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| Document Date:
| 2009/01/01 |
| Document Type:
| Working Paper |
| Report Number:
| 49532 |
| Volume No:
| 1 of 1 |
| Country:
| Armenia ; |
| Doc Name:
| Enterprise surveys : Armenia country profile 2009 |
| Keywords:
| access to finance, accounting, bank loans, banks, barriers to entry, bribe, bribes, business activities, business environment, business transactions, businesses, capabilities, collateral, collateral requirements, communications technologies, company, competitiveness, contribution, Copyright, Corporation, Corruption, customs, deposits, direct costs, e-mail, electricity, employment, employment opportunities, Enterprise Survey, Enterprise Surveys, entrepreneurs, equipment, External Financing, Female Workers, financial burden, financial environment, financial intermediation, financial markets, financial services, firm size, Firms, fixed assets, Foreign Companies, gender, geographic region, geographic regions, government contract, Government Regulation, government services, health care, ICT, Import License, import licenses, Income Group, income groups, income tax, information technology, Innovation, inspections, Internal Finance, Internal Financing, internal funds, International Bank, International Finance, international markets, international standards, investment opportunities, labor market, large companies, lenders, liability, License, licenses, Licensing, Limited Partnership, listed company, loan, Loan Amount, low cost, manufacturing, manufacturing industry, market constraints, Material, micro enterprises, multinational, multinational corporations, Open markets, operating costs, operational efficiency, payment services, permanent workers, private sector, probability, productivity, profitability, proprietorship, prosperous society, public investment, public services, Public utilities, queries, regulatory burden, result, results, retail trade, roads, Sale, sales, senior, skilled workers, small firms, source of income, Supplier, suppliers, taxation, telephone, Telephone Connection, telephone connections, telephone service, unfair competition, uses, wages, water connection, Water Shortages, water supply, water systems, web, web page, work experience, working capital Show More |
| Language:
| English |
| Region:
| Europe and Central Asia ; |
| Rep Title:
| Enterprise surveys : Armenia country profile 2009 |
| Topics:
| Infrastructure Economics and Finance ; Private Sector Development ; Finance and Financial Sector Development |
| SubTopics:
| Access to Finance ; Microfinance ; ; E-Business ; Private Participation in Infrastructure |
| Unit Owning:
| Off of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP) |
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Abstract
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| The country profile for Armenia is based on data from the enterprise surveys conducted by the World Bank in 2009. The enterprise surveys focus on the many factors that shape the decisions of firms to invest. These factors can be accommodating or constraining and play an important role in whether a country will prosper or not. An accommodating business environment is one that encourages firms to operate efficiently. Such conditions strengthen incentives for firms to innovate and to increase productivity, key factors for sustainable development. A more productive private sector, in turn, expands employment and contributes taxes necessary for public investment in health, education, and other services. In contrast, a poor business environment increases the obstacles to conducting business activities and decreases a country's prospects for reaching its potential in terms of employment, production, and welfare. Enterprise surveys are conducted by the World Bank and its partners across all geographic regions and cover small, medium, and large companies. The surveys are applied to a representative sample of firms in the non-agricultural economy. The sample is consistently defined in all countries and includes the entire manufacturing sector, the services sector, and the transportation and construction sectors. Public utilities, government services, health care, and financial services sectors are not included in the sample. Enterprise surveys collect a wide array of qualitative and quantitative information through face-to-face interviews with firm managers and owners regarding the business environment in their countries and the productivity of their firms. The topics covered in enterprise surveys include the obstacles to doing business, infrastructure, finance, labor, corruption and regulation, law and order, innovation and technology, trade, and firm productivity. |
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