WBES 2011: China

Country involved:

China

Project Description:

The China Enterprise Survey 2010 (China ES 2010) is a World Bank Group (the World Bank) program that with the goal of standardization in order to reduce measurement error and improve cross- country comparability with other enterprise surveys. The goals is to make the China ES 2010 fully compatible with the approach of the Enterprise surveys that the Enterprise Analysis Unit of the World Bank has been implementing for the last four years in other regions of the world. Standardizing survey instruments, survey methodology and survey implementation serves to significantly reduce measurement error and improves cross-country comparability.

In addition to gathering data to provide year-to-year, cross-country investment climate measures, the Enterprise Survey builds a panel of enterprise data. A panel data set will allow researchers to track changes in the business environment, measure the effect of these changes on establishment performance and make assessments on the effects of reforms on the business environment.

With the participation of 13 professional staffs and sub-contractors, MKE lead the following responsibilities:

·             Identifying sample frames in accordance with World Bank outlined strategy and approval

·             Conducting the face-to-face interview with approximately 3,000 establishments of the sample frame

·             Providing the client a set of a clean data of all completed interviews in the STATA electronic database

·             Presenting to the client spreadsheets containing sample control information, which is a second database including the location information of each interviewed establishment

·             Preparing a report, in English, on the data describing all codes, sampling biases introduced in the survey

·             implementation and other pertinent information for researchers. The report covers

observations/experiences arising from the survey and the methodology employed

WBES 2014: The East Asia Pacific

Countries involved:

Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam

Project Description:

The EAP ENTERPRISE SURVEYS 2014 is a World Bank (WB) project aiming to study the business environment in Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. The surveys will use the benchmarking and analytical tools produced by the Enterprise Analysis Unit of the WB Group. 

In addition to gathering data to provide cross-country business environment measures, the survey will include re-visiting previously interviewed establishments, whenever possible, which will allow the expansion of the panel data set. The panel data set allows researchers to track changes in the business environment, to measure the effect of these changes on firm performance over time and to assess the effects of reforms on the business environment.

With the participation of 13 key professional staffs and sub-contractors, MKE lead the following responsibilities:

·             Identifying sample frames in accordance with World Bank outlined strategy and approval;

·             Conducting the face-to-face interview with approximately 6,090 establishments of the sample frame;

·             Providing to client a set of a cleaned database of all completed interviews in the STATA electronic database

·             Presenting to client the spreadsheets containing sample control information for each country which was a second database including the location information of each interviewed establishment

·             Preparing report, in English, on the data describing all codes, sampling biases introduced in the survey implementation and other pertinent information for researchers. The report covered observations/experiences arising from the survey and the methodology employed.

WBES 2023-4: Vietnam, Cambodia, The Philippines, Samoa, & Vanuatu

Countries Involved:

Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Cambodia, The Philippines

Project Description:

The ENTERPRISE SURVEYS 2023-4 is an ongoing World Bank (WB) project aiming to study the business environment in countries across the world. With the participation of 11 key professional staffs and sub-contractors, MKE led the following responsibilities:

· Identifying sample frames in accordance with World Bank outlined strategy and approval;

· Conducting the face-to-face interview with approximately 2,706 establishments of the sample frame;

· Providing to client a set of a cleaned dataset of all completed interviews in the STATA format

· Preparing report, in English, on the data describing all codes, sampling biases introduced in the survey implementation and other pertinent information for researchers.

WBES 2024-5 - Tonga & Kiribati

Tonga enumerator team from SLAP Inc Tonga

Countries Involved:

Tonga and Kiribati

Project Description:

MKE managed the full execution of enterprise surveys in Tonga and Kiribati. Our work focused on gathering high-quality economic data through localized field operations.

What we did:

• Built Local Teams: Recruited and trained residents in both countries to conduct the fieldwork.

• Screening & Outreach: Identified and vetted eligible businesses to ensure a representative sample.

• Data Collection: Successfully completed 150 in-depth interviews per country (300 total).

• Quality Control: Performed rigorous data cleaning, logic checks, and back-check calls to verify the accuracy of every interview.

Tonga’s 2024 country profile can be found here