Documents et rapports
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Do Crises hit Female-Managed and Male-Managed Firms Differently? Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis (anglais)
While efforts are currently in place to collect data on the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, this note looks at the experience of the 2008 financial crisis to gain insights on possible differential...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 152886 Date du document: 10 septembre 2020 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ahmed,Tanima,Muzi,Silvia,Ueda,Kohei
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Firm Performance and the Business Environment in Malaysia : A Comparison with High - Income and Upper - Middle - Income countries (anglais)
Firm-level survey data on registered private firms reveal that firms in Malaysia have much lower labor productivity than their counterparts in 43 upper-middle-income and 14 high-income countries. It will...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 138329 Date du document: 1 janvier 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Amin,Mohammad,Soh,Yew Chong
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Navigating the Landscape of Transactions : Understanding Firms’ Transactional Governance Structures in Six Latin American Countries (anglais)
This note summarizes findings from a new paper, which lays out a methodology to determine the types of mechanisms, be they the legal system, civil organizations, or shared business interest, that firms...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 152936 Date du document: 1 janvier 2019 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Francis,David C.
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Female Top Managers in Malaysia (anglais)
Recent firm-level survey data collected by the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys (ES) shows that about a quarter of all Malaysian firms have a female top manager. Female top managers are more likely to be...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 138328 Date du document: 1 janvier 2018 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Amin,Mohammad,Mayoral,Amanda
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What Do Exporters in Malaysia Look Like? (anglais)
Taking advantage of recent Enterprise Surveys data, this note aims to provide a first set of observations on the performance and regulatory constraints of Malaysia’s exporting firms. The findings provide...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 138327 Date du document: 1 janvier 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Amin,Mohammad,Arlet,Jean Nicolas,Ulku,Hulya
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Women Workers in Malaysia’s Private Sector (anglais)
This note analyzes various issues related to women workers in Malaysia’s formal private sector. Using the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys data, the proportion of women among all workers in Malaysia is...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 138330 Date du document: 1 janvier 2017 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Amin,Mohammad,Mayoral,Amanda
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Informal firms in Myanmar (anglais)
Using survey data on informal firms in Myanmar, a number of issues related to firm-size,productivity, business environment, gender disparity and registration costs and benefits arediscussed. The findings...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 111251 Date du document: 1 janvier 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Amin,Mohammad
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Legal institutions and women’s employment (anglais)
This note explores the role of legal institutions in influencing women’s employment in private firms in developing countries. Both a holistic and specific approach to legal institutions is adopted. Regarding...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 111250 Date du document: 1 janvier 2016 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Amin,Mohammad,Islam,Asif Mohammed
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Enterprise surveys : Papua New Guinea county profile 2015 (anglais)
The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on many aspects of the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether an economy’s private sector...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 111259 Date du document: 1 août 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Enterprise surveys : Malaysia country profile 2015 (anglais)
The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on many aspects of the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether an economy’s private sector...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 111258 Date du document: 1 mars 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Enterprise surveys : Philippines country pofile 2015 (anglais)
The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on many aspects of the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether an economy’s private sector...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 111260 Date du document: 1 janvier 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Does firm-size matter in the informal sector? (anglais)
Newly available data on informal firms in 11 African countries shows that informal firms while generally small can vary substantially in size. Using these data, this note explores the relevance of firm-size...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 92275 Date du document: 1 janvier 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Amin,Mohammad,Huang,Xie
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Presence of women in top managerial positions (anglais)
The presence of female top managers in the private sector signals the existence of high paying jobs for women and also serves as further encouragement for other women to seek better employment. This note...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 92276 Date du document: 1 janvier 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Amin, Mohammad,Islam,Asif Mohammed
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Running a business in Brazil (anglais)
Brazilian firms are more integrated into their country's financial system than other firms in the rest of the Latin American region Brazil has the highest proportion of firms who finance investment using...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 63663 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Running a Business in Kazakhstan (anglais)
New enterprise surveys data indicate that firms in Kazakhstan are more likely to face corruption and are less integrated in global trade when compared to the rest of the countries in the Easter Europe...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 63664 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Running a business in Indonesia (anglais)
Recently obtained enterprise surveys data indicate that senior managers in Indonesia spend the least amount of time dealing with the requirements of government regulations when compared to countries in...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 65102 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Running a business in Vietnam (anglais)
New data from enterprise surveys indicate that Vietnamese firms have several comparative advantages over firms in other similarly populated countries and countries in the same income group. Senior manager's...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 65103 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Running a business in the Kyrgyz Republic (anglais)
New data from enterprise surveys indicate that business regulation reforms in the Kyrgyz Republic, such as simplifying tax payment procedures, are positively impacting the private sector. Firms interviewed...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 65104 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Comparing informal firms in Buenos Aires and Chaco (anglais)
This note highlights differences between informal businesses in two regions of Argentina Buenos Aires and Chaco. Labor productivity is much higher in Buenos Aires than Chaco. This difference is partly...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 65118 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Amin,Mohammad
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Education and the structure of informal firms in Latin America (anglais)
A recent survey of unregistered or informal firms in Argentina and Peru shows that about 74 percent of the owners have a secondary or higher education. This note compared firms by the education level of...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 63665 Date du document: 1 janvier 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Amin, Mohammad