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The World Business Environment Survey (WBES) Interactive Dataset   

The World Business Environment Survey (WBES 2000) is a survey of over 10,000 firms in 80 countries that examines a wide range of interactions between firms and the state. Based on face-to-face interviews with firm managers and owners in late 1999 and early 2000, the WBES generated measurements in such areas as corruption, judiciary, lobbying, investment climate and the quality of the business environment. In the data analysis, these business climate constraints are related to specific firm characteristics and firm performance. For downloading the draft report 'Voices of the Firms', which presents the data, explanations and results from the analysis, click on the pdf icons on the left hand column. For the user agreement on the care required in the use and interpretation of the data and materials, please read details below.

In order to start the interactive webtool, select the individual or multiple question option, depending on what kind of comparative charts and tables you want to generate:

 

OPTION 1: INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS - This option allows the user to generate several types of charts (stacked, bars, pies and radar) on the question of interest for all the selected countries. In addition, the user will be able to analyse results by firm characteristics and compare them with regional and income category averages. In this option, however, multiple questions cannot be selected for comparative purposes. To select this option, click here

 
  OPTION 2: MULTIPLE QUESTIONS - This option allows the user to generate a number of charts (one for each selected country), displaying multiple questions simultaneously. The advantage of this option is that you can perform within-country comparisons for multiple issues. For the country of interest, the charts display the percentage of firms that rate the selected issues as problematic. This approach therefore allows for direct comparison across questions, notwithstanding their original rating scale. At the same time, this multiple question option will provide fewer types of charts than if you select option 1. To select this option, click here

For more information on the WBES project, please contact Daniel Kaufmann or Andrew Stone (Astone@worldbank.org) or visit the WBES page. The WBES interactive data webtool was designed by Dmitry Samorodkin and Andrey Lysenko with assistance from Arseny Malov and Massimo Mastruzzi, under the supervision of D. Kaufmann. The WBES project was overseen by G. Pfeffermann, D. Kaufmann, H. Kharas, S. Khemani. A. Stone was the task manager, and G. Batra a principal researcher. For details about all the collaborating partners involved in the WBES project, click here

USER AGREEMENT FOR WBES 2000 DATA

  • The user understands that no claims, implicit or explicit, are made for the WBES database and that any conclusions or inferences drawn from the data are wholly the responsibility of the user. No conclusions or inferences drawn from the data or accompanying materials should be attributed to the World Bank Group, its Board of Directors, its management, or any of its member countries without their express, written consent.
  • The user agrees to protect the confidentiality of firms participating in the survey.
  • The user agrees to reference the source of data as "The World Business Environment Survey (WBES) 2000."



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