The World Bank interviewed arepresentative sample of the private sector in 8 of the mostactive economic regions in Mexico. The sample consisted of1480 business establishments surveyed from August 2010through June 2011. The enterprise survey covers severaltopics of the business environment as well as performancemeasures for each firm. This report presents followinghighlights from the survey: Mexican firms added jobs at over5 percent but saw only modest gains in sales andproductivity; however, productivity growth was due to gainsfrom Mexico's small firms; Mexican firms citeinformality, tax rates, access to finance, and crime as topobstacles; a greater proportion of Mexican firms facecompetition from the informal sector; Mexican firms exhibitlower levels of access to financial intermediation; andwhile losses due to crime in Mexico are high significantlyfewer firms actually pay for security.
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