St. Kitts and Nevis - Enterprise Survey 2010

This research is an Indicator Survey conducted in St. Kitts and Nevis between April and September 2011 as part of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Enterprise Survey 2010, an initiative of the World Bank. An Indicator Survey, which is similar to an Enterprise Survey, is implemented for smaller economies where the sampling strategies inherent in an Enterprise Survey are often not applicable due to the limited universe of firms.In St. Kitts and Nevis, data from 150 establishments was analyzed. Stratified random sampling was used to select the surveyed businesses. The objective of the survey is to obtain feedback from enterprises on the state of the private sector as well as to help in building a panel of enterprise data that will make it possible to track changes in the business environment over time, thus allowing, for example, impact assessments of reforms. Through face-to-face interviews with firms in the manufacturing and services sectors, the survey assesses the constraints to private sector growth and creates statistically significant business environment indicators that are comparable across countries. Questionnaire topics include firm characteristics, gender participation, access to finance, annual sales, costs of inputs/labor, workforce composition, bribery, licensing, infrastructure, trade, crime, competition, land and permits, taxation, informality, business-government relations, innovation and technology, and performance measures.

本研究为2011年4月至9月期间在圣基茨和尼维斯开展的指标调查（Indicator Survey），系世界银行发起的2010年拉丁美洲和加勒比地区（LAC）企业调查（Enterprise Survey）的组成部分。指标调查与企业调查类似，针对企业总体规模有限、企业调查固有的抽样策略往往无法适用的小型经济体开展。本次调查在圣基茨和尼维斯范围内共分析了150家经营机构的数据，并采用分层随机抽样法选取受访企业。本次调查的目标在于收集企业对私营部门发展现状的反馈，同时助力构建企业数据面板，以实现对营商环境变化的长期追踪，例如可据此开展改革政策的影响评估。通过对制造业与服务业企业开展面对面访谈，本调查评估了私营部门增长面临的各类制约因素，并构建了具备跨国可比性、统计学意义显著的营商环境指标体系。调查问卷涵盖的主题包括企业特征、性别参与情况、融资渠道、年度销售额、投入品与人力成本、员工结构、贿赂（腐败）行为、许可资质办理、基础设施建设、贸易活动、治安犯罪、市场竞争、土地与许可事项、税收征管、非正规经营、政企关系、创新与技术以及经营绩效指标。