Zimbabwe Manufacturing Firm Survey 2015-2016
Zimbabwe, 2015 - 2017
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zim-pdlmaz-zmfs-2015-2016-v1
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Data file: Wave2_2016_Informal_Owners_anon
Overview
Valid:
98
Invalid:
0
Type:
Discrete
Width:
96
Range:
-
Format:
character
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
1%
|
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| can't afford the raw materials, lack of funds | 1 |
1%
|
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| capital injection | 1 |
1%
|
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| capital, availability of raw materials | 1 |
1%
|
|
| capital,demand is not as strong anymore | 1 |
1%
|
|
| cash crisis in the country, cheaper mass produced goods from china, high cost of production | 1 |
1%
|
|
| cash crisis, expensive raw materials and few orders | 1 |
1%
|
|
| cash flow, high cost of raw materials and few orders | 1 |
1%
|
|
| cash flow, no payments and lack of orders | 1 |
1%
|
|
| cash, orders and materials costs | 1 |
1%
|
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| cash, raw materials scarce | 1 |
1%
|
|
| competition (too many producers) , rate of stock turnover is slow, no funds | 1 |
1%
|
|
| delay of payments, few orders and cash problems | 1 |
1%
|
|
| demand is low ,no funds | 1 |
1%
|
|
| demand is low, | 1 |
1%
|
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| demand is low, no funds | 1 |
1%
|
|
| demand is low, no funds for raw materials | 1 |
1%
|
|
| demand is low, no loan facilities, no access to export | 1 |
1%
|
|
| demand is seasonal | 1 |
1%
|
|
| demand low, funds to raise business | 1 |
1%
|
|
| electricity problems, cash flow and orders not be paid for | 1 |
1%
|
|
| expensive materials ,no funds | 1 |
1%
|
|
| fakes in town, high cost of production,no capital to inject into business | 1 |
1%
|
|
| fire, tauts | 2 |
2%
|
|
| funds for material, machinery few | 1 |
1%
|
|
| high competition, cash flow and old business ideas need new innovative ways to attract customers | 1 |
1%
|
|
| high cost of rent, no customers and cash flows | 1 |
1%
|
|
| high rentals, materials expensive and cash flow | 1 |
1%
|
|
| instability of market, | 1 |
1%
|
|
| lack of capital | 1 |
1%
|
|
| lack of capital, lack of operating space,low demand | 1 |
1%
|
|
| lack of demand, expensive rawmaterials | 1 |
1%
|
|
| lack of demand, lack of funds | 1 |
1%
|
|
| lack of funds | 1 |
1%
|
|
| lack of funds, no market | 1 |
1%
|
|
| lack of funds, no market, | 1 |
1%
|
|
| lack of funds, touts, lack of demand | 1 |
1%
|
|
| lack of funds, unreliable markets | 1 |
1%
|
|
| lack of market, prices low, no funds | 1 |
1%
|
|
| lack of operating space, no funds | 1 |
1%
|
|
| lack of space, lack of funds, lack of customers | 1 |
1%
|
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| lack of working, outdated machinery | 1 |
1%
|
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| limited space ,no funds, low demand | 1 |
1%
|
|
| load shedding(electricity), no market, no funds to expand the business | 1 |
1%
|
|
| located near mdc headquaters affected by demonstration, second hand clothing flooding the market | 1 |
1%
|
|
| low demand | 1 |
1%
|
|
| low demand, less funds for expansion | 1 |
1%
|
|
| low demand, no funds | 1 |
1%
|
|
| low demand,lack of capital | 1 |
1%
|
|
| money injection | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no alternatives to electricity, unavailability of raw materials in nearby cities, lack of funds | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no capital, peole do nt have money to buy products | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no cash from banks, many requirements to register business,electricity load shading | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no cash investment, cheap imports, high cost of production | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no cash, no customers and high costs of materials | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no clients, high rentals, lack of cash | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no customers, lack of quick available cash and material prices have gone up | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no customers, no capital and high rentals | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no demand | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no demand(demand is seasonal), | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no demand, | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no demand, electricity cut offs | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no demand, no funds | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds , low demaqnd , expensive materials | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds for raw materials, | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds to expand | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds to expand ,no market | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds to expand, low demand | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds to stock | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds to stock, no demand | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds, | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds, demand is low | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds, demand is low and seasonal | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds, demand is low, sub standard materials hence low quality products, rain | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds, low demand | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds, no demand | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds, no demand, competition | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds, no local customers, | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no funds, no market, outdated equipment | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no loans,high cost of production | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no market | 1 |
1%
|
|
| no market, no funds | 1 |
1%
|
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| no money | 1 |
1%
|
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| no orders, high rentals and high costs of materials | 1 |
1%
|
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| no orders, place to work, late payments | 1 |
1%
|
|
| o | 1 |
1%
|
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| open fires, cash flow and too many bad debts | 1 |
1%
|
|
| orders, rentals and cash | 1 |
1%
|
|
| outdated machinery,lack of funds | 1 |
1%
|
|
| poor machinery, no funds, no demand(seasonal) | 1 |
1%
|
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| raw materials experience,market very low,funds inavailabilty | 1 |
1%
|
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| rentals are too high, low demand | 1 |
1%
|
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| rentals are too high, no funds to expand business | 1 |
1%
|
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| theft, fire, unlimited space, no demand | 1 |
1%
|
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| unreliability of customers, no funds, no skills | 1 |
1%
|
|
| working capital, machinery, manpower | 1 |
1%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.