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World Bank Enterprise Survey 2011-2022

Iraq, 2011 - 2022
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Data file: Iraq _2011_2022_

Iraq 2011 and 2022 World Bank Enterprise Survey panel data

Cases: 1775
Variables: 628

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 2011 firm in 2022
a4a
Industry Sampling Sector
a6a
Sampling Size
a2
Sampling Region
_2022_panel
Panel Code
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
a1
Country Code
a12
Interviewer Number
a1a
Language of The Interview
_2022_a1c
Sample Frame Level
a7
Establishment part of a multi-establishment Firm?
_2022_a7a
Number of Establishments In The Firm
_2022_a7b
Is This Establishment The Headquarters Location?
_2022_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?
_2022_a9
Establishment'S Financial Statements Prepared Separately From Hq Statements
_2022_ic1
Respondent understands purpose of Survey, COVID19 protocols and provides consent
_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)
_2022_b3
What Percentage of This Firm Does The Largest Owner(S) Own?
b3a
Is the largest owner also the top manager
_2022_b2a
% Owned By Private Domestic Individuals, Companies or organizations
_2022_b2b
% Owned By Private Foreign Individuals, Companies or organizations
_2022_b2c
% Owned By Government/State
_2022_b2d
% Owned By Other
_2022_IRQb2a
Owner, CEO ever been in a political position
b4
Amongst The Owners of The Firm, Are There Any Females?
_2022_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
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_COVc18
In Last FY, experience insufficient internet for business purposes?
_2022_COVc19
# of incidents per month of insufficient internet?
_2022_COVc20
Length of insufficient internet on average
c22b
Establishment Has Its Own Website
c30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Electricity To Operations of This Establishment?
_2022_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?
_2022_COVd20
In Last FY, % of total sales from internet transactions?
_2022_COVc4a
Establishment start or increase online activity due to COVID-19
_2022_d2x
Please Also Write Out The Number
_2022_d2a1
What were the establishment's sales 2 years ago?
_2022_d2a1x
Please Also Write Out The Number
n3
What were the establishment's 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?
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
_2022_IRQd11
Best describes main market for material inputs
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?
d30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Transport?
d30b
How Much of An Obstacle: Customs And Trade Regulations?
_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?
_2022_IRQe12
Describe main competitor for this firm
_2022_IRQe13
Over last 2 years, received land at a government subsidized rate?
_2022_IRQe14
Over last 2 years, received any access to subsidized input or energy prices?
_2022_IRQe15
Over last 2 years, received direct subsidies?
_2022_IRQe16
Describe main practice of competitors that is top obstacle
e30
How Much of An Obstacle: Practices of Competitors In Informal Sector?
_2022_h1
New Products/Services Introduced Over Last 3 Yrs
_2022_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
_2022_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
_2022_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
Did this establishment close temporarily due to COVID-19?
_2022_COVb1b
How many weeks was this establishment closed due to COVID-19?
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
_2022_d1a6a
Total number of hotel rooms in the last FY
_2022_d1a6b
Total areas of rooms in the last FY
_2022_d1a6c
Specify units
_2022_d1a6cx
Specify Other Units (If Not Included Above) Area of Room 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 January
k15d
Outstanding Personal Loans Used To Finance Establishment'S Business Activities?
k16
In Last FY, Did Establishment Apply For New Loans/Lines of Credit?
_2022_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?
_2022_COVe2a
Used loans to deal with cash flow since COVID-19 start?
_2022_COVe2b
Delayed payments to suppliers since COVID-19 start?
_2022_COVe2c
Used government grants to deal with cash flow since COVID-19 start?
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 ?
_2022_COVj3
Over last year, inspected for COVID-19 health rule compliance?
_2022_COVj4
How many times?
_2022_COVj5
Was a gift or informal payment expected or 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_COVj16
Over last fy, received any national or local government support?
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
l1
Num. Permanent, Full-Time Employees At End of Last Fiscal Year
_2022_COVl2
At end of last FY - 1, # of permanent, full-time workers
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
_2022_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
_2022_IRQl1
At end of last FY, # of permanent, full-time workers 30 years or younger
_2022_IRQl2a
At end of last FY, # of male, permanent, full-time managers
_2022_IRQl2c
At end of last FY, # of male, permanent, full-time technicians, sales…
_2022_IRQl2b
At end of last FY, # of female, permanent, full-time managers
_2022_IRQl2d
At end of last FY, # of female, permanent, full-time technicians, sales…
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
_2022_IRQl3
In last FY, how many full-time seasonal workers were 30 years old or younger
l9b
% of Full Time Workers Completed High School End of Last FY
_2022_l9b1
Number of Full Time Workers Completed High School
_2022_IRQl4a
Over last FY, average gross wage of non-managerial skilled workers
_2022_IRQl4b
Over last FY, average gross wage of semi-skilled workers
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 Permanent Female Employees Trained
_2022_IRQl5
What was the most common type of formal training provided to workers?
_2022_IRQl6
Who was the main trainer?
_2022_IRQl7
What was the main reason did not conduct training?
_2022_IRQl7x
Other (Specify)
_2022_IRQl8a
Last time had a vacancy for skilled workers?
_2022_IRQl8b
Last time had a vacancy for semi-skilled workers?
_2022_IRQl9
What was the main reason did not have vacancy?
_2022_IRQl9x
Other (Specify)
_2022_IRQl10
Most frequently used channel to hire a worker?
_2022_IRQl11a
Difficulty in hiring skilled workers: too few applicants
_2022_IRQl11b
Difficulty in hiring skilled workers: applicants lack required skills
_2022_IRQl11c
Difficulty in hiring skilled workers: applicants lack required experience
_2022_IRQl11d
Difficulty in hiring skilled workers: applicants did not take the offer
_2022_IRQl12a
Difficulty in hiring semi-skilled workers: too few applicants
_2022_IRQl12b
Difficulty in hiring semi-skilled workers: applicants lack required skills
_2022_IRQl12c
Difficulty in hiring semi-skilled workers: applicants lack required experience
_2022_IRQl12d
Difficulty in hiring semi-skilled workers: applicants did not take the offer
_2022_IRQl14
Most important skill in deciding wheather to hire a skilled worker
_2022_IRQl15a
Difficulty in finding skills in skilled workers: interpersonal and communication
_2022_IRQl15b
Difficulty in finding skills in skilled workers: Arabic writing and language ski
_2022_IRQl15c
Difficulty in finding skills in skilled workers: English skills
_2022_IRQl15d
Difficulty in finding skills in skilled workers: Computer skills or general IT
_2022_IRQl15e
Difficulty in finding skills in skilled workers: Technical skills (not computer/
_2022_IRQl16a
Difficulty in finding skills in semi-skilled workers: interpersonal and communic
_2022_IRQl16b
Difficulty in finding skills in semi-skilled workers: Arabic writing and languag
_2022_IRQl16c
Difficulty in finding skills in semi-skilled workers: English skills
_2022_IRQl16d
Difficulty in finding skills in semi-skilled workers: Computer skills or general
_2022_IRQl16e
Difficulty in finding skills in semi-skilled workers: Technical skills (not comp
_2022_IRQl18
In which year was a woman last hired?
_2022_IRQl19a
Does not hire more women: few female applicants
_2022_IRQl19b
Does not hire more women: women lack the required skills
_2022_IRQl19c
Does not hire more women: women lack the required experience
_2022_IRQl19d
Does not hire more women: legislations and regulations
_2022_IRQl19e
Does not hire more women: women have competing time demands
_2022_IRQl20
Are female workers allowed to work night shifts?
_2022_IRQl21
Over last 2 years, have any female workers given birth while working here?
_2022_IRQl21a
Did the establishment offer paid maternity leave?
Total: 628
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