Ghana - Enterprise Survey 2007

Reference ID

GHA_2007_ES_v01_M_WB

Year

2007

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

World Bank

Sponsor(s)

World Bank - -

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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% bribes to public officials (j7a)
File: Ghana-2007--full data-1

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 2
Decimals: 0
Range: -9-40

Valid cases: 616
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

We’ve heard that establishments are sometimes required to make gifts or informal payments to public officials to “get things done” with regard to customs, taxes, licenses, regulations, services etc. On average, what percentage of total annual sales, or estimated annual value, do establishments like this one pay in informal payments/gifts to public officials for this purpose?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	don't know	0	0.0%
-8	refused to answer	0	0.0%
-7	not applicable	0	0.0%
-6	still in process	0	0.0%
-5	application denied	0	0.0%
-4	skipped	29	4.7%
-3	not provided	0	0.0%
0		411	66.7%
0.100000001490116		2	0.3%
0.200000002980232		1	0.2%
0.300000011920929		2	0.3%
0.400000005960464		1	0.2%
0.5		2	0.3%
0.800000011920929		1	0.2%
1		40	6.5%
2		24	3.9%
3		6	1.0%
4		3	0.5%
5		30	4.9%
5.59999990463257		1	0.2%
6		1	0.2%
7		1	0.2%
8		2	0.3%
9		2	0.3%
10		32	5.2%
11		2	0.3%
12		1	0.2%
15		4	0.6%
18		1	0.2%
20		10	1.6%
25		2	0.3%
30		3	0.5%
40		2	0.3%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

1) Size of informal payments/gifts Informal payments are payments made to government officials that are unaudited or unreported. They are generally given to an official with the expectation that a service will be performed (such as granting a business license), a violation overlooked (such as violation of health regulation), or because the official threatens the business.

Notice the wording (phrasing) of the question: it asks for the respondent to answer for establishments “like this one” rather than the establishment being interviewed.