Enterprise Surveys : Niger Country Profile 2017
The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on many aspects of the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether an economy’s private sector will thrive or not. An accommodating busin...
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| Format: | Technical Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/723731505130172231/Enterprise-surveys-Niger-country-profile-2017 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28477 |
| Summary: | The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on
many aspects of the business environment. These factors can
be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an
important role in whether an economy’s private sector will
thrive or not. An accommodating business environment is one
that encourages firms to operate efficiently. Such
conditions strengthen incentives for firms to innovate and
to increase productivity — key factors for sustainable
development. A more productive private sector, in turn,
expands employment and contributes taxes necessary for
public investment in health, education, and other services.
The topics include infrastructure, trade, finance,
regulations, taxes and business licensing, corruption, crime
and informality, access to finance, innovation, labor, and
perceptions about obstacles to doing business.The surveys
are administered to a representative sample of firms in the
non-agricultural, formal, private economy. The ES are
repeated approximately every four years for a particular
economy (or region). By tracking changes in the business
environment, policymakers and researchers can look at the
effects of policy and regulatory reforms on firm
performance.Repeated surveys aid in studying the evolution
of the business environment and how it affects the dynamics
of the private sector.This document summarizes the results
of the Enterprise Survey for Niger. Business owners and top
managers in 151 firms were interviewed between April and
June 2017. |
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