Small-Scale Enterprises in the Informal Sector in Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso

Problems of small-scale enterprises in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Issues: Description of trade; kind of working place; size of ground
and outlets/stalls; manufactured goods; offered services; duration of
present work up to now; duration of living in Ouagadougou; former
activity as apprentice, as worker in other trades, as industrial worker
or as farmer; duration of these activities; former unemployment; number
of employees, day labourers, assistants and apprentices in the
enterprise; co-partners and owner of enterprise; number of employees
during the last two years; problems which impede the development of
trade and commerce; kind of book-keeping; membership in associations
and unions; satisfaction with the functioning of the unions;
willingness to join such unions later; other kinds of cooperation;
openness of trade for members of other nations, ethnic groups or caste;
workshop ownership and rental value; present size and ideal size of
workshop as well as other commercial areas used; valuation of business
location and infrastructure; distance between place of residence and
working place; problems to get location; additional income; averaged
income per week of additional job; education and occupation of parents;
kind, duration and valuation of own education and training; person who
induced interviewee to choose occupation; occupation and education of
this person; satisfaction with education; desired additional education;
willingness to contribute to the expenses of supplementary training
courses; terms of payment and other services for apprentices such as
provision of living space; amount of money paid to instructor by
apprentices; amount of apprentice´s pay; difficulties to hire labour;
number of employees, who left the enterprise during the last two years;
raw materials used, supply and origin; stock; stopping production due
to a lack of raw materials; borrowing to obtain row materials and kind
of credit; tools, machines and means of transport used as well as terms
of acquisition, origin and condition; supply problems and strategies
used to solve them; mode of contacting customers and main customer
groups; seasonal marketing problems; competition; increasing in
production and sales during the last two years or reasons for
stagnation; intended acquisition of machines for increasing production
and sales; costs, financing and consequences for number of staff;
necessity and problems to get a trading and other licenses; particulars
regarding taxes paid; registration at national agency or organisation;
information on business and other private expenses; information on
initial capital; additional investments during the last two years and
consequences for employment; frequency of sales losses; weekly
turnover; receipt of bank and government loans; problems to get loans;
use of credits and financial capacity of repayment; necessity of
government assistance and kind of support needed.

Demography: Sex; age.

布基纳法索（Burkina Faso）瓦加杜古（Ouagadougou）的小微企业面临的问题

调研议题（Issues）：贸易业态描述；工作场所类型；经营场地与摊位面积；生产商品品类；提供的服务内容；当前从业时长；在瓦加杜古的居住时长；过往从业经历（含学徒、其他行业工人、产业工人及农民）；上述过往从业活动的时长；过往失业经历；企业雇佣的正式员工、日薪劳工、助理及学徒数量；企业合伙人与所有者信息；近两年来的员工规模；阻碍商贸发展的各类问题；记账方式；行业协会与工会会员身份；对工会运作的满意度；后续加入相关工会的意愿；其他合作形式；贸易对他国国民、其他族群或种姓群体的开放程度；作坊所有权与租赁成本；当前作坊及其他经营场地的实际面积与理想规模；对经营区位与基础设施的评价；居住地址与工作场所的距离；获取经营场地面临的问题；额外收入来源；兼职工作的周均收入；父母的受教育程度与职业；自身受教育与培训的类型、时长及评价；引导受访者选择当前职业的人员；该人员的职业与受教育情况；对自身教育经历的满意度；期望获得的额外教育内容；愿意承担补充培训课程费用的意愿；学徒的薪酬条款及其他配套服务（如提供住宿）；学徒向指导教师支付的费用；学徒自身的薪酬水平；雇佣劳动力面临的困难；近两年来离职的员工数量；使用的原材料、供应渠道及产地；库存情况；因原材料短缺导致的停产情况；为采购原材料的借贷行为及信贷类型；使用的工具、设备、运输工具及其购置条款、产地与使用状况；供应端面临的问题及对应的解决策略；客户对接方式与核心客户群体；季节性营销难题；市场竞争情况；近两年来生产与销售的增长情况，或业务停滞的原因；为扩大生产与销售计划购置的设备；设备购置成本、融资方式及对员工规模的影响；获取商贸及其他证照的必要性与面临的问题；纳税相关详情；在国家机构或组织中的登记情况；经营及其他私人开支信息；初始启动资金信息；近两年来的追加投资及对雇佣情况的影响；销售亏损的发生频率；周均营业额；获取银行与政府贷款的情况；获取贷款面临的问题；信贷资金的使用情况及还款能力；获得政府援助的必要性及所需的支持类型。

人口统计学特征（Demography）：性别；年龄。