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Study on the Constraints Facing the Development of Micro and Small Enterprises, 2014

Egypt, 2014
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EGY_ERF_MSE_2014_V1.0
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Economic Research Forum
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Micro and Small Enterprises Surveys
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    Survey ID
    EGY_ERF_MSE_2014_V1.0
    Title
    Study on the Constraints Facing the Development of Micro and Small Enterprises, 2014
    Country
    Name Country code
    Egypt EGY
    Study type
    The Constraints Facing the Development of MSEs [MSEs/CDMSE]
    Abstract
    This survey field data was collected, from rural governorates in Egypt, on Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in the context of a project, funded by ERF, on "The Nexus between Informal Credit and Informal Labor for MSEs in Egypt".

    MSEs in Egypt still rely heavily on informal credit. They also rely on informal labor to a great extent. In the meantime, MSEs' access to formal finance has been facing increasing restrictions, due to adopting more cautious lending strategies by both public and private banks.

    This project aims, through the collected dataset, at examining the relationship between informal credit and the formalization of MSEs, in general, and, in particular, their employment characteristics. To do that, it attempts to find out what effect informal credit has on the performance, risk and return to capital of MSEs and how it affects the employment profile and the use of informal labor. It also looks into whether informal credit provides a disincentive for the formalization of MSEs and whether the sources of informal credit have different effects on the formalization of MSEs.or to a great extent.

    The survey was tested in several governorates, but was eventually implemented in the Gharbeya and Bani Suef governorates. Administering the survey was often interrupted because of security reasons.
    It is also worth noting that this survey is not weighted.
    Kind of data
    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of analysis
    - MSEs

    Version

    Version
    Version 1.0: A version of the raw data prepared for dissemination
    Version date
    2014
    Version notes
    The Economic Research Forum has collected this dataset and releases it for dissemination in both SPSS and STATA formats.

    Scope

    Notes
    For a selected sample of MSEs in both Gharbeya and Bani Suef governorates; the survey provides data on:
    - Project basic information
    - Demographic information of the project owner
    - Project description
    - Sources of project financing
    - Technical support for the project
    - Project labor
    - Project expenditures
    - Marketing
    - Project revenues
    - Constraints facing the project
    - Other information on the owner/employer and his/her opinions
    - Future expectations

    Coverage

    Geographic coverage
    The survey was implemented in the Gharbeya and Bani Suef governorates.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Economic Research Forum

    Sampling

    Sampling procedure
    A two-stage sampling procedure was adopted.
    In the first stage, a convenience sampling was used to choose localities (governorates and cities/towns). Convenience sampling is a non-probability
    sampling technique that is used by the researcher because the sample is easily accessible. The main weakness of convenience sampling is that the sample could be biased and does not represent the whole population. However despite this weakness, real world restrictions may justify using convenience sampling. One of these restrictions is the fact that the research emphasis is on hidden population. Hidden population means that the population cannot be studied using standard sampling methods due to lacking of a sampling frame, which is a list of all population members.
    MSEs were considered a hidden population because, at the time, there was no available data on the micro and small enterprises in Egypt.
    Accordingly, convenience sampling was used and Tanta was chosen because it meets specific practical standards, for instance, ease of access and geographical closeness.

    In the second stage, a simple random sampling was used to choose the establishments from these localities. Simple random sampling means that every element of the population has equal opportunity to be selected in the sample. The researchers walked the streets and approached the enterprises randomly for an onsite interview using the questionnaire. Different types of enterprises with different economic activities were targeted to construct a sample that embraced an appropriate range and to allow a better representation of the wider population.

    Two economic criteria were set to choose the establishments. The first criterion was the nature of the activity whether it was agricultural, manufacturing, commercial or a services enterprise. The second criterion was the number of workers in each establishment. If the establishment has up to 5 workers, we consider it a micro enterprise while the establishment that has between 6 to 20 workers is considered to be small enterprise.
    Weighting
    Data is not weighted

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires
    One questionnaire form, in both Arabic and English, consisting of 12 Parts was designed to collect the survey data.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2014 2014 -
    Data Collectors
    Name
    Economic Research Forum
    Supervision
    After constructing the survey and testing it, four teams of surveyors were trained (two for each governorate); each consists of 2-4 surveyors, in addition to the team leader, auditors and quality controllers. The survey was comprehensive and took around an hour to administer. Eventually 228 valid surveys from the urban areas in Tanta, capital of Gharbiya Governorate, and 218 from Bani Suef City, capital of Bani Suef Governorate, were collected.
    The collected data is elementary and may be complemented at a larger and more widespread scale.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Economic Research Forum (ERF) www.erf.org.eg erfdataportal@erf.org.eg
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes To access the micro data, researchers are required to register on the ERF website and comply with the data access agreement.

    The data will be used only for scholarly, research, or educational purposes. Users are prohibited from using data acquired from the Economic Research Forum in the pursuit of any commercial or private ventures.
    Access conditions
    Licensed datasets, accessible under conditions.
    Citation requirement
    The users should cite the Economic Research Forum (ERF) as follows:

    OAMDI, 2016. Study on the Constraints Facing the Development of Micro and Small Enterprises, http://erf.org.eg/data-portal/. Version 1.0 of Licensed Data Files; Egypt CDMSE 2014. Egypt: Economic Research Forum (ERF).

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer
    The Economic Research Forum has granted the researcher access to relevant data following exhaustive efforts to protect the confidentiality of individual data. The researcher is solely responsible for any analysis or conclusions drawn from available data.
    Copyright
    (c) 2016, Economic Research Forum

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    Economic Research Forum (ERF) - 21 Al-Sad Al-Aaly St., Dokki, Giza, Egypt erfdataportal@erf.org.eg www.erf.org.eg

    Metadata production

    Document ID
    EGY_ERF_MSE_2014_V1.0
    Producers
    Name
    Economic Research Forum
    Date of metadata production
    2014

    Metadata version

    Version
    Version 1.0
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