1. OBJECTIVES, QUESTIONNAIRE AND SURVEY DESIGN TURKEY REGIONAL ENTERPRISE SURVEY 2015 Jorge Rodriguez, Valeria Perotti, Joshua Wimpey and Veselin Kuntchev www.enterprisesurveys.org

2. Project Objectives 2 USEFUL DATA Establishes baseline Comparable data Across globe Within Turkey Over time Relevant topics Valid & reliable indicators Reproducible results REPORTING Regional reports: Showcasing 26 regions Benchmarking and highlighting differences Country-level report synthesizing all data METHODOLOGICAL BLUEPRINT Prepares for future surveys and additional rounds of data collection Statistically meaningful inferences to populations of interest Documentation of: Processes Tools Results KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM Data available for use by regional and local parties through website and data interface Platform allows: Monitoring of changes in the private sector Evaluating reforms Impact assessment Documentation of process and outcomes

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5. Questionnaire: objectives and features OBJECTIVES A description of the private sector Objective, factual information that the respondent directly knows about Measurements of the business environment in which the firm operates Specific programs or policies that affect the firm’s operations Basic financial information that allows measuring the effect of the business environment on selected quantitative variables (productivity, sales, access to credit, firm growth, employment) CUSTOMIZATION Two versions (manufacturing vs services) Regional customization (trade off with comparability and management of quality control) LIMITS 1 hour maximum (respondents are business owners/top managers) Good practices for question formatting and wording 5

6. Global questionnaire content 6 FIRM CHARACTERISTICS Legal status Age Size Location Use of quality certification or license Female ownership and management FIRM OUTCOMES Sales Employment by contract, skill profile, and gender Capital use Fixed capital investment Exports Innovation Capacity utilization BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT (factual) Infrastructure Regulations: permit, license, taxes Regulations: bribe exposure in 6 transactions Regulations: government contracts Customs and transport Competition Working capital and investment financing Use and applications for financial services BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT (perception) Ranking of 15 obstacles of the business environment Individual assessment of each element on its degree of obstacle

7. Survey structure: overview 81 NUTS 3 provinces 26 NUTS 2 regions 3 “supra” regions Survey goals: Representative coverage of the private sector based on the WB’s methodology Representative coverage at sectoral and size extent at country and “supra” region level Guaranteed coverage of ALL 81 NUTS 3 provinces Supra region NUTS 2 NUTS 3 Central Turkey 512 East Turkey 1348 West Turkey 821 Grand Total 2681

8. Survey design: sample distribution among the supra regions Three “supra” regions: West (green), Center (yellow) and East (blue). All supra regions have representative coverage at size, region and sector level. All 81 NUTS 3 provinces are included in the survey All 26 NUTS have representative coverage at a regional level

9. Survey design. Overview Uniform distribution by size in all “supra” regions 6000 interviews total Around 2000 interviews in each supra region 13 national sectors (representative at both national and supra region level) 2 residual sectors (other manufacturing and other services

10. Survey design: sectoral coverage (10 manufacturing and 5 services national sectors). Manufacturing Food Textiles Wearing apparel Wood Non metallic mineral products Fabricated metal products Machinery and equipment Motor vehicles and other transport equipment Furniture Other Manufacturing Construction Wholesale & Retail Transport Accommodation and Restaurant Other Services