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Tanzania RPED Dataset – User Guide
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In each firm-level data file, there are variables which identify each firm’s sector
and location. There is an additional file called isic.por which gives 4 digit ISIC codes
for all of the firms interviewed in the first 4 waves of the Tanzania survey. However, in
the interests of maintaining confidentiality, the information that would identify the
specific firm interviewed has been excluded (name of firm, address of firm, name of
person interviewed). Please contact CSAE if you require further information in this
regard.
A great deal of work has already been undertaken to manipulate the raw data
into a more usable format and derive a number of the more important continuous and
categorical variables in which economic researchers may be interested. This work is
described in more detail in Section 5. A selection of these constructed variables are
contained in the SAS program and data files included with this dataset, in conjunction
with a descriptive listing of some of the main variables in Section 6 below.
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