Enterprise surveys Tanzania : country profile 2006

45306 Enterprise Surveys Country Profile Tanzania 2006 PUT COUNTRY MAP HERE Region: Africa Income Group: Low Income Population(2006): 38.4 million GNI per capita (2006): US$340 http://www.EnterpriseSurveys.org World Bank, 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington DC, 20433 Tel. (202) 458-4808 Fax (202) 522-2029 Email: rru@worldbank.org  Introduction 3 Snapshot 4 Infrastructure 5 Finance 6 Labor Force 7 Corruption & Regulatory Burden 8 Courts & Crime 9 Innovations & Technology 10 Trade 11 Summary of Enterprise Survey Indicators 12  Introduction Enterprise Surveys The Enterprise Surveys focus on the many factors that shape the decisions of firms to invest. These factors can be accommodating or constraining and play an important role in whether a country will prosper or not. An accommodating business environment is one that encourages firms to operate efficiently. Such conditions strengthen incentives for firms to innovate and to increase productivity--key factors for sustainable development. A more productive private sector, in turn, expands employment and contributes taxes necessary for public investment in health, education, and other services. In contrast, a poor business environment increases the obstacles to conducting business activities and decreases a country's prospects for reaching its potential in terms of employment, production, and welfare. Enterprise Surveys are conducted by the World Bank and its partners across all geographic regions and cover small, medium, and large companies. The surveys are applied to a representative sample of firms in the non-agricultural economy. The sample is consistently defined in all countries and includes the entire manufacturing sector, the services sector, and the transportation and construction sectors. Public utilities, government services, health care, and financial services sectors are not included in the sample. Enterprise Surveys collect a wide array of qualitative and quantitative information through face-to-face interviews with firm managers and owners regarding the business environment in their countries and the productivity of their firms. The topics covered in Enterprise Surveys include the obstacles to doing business, infrastructure, finance, labor, corruption and regulation, law and order, innovation and technology, trade, and firm productivity. The qualitative and quantitative data collected through the surveys connect a country's business environment characteristics with firm productivity and performance. The Enterprise Survey database is intended to be useful for both policymakers and researchers. The surveys are to be repeated over time to track changes and benchmark the effects of reforms on firm performance. Country Profiles The Country Profiles produced by the Enterprise Analysis Unit (FPDEA) of the World Bank Group provide an overview of key business environment indicators in each country, benchmarking against their respective geographic region and group of countries with similar incomes. Breakdowns by firm size are presented in the Appendix of the document along with all statistics used to make the graphs. The same topics are covered for all countries with slight variations in indicators (subject to data availability). This format allows cross country comparisons. All indicators are based on the responses of firms. To learn more about the firms sampled for this country profile (tabulations for these and other indicators by industry, exports, and type of ownership) or to obtain profiles of other countries, please visit the web page http://www.enterprisesurveys.org. Currently available at the Enterprise Survey website are survey results on the business environment in over 97 countries, based on data from more than 61,000 firms. http://www.enterprisesurveys.org Country Profile: TANZANIA 3  Tanzania The country profile for Tanzania is based on data from the Enterprise Surveys conducted by the World Bank in 2006. The benchmarks include the averages for the group of countries in Africa and the Tanzania income group. Below is a snapshot of the constraints to investment and doing business as perceived by firms. The first graph presents the top 10 constraints as identified by firms in Tanzania benchmarked against the regional average. The second graph shows the top 3 constraints broken down by large medium, and small firms in Tanzania. Snapshot of the Business Environment in Tanzania Percent of Firms Identifying the Problem as the Main Obstacle 80 Africa 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Electricity Access to Tax Rates Transportation Access to Land Crime, Theft Skills and Anti- Tax Business Financing and Disorder Education of Competitive or Administration Licensing and (Availability Available Informal Operating and Cost) Workers Practices Permits AM