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2016 Lao PDR Enterprise Survey

The World Bank Group conducted face-to-face interviews with top managers and business owners of 368 enterprises in Lao PDR from January 2016 through June 2016. The Enterprise Survey (ES) sample is representative of Lao PDR’s formal private sector....

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Online
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/594031505113701232/Enterprise-surveys-Lao-PDR-country-highlights-2016
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28475
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description The World Bank Group conducted face-to-face interviews with top managers and business owners of 368 enterprises in Lao PDR from January 2016 through June 2016. The Enterprise Survey (ES) sample is representative of Lao PDR’s formal private sector. The ES covers several aspects of business environment along with measures of firm performance. The main highlights from the survey are: firms in Lao PDR lag behind comparator countries in terms of annual sales and employment growth; fewer firms use bank financing than in 2012, but the proportion of bank-financed investments has increased; compared to 2012, Laotian firms spend less time to obtain permits and to comply with regulations; fewer firms in Lao PDR are offering formal training compared to 2012 and to regional comparators; and firms consider informal competitors as the biggest business environment obstacle.
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spelling wb-10986-284752025-04-10T15:28:58Z 2016 Lao PDR Enterprise Survey Country Highlights World Bank Group SALES GROWTH EMPLOYMENT GROWTH INVESTMENT FINANCE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE REGULATION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT WORKER TRAINING CRIME INFORMAL SECTOR The World Bank Group conducted face-to-face interviews with top managers and business owners of 368 enterprises in Lao PDR from January 2016 through June 2016. The Enterprise Survey (ES) sample is representative of Lao PDR’s formal private sector. The ES covers several aspects of business environment along with measures of firm performance. The main highlights from the survey are: firms in Lao PDR lag behind comparator countries in terms of annual sales and employment growth; fewer firms use bank financing than in 2012, but the proportion of bank-financed investments has increased; compared to 2012, Laotian firms spend less time to obtain permits and to comply with regulations; fewer firms in Lao PDR are offering formal training compared to 2012 and to regional comparators; and firms consider informal competitors as the biggest business environment obstacle. 2017-10-05T22:16:11Z 2017-10-05T22:16:11Z 2017-06-26 Technical Paper Document technique Documento técnico http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/594031505113701232/Enterprise-surveys-Lao-PDR-country-highlights-2016 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28475 10.1596/28475 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC
spellingShingle SALES GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
INVESTMENT FINANCE
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
REGULATION
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
WORKER TRAINING
CRIME
INFORMAL SECTOR
World Bank Group
2016 Lao PDR Enterprise Survey
title 2016 Lao PDR Enterprise Survey
title_full 2016 Lao PDR Enterprise Survey
title_fullStr 2016 Lao PDR Enterprise Survey
title_full_unstemmed 2016 Lao PDR Enterprise Survey
title_short 2016 Lao PDR Enterprise Survey
title_sort 2016 lao pdr enterprise survey
topic SALES GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
INVESTMENT FINANCE
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
REGULATION
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
WORKER TRAINING
CRIME
INFORMAL SECTOR
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/594031505113701232/Enterprise-surveys-Lao-PDR-country-highlights-2016
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