Entrepreneurship Survey20081. Third World Bank Questionnaire on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

Dear Sir or Madam:

This is the PDF version of the Third World Bank Group Questionnaire on Entrepreneurship and EconomicDevelopment.

If you have trouble filling the survey or would prefer to receive a faxed or posted hardcopy, kindly contact Mrs. Ana PaulaRibeiro at 1-202-458-7183 or email your request to the address registrar_survey@worldbank.org or to our fax number 1-202-522-1155.

Deadline for Completion: We kindly request that, if possible, you complete and submit the survey by February 18,2008. Note that the information requested in the questionnaire is not confidential. Please indicate, however, if anyinformation you provide should be kept confidential. The World Bank will honor this request.

Upon completion of the data collection, we will send all participants the results of the survey.Thank you for your participation.

Sincerely,

Leora F. KlapperSenior Financial EconomistDevelopment Research Group, Finance TeamThe World BankEmail: lklapper@worldbank.orgPhone: 202-473-8738

Entrepreneurship Survey20082. Contact Information

1. Please, kindly provide your contact information:Country:

Contact Person:

Title:

Organization:

Telephone Number:

Fax Number:

e-mail:

Alternative e-mail:

Entrepreneurship Survey20083. Economic Units

Please, provide in this section the number of total, new and closed ECONOMIC UNITS for the given years. For thepurpose of this study, we define economic unit as any economic productive unit in the formal sector, regardlessits legal form or entity. Therefore, in this section, please include corporations, partnerships, and any other economic unitregistered or recorded by the government, either through economic censuses, business registries or onter data collectionmethods.

Note: Please include year-end figures for all years.

2. Total Economic Units2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

3. New Economic Units2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

4. Closed Economic Units2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

5. Notes/Comments:

Entrepreneurship Survey20084. Corporations

Please, provide in this section the number of total, new and closed CORPORATIONS for the given years.For the purpose of this study, the definition of Corporation would be:

- For Civil Law countries: Any economic unit of the formal sector incorporated as a legal entity and registered in a publicregistry, which is capable, in its own right, of incurring liabilities and of engaging in economic activities and transactionswith other entities. Therefore, all those economic units recorded on the business registry that do not have legal

personality would not be included in this section (e.g. partnerships).- For Common Law countries: A company with limited liability.

Note: Please include year-end figures for all years.

6. Total Corporations2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

7. New Corporations2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

8. Closed Corporations:2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

9. Notes/Comments:

Entrepreneurship Survey20085. Sole propietorship

Please, provide the total, new and closed number of SOLE PROPIETORS for the given years. Forthe purpose of this study, we define sole proprietors as those businesses with a single owner.Note: Please include year-end figures for all years.

10. Total Sole propietors2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

11. New Sole propietors2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

12. Closed Sole propietors2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

13. Notes/Comments:

Entrepreneurship Survey20086. Detailed Information: Sector of activity, size, ownership and gender

This section contains questions regarding the distribution of corporations in your country by sector of activity, size,ownership and gender.

Notes:

- Primary sector includes Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Mining.- For the purpose of this study, small and medium sized firms are those with less than 250 employees. If using anotherdefinition, please specify at the end of the page.- The number of corporations per gender refers to the firms with predominant female ownership.

14. Total Corporations 2006:Primary Sector:

Wholesale& Retail:

Finance Sector:

Industry Sector:

Services Sector:

Others Sectors:

By size(small & medium):

100%Government owned:

100%Foreign owned:

By Gender (Female)

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16. Total Corporations 2004:Primary Sector:

Wholesale and Retail Trade:Finance Sector:

Industry Sector:

Services Sector:

Others Sectors:

By size(small and medium):100% Government owned:100% Foreign owned:

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15. New corporations 2006

17. New corporations 2004:

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By Gender (Female) -

18. Total Corporations 2002:Primary Sector:

Wholesale and Retail Trade:Finance Sector:

Industry Sector:

Service Sector:

Others Sectors:

By size(small and medium):100% Government owned:100% Foreign owned:

By Gender (Female)

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20. Notes/Comments:

19. New corporations 2004:

Entrepreneurship Survey20087. The Registration Process

This section contains questions regarding the registration requirements, procedures and the access to the storedinformation.

21. What information are businesses required to register? Note: Enforcement mechanismsrefers to instruments such as fines or penalties that would compel businesses to reportthis information.

Yes Are there enforcement mechanisms?

Annual financialstatements

Closures

Sector of activity of anew business

Is re-registation required if the businesschanges or expands its sectors of activity?

22. Can a business be registered in person in locations other than the principal/centralbusiness registry?

Yes/No If yes, where?If yes, how many

business registries officesare they in the country?

:

Comments

23. Remote RegistrationCan a business registerremotely (via internet,

etc.)?If yes, how? Since when?

What percentage of totalregistrations is done

remotely?

:

Comments:

24. Aditional requirements for remote registrationCan the entire registration process be done remotely? If not, which are the additional requirement?

:

Comments:

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Comments:

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25. Is there a fee for registration?

Yes

No

26. If yes, please specify:Fee for remote registration

Fee for "in person"registration

Currency

27. Data processing and access:

Is the datastored

electronically?

If yes, sincewhich year?

Is the storeddata accesible

remotely?

If yes, whatpercentage isprocessed this

way?

Does the registryshare

information withprivate vendors

of businessinformation?

Is there anyrestriction to

access the data?

:

Comments:

28. Is the Business Registry operated by the:

Government

Chamber of Commerce

Privately owned company

Public-private partnership

Other (please specify)

29. Is the management and distribution of Business Registry data provided by:

Government

Chamber of Commerce

Privately owned company

Public-private partnership

Other (please specify)

Entrepreneurship Survey20088. Legal Form of Businesses

This section contains questions regarding the business legal forms chosen by entrepreneurs to incorporate theirbusinesses in your country. They will allow us to better understand the legal and regulatory environment that affectsbusiness creation.

We kindly request to provide the name of the three most popular legal forms to incorporate businesses in your country,their approximate English translation, and their basic characteristics.

30. Please, provide the name of the three mostcommon legal forms:

1.

2.

3.

31. Please, select the approximate Englishtranslation:

1.

2.

3.

Comments:

32. Legal Forms: In this question we kindly request that you provide the basic characteristics ofthe three most popular business forms used in your country.

Notes:- Line number 1 corresponds to the first legal type entered in question 30, line 2 to the second,etc.- If you cannot provide the approximate number of incorporations in year 2007, please providethe latest year available, and specify the year in the comments section.

Percentageof total

registries(Total2007)

Percentageof total

registries(New2007)

RequiresRegistration

Legalentity

Transferableshares?

Can theyissuestock?

Liability Taxed as:

1

2

3

Comments:

33. Minimum required capital to incorporate:1.

2.

3.

Currency:

34. Minimum number of owners:1.

2.

3.

35. Maximum number of owners:1.

2.

3.

36. Additional notes/comments:

Entrepreneurship Survey20089. Additional Comments

37. Please, use this space if you have additional comments:

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Entrepreneurship Survey200810. Thank you on behalf of the World Bank

Thank you on behalf of the Development Economics Research Group of the World Bank. The data you are about tosubmit will be included in the World Bank 2008 entrepreneurship survey. Thanks to it, we willgain a better understanding of entrepreneurship and economic development in your country. Once we collect, analyze

and process the data, you will be notified so that you can have direct access to the results of the study.Thank you for your collaboration.