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Productivity and Investment Climate Survey, South Africa 2004

South Africa, 2004
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    Survey ID number

    zaf-ibrd-picssa-2004-v1

    Title

    Productivity and Investment Climate Survey, South Africa 2004

    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Enterprise/Establishment Survey [en]

    Series Information

    International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, World Bank Group. Productivity and Investment Climate Survey, South Africa 2004 [dataset]. Version 1. Washington: World Bank [producer], 2006. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/gghv-c924

    Abstract

    ICAs provide a standardized way of measuring and comparing investment climate conditions in a country; replacing a number of varying and sometimes ad hoc methodologies of the past. They are envisioned by the World Bank Group’s Private Sector Development Strategy as a systematic means to “allow i) better identification of the features of the investment climate that matter most for productivity and hence income growth, especially for poor men and women, ii) tracking of changes in the investment climate within a country, and iii) comparison of countries or Regions within countries.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data

    Unit of Analysis

    Establishments

    Version

    Version Description

    v1: Edited, anonymised data available for public use

    Version Date

    2004

    Version Notes

    Athough the PICS for SA collected data on 800 firms in different sectors, the dataset available from DataFirst (labelled version 1 by DataFirst) includes only data from the 603 firms in the manufacturing sector

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey includes data on the firm productivity, the cost of doing business, the regulatory environment, the labor market, the financial sector, the trade regime and levels of investment.

    Keywords
    investment business

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey was carried out in 4 major metropolitan areas of South Africa: Gauteng (about 63 % of the sample), Western Cape (23%), KwaZulu-Natal (9 %), and Eastern Cape (5 %).

    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is city/town and, in some cases, suburb.

    Universe

    The universe of interest in the survey was small (10-49 employees), medium (50-99 employees) and large (100-499 employees) enterprises in South Africa.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The World Bank Group
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    South African Department of Trade and Industry Funder
    International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Funder

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    About 800 firms were surveyed between January and December 2004. About 75 percent (603) of the sample were in the manufacturing sector, 14 percent in the construction industry and the remaining 11 percent in wholesale and retail trade. Within these broad sectors, firms were randomly selected from lists of firms registered with the Department of Trade and Industry (i.e. only formal registered enterprises are included in the sample). Although the samples should be broadly representative of formal firms within each sector, they are not representative of the entire economy. Because of this, and because the samples for comparator countries only cover manufacturing, data from the three sectors are presented separately in the main report. The sample included firms from major metropolitan areas in Gauteng (about 63 percent of the sample), Western Cape (23 percent), KwaZulu-Natal (9 percent), and Eastern Cape (5 percent). The sample was mainly composed of small (10-49 employees), medium (50-99 employees) and large (100-499 employees) enterprises, although about 14 percent of the sample were very large (over 500 employees). There were few microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees) in the sample, especially in the manufacturing sector.

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    Questionnaires

    The South African PICS survey used a standard core Productivity and Investment Climate Survey (PICS) questionnaire, designed by the World Bank. The PICS core questionnaire has two sections. The main section of the questionnaire collects data on the business and the investment climate in which it functions. This section should be administered to the enterprise's manager or owner.
    Data is collected on:

    1. Firm ownership, activities, location
    2. Sales (imports, exports, supply and demand, competition)
    3. Investment climate constraints
    4. Infrastructure and services (power, water, transport, ict infrastructure, business services)
    5. Finance (including financial services)
    6. Labor relations
    7. Business-government relations:
    8. Legal environment:
    9. Security (cost of crimes, quality of police services)
    10. Business innovation, learning:

    The second part of the questionnaire consists of questions on production costs, investment flows, balance sheet information and workforce statistics. This section should be administered to the accounting department/book-keeper and human resources manager.

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2004-01 2004-12
    Data Collectors
    Name
    Citizen Surveys
    Data Collection Notes

    Data was collected through interviews with the enterprise's manager or owner and, where possible the firm's accountant/book-keeper and human resources manager.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za support@data1st.org
    Access conditions

    Public use files, available to all

    Citation requirements

    International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, World Bank Group. Productivity and Investment Climate Survey, South Africa 2004 [dataset]. Version 1. Washington: World Bank [producer], 2006. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/gghv-c924

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Copyright

    Copyright, World Bank

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk University of Cape Town support@data1st.org http://support.data1st.org/

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    ddi-zaf-datafirst-picssa-2004-v1

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town DDI Producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2020-05-14

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 2

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