Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesBangladeshScore RankOVERALL SCORE 32.6 104Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 25.1 79Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Private sector credit 50.0 =41Building credit histories 0.5 95Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 22.2 106Starting a business 46.7 =69Regulatory quality 22.2 102Mobile telephone subscribers 12.4 105Infrastructure risk 7.7 =107LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 38.0 93LABOUR POLICY 57.9 =68Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 71.4 =27Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 28.6 =82Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87LABOUR PRACTICE 18.1 107De facto discrimination at work 38.9 103Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 27.0 103SME support/development training 40.0 =76Literacy rate, women 34.5 103Primary and secondary education, women 29.5 101Tertiary education, women 3.9 103WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 45.2 108Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62Freedom of movement, women 50.0 =93CEDAW ratification 50.0 =78Adolescent fertility rate 34.6 105Property ownership rights 25.0 =94GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceBangladeshWorld averageBest in WorldBelgiumScore RankOVERALL SCORE 86.4 2Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 86.8 2Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Delivering financial services 100.0 =1Private sector credit 100.0 =1Building credit histories 47.1 33Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 74.1 18Infrastructure risk 85.7 =13Regulatory quality 85.7 17Starting a business 72.0 =22Mobile telephone subscribers 53.0 35LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 87.4 6LABOUR PRACTICE 83.4 6Access to childcare 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 83.3 =8Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 83.3 =4De facto discrimination at work 66.8 59LABOUR POLICY 91.4 =7Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 85.7 =12Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 85.7 =3Maternity and paternity leave and provision 85.7 =23EDUCATION AND TRAINING 83.8 11SME support/development training 100.0 =1Literacy rate, women 99.0 =12Primary and secondary education, women 69.8 21Tertiary education, women 66.3 25WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 99.2 =7Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 95.8 =18GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceBelgiumWorld averageBest in World50© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010