Investment Climate Survey 2003 - Nicaragua

Abstract
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The Investment Climate Surveys (ICS) were conducted by the World Bank and its partners across all geographic regions and covered firms of all sizes in many industries. The ICS collected a wide array of qualitative and quantitative information through face-to-face interviews with managers and owners regarding the investment climate in their country and the productivity of their firms. Topics covered in the ICS included the obstacles to doing business, infrastructure, finance, labor, corruption and regulation, contract enforcement, law and order, innovation and technology, and firm productivity. Taken together, the qualitative and quantitative data helped connect a country’s investment climate characteristics with firm productivity and performance.

Firm-level surveys have been administered since 1998 by different units within the World Bank. Since 2005-06, most data collection efforts have been centralized within the Enterprise Analysis Unit (FPDEA). Enterprise Surveys, a replacement for Investment Climate Surveys, are now conducted by the Enterprise Analysis Unit.

Nicaragua Investment Climate Survey 2003 covered 452 manufacturing firms.

Geographic coverage
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National

Kind of data
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Sample survey data [ssd]

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument
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The current survey instruments are available:
- Investment Climate Survey Questionnaire in English and Spanish.

投资环境调查（ICS）由世界银行及其合作伙伴在全球各地区进行，涵盖了众多行业中各种规模的企业。ICS通过面对面访谈的方式，收集了关于各国投资环境及其企业生产力的定性及定量信息。调查内容涉及商业运营障碍、基础设施、金融、劳动力、腐败与监管、合同执行、法律与秩序、创新与科技以及企业生产力等多个方面。综合定性及定量数据，有助于将一国的投资环境特征与其企业的生产力和业绩联系起来。
自1998年起，世界银行内部不同单位开展了企业级调查。自2005-2006年起，大部分数据收集工作集中在企业分析单元（FPDEA）内。企业调查（作为一种对投资环境调查的替代）现在由企业分析单元执行。
2003年的尼加拉瓜投资环境调查覆盖了452家制造业企业。
地理覆盖范围：全国
数据类型：样本调查数据[ssd]
数据收集方式：面对面[f2f]
研究工具：当前的调查工具包括：- 投资环境调查问卷（英文和西班牙文版本）。