Transition to Clean Energy Enterprise Survey-Tunisia, TCEEST_2023 - Tunisia

Abstract
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The MENA region grapples with intensified climate challenges and mounting energy issues. Access to energy is becoming more challenging, particularly for energy importing countries in the region. This makes the transition to clean energy in MENA a vital one. Luckily, the region has inherent comparative advantages given the natural endowments of high solar radiation over much of the year and strong wind nodes.

This data set, collected over one round, covers a spectrum of company-specific details, including sector categorization, employee count, regulatory compliance, experiences with grid-based electricity, and the extent of clean energy transition among enterprises in Tunisia. The data is collected under a comprehensive cross-sectional survey (from December 2023 to February 2024) that investigates how Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Tunisia navigate their transition towards clean energy.

This survey comes under the activities of ERF newly launched project “The role of MSMEs in fostering inclusive and equitable economic growth in the context of the clean energy transition in MENA” project funded by IDRC. The project launches a series of quantitative national surveys in the 5 targeted counties namely Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon and Tunisia

This initiative aims to gather crucial data reflecting the ongoing energy transition in these countries. The objective of this survey data aims at enhancing knowledge and contributing to strategic policy initiatives, seeking to pave the way for sustainable, efficient, and equitable energy management while addressing mitigation of emission and ensuring energy security and equity.

All Transitions to Clean Energy in MENA Enterprises surveys incorporate relatively comparable survey designs, with data on enterprises within the Arab countries (Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, and Lebanon).The harmonization was designed to create comparable data that can facilitate cross-country and comparative research between the five Arab countries.

Geographic coverage
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National

Analysis unit
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Enterprises

Universe
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The target population is the non-governmental micro, small, and medium enterprises that commenced business operations before 2023.

Kind of data
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Sample Survey Data [ssd]

Sampling procedure
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The target population of the surveys was businesses with less than 100 employees that started business operations before 2023. An ideal sampling frame for a probability sample should cover all target population units, i.e., a list of all working businesses of size 100 employes or less that started operations before 2023 with their telephone numbers. Unfortunately, we could not find such list in Tunisia. Therefore, we used data from Tunisia Yellow Pages, and data from the Institut National de la Statistique (INS). We had access to a list of about 185,966 businesses from INS and 8,685 businesses from the Yellow Pages. Although the sampling frames does not necessarily cover all businesses in Tunisia, it is large enough and cover many business sectors. Unfortunately, we could not assess the coverage of the sampling frame especially with the lack of official numbers about our target population in Tunisia.
Four sample were selected for the survey of Renewable Energy in Tunisia, three sample from the INS frame and one sample from the Yellow Pages. The three samples of INS were stratified by sample sectors and business size; those samples were selected from businesses with telephone numbers (businesses without telephone number were not considered for selection). All businesses from the Yellow Pages were included in the fourth sample; no selection was done.

Mode of data collection
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Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]

Research instrument
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Note: The questionnaire can be seen in the documentation materials tab.

Response rate
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Response rate is 3.5%, after excluding those phones that were not in service and firms that were not eligible from the response rate.

摘要
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中东和北非地区正面临日益加剧的气候挑战和能源问题。能源获取的难度不断增加，特别是在该地区的能源进口国。这使得中东和北非地区向清洁能源的转型变得至关重要。幸运的是，该地区拥有固有的比较优势，全年大部分地区光照强烈，风力节点强劲。

本数据集涵盖一轮收集的各类公司详细信息，包括行业分类、员工人数、监管合规性、基于电网的电力使用经验，以及突尼斯企业清洁能源转型的程度。数据是在一项综合横断面调查（2023年12月至2024年2月）中收集的，该调查旨在探究突尼斯的微型、小型和中型企业（MSMEs）如何应对向清洁能源转型的挑战。

此次调查属于Erf新启动项目“在清洁能源转型背景下，MSMEs在中东和北非地区促进包容性和均衡经济增长的作用”的活动，该项目由IDRC资助。该项目在五个目标国家（埃及、约旦、摩洛哥、黎巴嫩和突尼斯）开展了一系列定量全国性调查。

本项倡议旨在收集反映这些国家能源转型现状的关键数据。此次调查数据的目的是提高知识水平，并为战略政策倡议做出贡献，旨在为可持续、高效和公平的能源管理铺平道路，同时应对减排问题，确保能源安全和公平。

中东和北非企业清洁能源转型调查均采用了相对可比的调查设计，涵盖了阿拉伯国家（埃及、约旦、摩洛哥、突尼斯和黎巴嫩）的企业数据。这种协调旨在创建可比数据，以促进五个阿拉伯国家之间的跨国家和比较研究。

地理覆盖范围
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全国

分析单元
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企业

总体
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目标群体是非政府部门的微型、小型和中型企业，这些企业于2023年之前开始运营。

数据类型
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样本调查数据 [ssd]

抽样程序
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调查的目标群体是员工人数少于100人的企业，这些企业于2023年之前开始运营。理想的概率样本抽样框架应涵盖所有目标群体单位，即所有在2023年之前开始运营的、拥有100名或以下员工且具有电话号码的工作企业列表。不幸的是，我们在突尼斯未能找到此类列表。因此，我们使用了突尼斯黄页和全国统计研究所（INS）的数据。我们有权访问来自INS的大约185,966家企业列表和来自黄页的8,685家企业列表。尽管抽样框架可能并不涵盖突尼斯的所有企业，但它足够大，涵盖了众多业务领域。不幸的是，我们无法评估抽样框架的覆盖率，特别是在缺乏突尼斯目标群体官方数据的情况下。
突尼斯可再生能源调查中选取了四个样本，其中三个来自INS框架，一个来自黄页。INS的三个样本按样本行业和业务规模分层；这些样本是从具有电话号码的企业中选取的（未提供电话号码的企业未纳入选择范围）。黄页中的所有企业都包含在第四个样本中；没有进行选择。

数据收集方式
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计算机辅助电话访谈 [cati]

研究工具
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注意：问卷可在文档材料选项卡中查看。

响应率
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响应率为3.5%，排除了那些不服务的电话号码和不符合条件的企业。