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  • Surveying Informal Businesses : Methodology and Applications (English)

    Informal business activity is ubiquitous around the world, but it is nearly always uncaptured by administrative data, registries, or commercial sources. For this reason, there are rarely adequate sampling...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9905 Document Date: January 19, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Aga,Gemechu A.,Francis,David C.,Jolevski,Filip,Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis,Wimpey,Joshua Seth

  • Measuring Total Factor Productivity Using the Enterprise Surveys : A Methodological Note (English)

    Total factor productivity is a key element of economic growth and an important performance metric for policy makers. This note describes the methodology for measuring firm-level total factor productivity...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9491 Document Date: December 8, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Francis,David C.,Karalashvili,Nona,Maemir,Hibret Belete,Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis

  • Are Management Practices Failing or Aiding the Private Sector in South America? (English)

    An expanding body of literature has shown that better management practices can offer significant boosts to firms' productivity; this research illustrates that firms in South America are no exception. Using...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8783 Document Date: March 19, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hyland,Marie Caitriona,Francis,David C.,Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis

  • What's holding back the private sector in MENA? lessons from the enterprise survey (English)

    The formal private sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) economies needs to play a critical role for the overall economic transformation of the region. Creating a conducive environment for...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 107174 Document Date: July 20, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: de Lima, Pedro,Revoltella, Debora,Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis,Schweiger,Helena

  • SMEs, age, and jobs : a review of the literature, metrics, and evidence (English)

    The subject of which firms are the key employers—and which of these create or destroy jobs at a faster rate—is eminently important for academics and policy makers. The relative importance of small versus...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7493 Document Date: November 13, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Aga,Gemechu A.,Francis,David C.,Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis

  • What have we learned from the enterprise surveys regarding access to credit by SMEs ? (English)

    Using a unique firm level data set -- the Enterprise Surveys -- this paper develops a new measure of credit-constrained status for firms using hard data instead of perceptions data. The paper classifies...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS6670 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kuntchev,Veselin,Ramalho,Rita,Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis,Yang,Judy

  • What have we learned from the enterprise surveys regarding access to finance by SMEs? (English)

    Using a unique firm level data enterprise surveys the authors develop a new measure of credit constrained status for firms using hard data instead of perceptions data. The authors classify firms into four...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 68292 Document Date: February 14, 2012 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kuntchev,Veselin,Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis,Ramalho,Rita,Yang,Judy

  • How firms in eastern and central Europe are performing in the post-financial crisis world (English)

    The Financial Crisis Survey monitors the effects of the financial crisis on private enterprises. The second wave of data was collected in February and March 2010 covering 1,892 enterprises in Bulgaria...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 60352 Document Date: January 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Correa,Paulo Guilherme,Iootty De Paiva Dias,Mariana,Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis,Ramalho,Rita,Yang,Judy