What Matters to African Firms? The Relevance of Perceptions Data

What Matters to African Firms? The Relevance of Perceptions Data

Can perceptions data help us understand investment climate constraints facing the private sector? Or do firms simply complain about everything? In this paper, the authors provide a picture of how firms' views on constraints differ across count...

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Main Authors:	Gelb, Alan, Ramachandran, Vijaya, Shah, Manju Kedia, Turner, Ginger
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCOUNTING BINDING CONSTRAINT BINDING CONSTRAINTS BRIBE BRIBES BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS CLIMATES BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS PLANS CALCULATIONS CHECKS CIVIL SOCIETY COLLATERAL COMPETITORS CONSULTATIVE PROCESS CONSUMER CORRUPTION COST OF FINANCE COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY DUMMIES COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS COUNTRY-LEVEL INDICATORS CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CREDIT MARKET CREDIT RATINGS CRIME CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS CLEARANCES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DISCRIMINATION DOMESTIC CREDIT EARNINGS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ENTERPRISE SURVEYS ENTREPRENEURS ETHNIC GROUPS EXCHANGE RATES EXPANSION EXPATRIATES EXPENDITURES EXPOSURE FINANCE ACCESS FINANCE CORPORATION FINANCE COST FINANCIAL ACCESS FINANCIAL DEPTH FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FIRM GROWTH FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM SIZE FIXED INVESTMENT FOREIGN FIRMS GOVERNANCE INDICATOR GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GOVERNMENT EFFECTIVENESS GROWTH RATES HIGH INTEREST RATES IMPEDIMENTS TO BUSINESS INCOME INCOME GROUP INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCOME RANGE INDIVIDUAL FIRM INDIVIDUAL FIRMS INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INVESTING INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTOR PROTECTION LARGE FIRMS LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE LEVEL OF EDUCATION LICENSING LOAN LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MEASUREMENT ERROR MEASUREMENT ERRORS MEASURING GOVERNANCE MEDIUM ENTERPRISES MULTINATIONALS NEW BUSINESS OVERDRAFT OVERDRAFTS PER CAPITA INCOME PERSONAL VALUES POLITICAL INSTABILITY POOR GOVERNANCE POWER OUTAGES PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY REGULATORS REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS REGULATORY REFORMS RENTS REVERSE CAUSALITY SALES SALES GROWTH SERVICE DELIVERY SIZE OF FIRM SKILL SHORTAGES SKILLED WORKER SKILLED WORKERS SKILLS SHORTAGES SMALL BUSINESS SMALL FIRMS SMALLER FIRMS SME STATE CAPTURE SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBJECTIVE DATA SUBJECTIVE RATINGS TAX TAX RATES TAX SYSTEM TAXATION TRADE UNIONS UNION VALUABLE VOLATILITY WAGES WORTH Microdata Set
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8884382/matters-african-firms-relevance-perceptions-data http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7542

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/12/8884382/matters-african-firms-relevance-perceptions-data
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7542