal Year
_2022_COVl2
Num. Permanent, Full-Time Employees At End of Last Fiscal Year minus 1
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
_2022_l4a1
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Skilled Production Workers, Last FY
_2022_l4a2
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Semi-skilled Production Workers, Last FY
l4b
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Low-skilled 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
_2022_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
_2022_l11a1
Training Programs Amount: Production Full-Time Permanent Employees Trained
l11b
% Permanent Fulltime Nonproduction Employees Received Formal Training In Last FY
_2022_l11b1
Training Programs Amount:Non-Production Full-Time Permanent Employees Trained
_2022_l12a
% Permanent Fulltime Female Employees Received Formal Training In Last FY
_2022_l12a1
Training Programs Amount: Full-Time Female Permanent Employees Trained
_2022_BGDl14
Over last FY, formal training for managers?
_2022_BGDl15
Most common type of training for managers
_2022_BGDl16
Main training provider for training for managers
_2022_BGDl17
Over last FY, formal training for non-manager full time workers?
_2022_BGDl18
Most common type of training for non-manager full time workers?
_2022_BGDl19
Main provider for training for non-managers
_2022_SARl21
Provide childcare facilities for female employees under 6?
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
_2022_m1a_finance_pos
m1a: Position of Access to Finance
_2022_m1a_land_pos
m1a: Position of Access to land
_2022_m1a_permit_pos
m1a: Position of Business licensing and permits
_2022_m1a_corruption_pos
m1a: Position of corruption
_2022_m1a_courts_pos
m1a: Position of Courts
_2022_m1a_crime_pos
m1a: Position of Crime, theft and disorder
Total: 604
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