SME Registration Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Bangladesh
Informality is pervasive in developing countries. In Bangladesh, the majority of firms are informal and as such they might not have access to prime markets, while lowering the tax base. The authors implemented an information campaign on registratio...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17427727/sme-registration-evidence-randomized-controlled-trial-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13135 |
| Summary: | Informality is pervasive in developing
countries. In Bangladesh, the majority of firms are informal
and as such they might not have access to prime markets,
while lowering the tax base. The authors implemented an
information campaign on registration, including both the
step-by-step procedures and the potential benefits from
registration. They find that the treatment made firms more
aware of the procedures, but had no impact on actual
registration. The results point toward potentially low
benefits and high indirect costs of registration as the main
barriers to formality (e.g. access to markets, taxation,
labor and product regulations). |
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