**Table B.4 Classification of the main infrastructure variables (INFs)**

||**Name of the variable**|**Description of the variable**|
|---|---|---|
|**Customs**|Days to clear customs to import|Average number of days to clear customs when importing (logs)|
|**clearance**|<br>Days to clear customs to export|Average number of days to clear customs when exporting directly (logs)|
||Wait for an import license|Number of days waiting for an import license (logs)|
|**Energy/**|Dummy for own power infrastructure|Dummy taking value 1 if the firm provides its own power infrastructure, excluding generators|
|**Electricity**|Dummy for own generator|Dummy variable taking value 1 if the firm has its own power generator|
||Electricity from own generator|Percentage of the electricity used by the plant provided by the own generator|
||Cost of electricity from generator|Estimated annual cost of generator fuel as percentage of annual sales|
||Cost of electricity from public grid|Average cost per kilowatt-hour (Kw/H) when using power from the public grid (logs)|
||Dummy for equipment damaged by<br>power fluctuations / Equipment<br>damaged by power fluctuations|Dummy taking value 1 if any machine or equipment was damaged by power fluctuations / Value of the<br>losses of machinery and equipment damaged by power fluctuations as a percentage of the net book<br>value of machinery and equipment (NBVC)|
||Power outages / Average duration of<br>power outages / Sales lost due to same|Total number of (logs) / Average duration of (logs) / Percentage of sales loss due to power outages<br>suffered by the plant in the last fiscal year (LFY) (conditional on the plant reports having power outages)|
||Power fluctuations / Average duration of<br>power fluctuations|Total number of (logs) / Average duration of (logs) power fluctuations suffered in hours (conditional on<br>the plant reports having power fluctuations)|
||Wait for electric supply|Number of days waiting to obtain an electricity supply (logs)|
|**Water**|Water outages / Average duration of<br>water outages /Losses due to same|Total number of (logs) / Average duration of (logs) / Percentage of sales lost due to water outages<br>suffered by the plant in LFY (conditional on the plant reports having water outages)|
||Dummy for own well or water<br>infrastructure|Dummy taking value 1 if the plant has its own or shared borehole or well or builds its own water<br>infrastructure|
||Water from own well or water<br>infrastructure|Percentage of firm’s water supply from its own or shared well|
||Cost of water from own well|Total annual cost of self-provided water as a percentage of total annual sales|
||Cost of water from public system|Unit cost of using water from the public water system (logs)|
||Wait for a water supply|Number of days waiting for a water supply (logs)|
|**Telecom.**<br>**and ICT**|Phone outages / Average duration of<br>phone outages / Losses due to same|Total number of (logs) / Average duration of (logs) / Percentage of sales lost due to phone outages<br>suffered by the plant in LFY (conditional on the plant reports having phone outages)|
||Wait for phone connection|Number of days waiting to obtain a phone connection (logs)|
||Dummy for e-mail|Dummy variable taking value 1 if the plant mainly uses e-mail to communicate with clients and suppliers|
||Dummy for web page|Dummy variable taking value 1 if the plant uses its own Web page to communicate with clients and<br>suppliers|
|**Transport**|<br>Transport failures / Average duration of<br>transport failures / Sales lost due to<br>same|Total number (logs) of / Average duration of (logs )/ Percentage of sales lost due to transport failures<br>suffered by the plant in LFY (conditional on the plant reporting on transport failures)|
||Dummy for own roads|Dummy taking value 1 if the firm provides its own roads|
||Dummy for own transportation for<br>workers|Dummy taking value 1 if the firm provides its own transportation for workers|
||Dummy for contract with transportation<br>company|Dummy taking value 1 if the firm arranges transport services for the delivery of finished products or raw<br>materials by directly contracting with the transportation company|
||Dummy for own transportation|Dummy taking value 1 if the firm arranges transport services for the delivery of finished products or raw<br>materials with its own transportation|
||Products with own transport|Percentage of products delivered with firm’s own transport|
||Transport delay|Percentage of times that transport services are late in picking up sales for domestic (or international)<br>markets at the plant for delivery|
||Shipment losses|Percentage of the consignment value of the products shipped for domestic (or international)<br>transportation lost while in transit because of theft, breakage, or spoilage|
||Sales lost due to delivery delays|Percentage of domestic (or international) sales lost due to delivery delays from suppliers in LFY|
||Low quality supplies|Percentage of domestic inputs/supplies that are of lower than agreed-upon quality|

_Source:_ ICS data.

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