Business Perception Survey in Georgia, 2019

G4G is a five-year USAID-funded project, which Deloitte Consulting LLP began implementing in 2014. The project supports the GoG in creating a better business environment via transparent legal and regulatory reforms that provide an opportunity for business sector growth. G4G supports dialogue among the private sector, the government, and civil society stakeholders to effectively formulate reforms that drive economic development. In support of the above goals, G4G has sponsored business environment surveys on a regular basis over the course of the project. The surveys aim to understand the perceptions and attitudes of medium and large businesses operating in Georgia on policy and reform related to the business environment—to identify areas where G4G interventions would be most valuable. In 2019, the survey specifically covered the following issues: ● Awareness of reforms ● Relations with media ● Attitudes toward the business environment ● Audit and tax administration ● Customs perceptions ● Information and communication technologies ● Capital markets ● Pension reform ● Water resource management CRRC Georgia carried out a survey representative of registered businesses in Georgia. CRRC Georgia conducted interviews with CEOs, owners, or other individuals well informed about business activities. The survey was stratified by size of business (medium and large) using the Georgian national definitions, which were used prior to the adoption of corresponding statistical definitions used in the European Union, which Georgia adopted as part of the Association Agreement with the European Union in 2014. This definition was used because too few businesses are in the large- and medium sized groups in Georgia, according to the European definition and to ensure comparability with previous waves of the survey. In total, 1,053 businesses were interviewed within the project. Of these, 668 were medium-sized businesses and 358 were large-sized businesses. Overall, 15 were in the primary sector, 245 in the secondary sector, and 793 in the tertiary sector. The average margin of error for the survey is 1.6%. The survey was conducted in January and February 2019. The zipped file includes datasets in SPSS and STATA formats (Dataset folder), questionnaires in English and Georgian, and the survey report in English (Documentation folder).