German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval) - Baseline Survey of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) - 2013

Project Description:

The SMEs baseline survey was designed to collect data on the situation of small and medium-sized enterprises, which would be used for monitoring and evaluation purposes of the German development cooperation projects, and shared with the Myanmar Government to form an evidence base for future policies and projects designed to encourage and support new and established SMEs in Myanmar.

The SME Baseline Survey would form the first round of a firm panel. All surveys would cover the same firms in each township. There were three stages to the survey; the first was to conduct a pre-survey to identify and select townships in each city/town included in the survey, to obtain the necessary permissions at that township level, and to recruit local enumerators. The second stage was to develop a sampling frame, which would be done by implementing a block-screening approach (see the attached TOR for more information). Finally, the third stage of the survey was to conduct the baseline survey amongst SMEs selected from the sampling frame.

A wide range of activities would be undertaken, including the selection of survey sample, the development of survey methodology and instruments, and the implementation and quality assurance of the actual survey and the data entry of 7,500 enterprises and 2,500 SMEs.