BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT CLIMATE SURVEY – RWANDA 2019
84. Financial Information ((Please tick which box corresponds to your level of activity for each of the following areas
Less than RWF 0.5 million
RwF 0.5 million to 15million RwF 15 million to 75 million Above RwF 75 million
What was the range of your total revenue in 2017? How much capital investment did you make in 2017? What was the value of your exports (if any) in 2017? 85. Please answer the following questions related to your past, current and future performance as a business. Please tick either lower, about the same or higher. If the question is not relevant to your business please tick N/A (Not Applicable). Lower
About the same
Higher
N/A
How did your revenues (turnover sales) in 2017 compare to your revenues in 2016? How does your number of employees now compare with your number of employees this time last year? How does the average price of your goods or services compare now to the same period a year ago? How do you expect your average price of goods or services to change over the next 12 months? How have your unit costs changed over the past 12 months? How do you expect your unit costs to change over the next 12 months? How will your capital investments in 2017 compare with your capital investments in 2016? Were your total exports in 2017 lower or higher than in 2016? Were your profits in 2017 higher, lower or about the same as in 2016? How do you think your profits in 2017 will compare with your profits in 2016? 86. How problematic will the following factors be in constraining the growth of your business over the next 3-5 years? For each statement, please circle a number on a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 = “No impact”, 4= Neutral and 7 = “A major impact”. If the question is not relevant to your business please tick N/A NOT A PROBLEM PROBLEM
FACTORS
NEURAL
A MAJOR
Local demand for your product or service
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7
N/A
Competition with other local businesses for customers
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7
N/A
Competition with the East African Community (EAC) businesses for customers
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N/A
Competition with non-EAC/international business for customers
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7
N/A
Level of education of workforce
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7
N/A
Access and cost of borrowing money for the business
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7
N/A
Tax rates
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7
N/A
Tax Administration Services (RRA)
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7
N/A
Procedures to obtain business licenses and operating permits (work permits, import/ exports permits)
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7
N/A
Environment policy and regulations
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7
N/A
Access and cost of electricity
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7
N/A
Access and cost of water
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7
N/A
Distribution of Profits (repatriation of funds)
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