MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION WORLDBANK ENTERPRISE SURVEY GRANT

The World Bank’s team has a unique combination of in-depth expertise in collecting investment climate data and has implemented its firm-level Enterprise Surveys in countries across the globe since 2002. Besides its wealth of experts on the proposed team, the Bank has the ability to draw on additional experts and resources from the Bank when needs arise, including local country offices and staff to easily oversee field teams and quickly resolve problems. This includes existing connections with the local government. The Bank also has existing arrangements with an experienced local data collection firm as the Bank carried out earlier enterprise surveys and data analysis as in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. These resources will allow quick mobilization and field rollout during the summer 2015. Data collection in the summer 2015 will allow MCC to establish a baseline for the El Salvador II Investment Climate Project, and thus monitoring the impact of the project. The Bank’s earlier experience in evaluating these projects also provides them with the ability to effectively revise survey instruments and provide insights and experience that other firms could not offer without significant cost and time.