Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesBeninScore RankOVERALL SCORE 41.4 89Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 7.2 99Private sector credit 25.0 =66Building credit histories 3.6 84Women’s access to finance programmes 0.0 =92Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 23.0 105Regulatory quality 32.2 91Starting a business 20.9 103Infrastructure risk 20.9 =91Mobile telephone subscribers 18.1 95LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 64.9 27LABOUR POLICY 72.1 =36Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 85.7 =12Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 57.1 =48Maternity and paternity leave and provision 42.9 =66LABOUR PRACTICE 57.7 21Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 66.7 =18Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 66.7 =16De facto discrimination at work 64.1 66Access to childcare 33.3 =42EDUCATION AND TRAINING 23.6 106SME support/development training 60.0 =40Primary and secondary education, women 24.6 104Literacy rate, women 9.0 110Tertiary education, women 0.8 110WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 64.9 87Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 50.0 =79Adolescent fertility rate 41.4 102Addressing violence against women 33.3 =95GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceBeninWorld averageBest in WorldBoliviaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 39.8 91Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 19.6 87Private sector credit 50.0 =41Building credit histories 28.3 53Women’s access to finance programmes 0.0 =92Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 18.6 109Mobile telephone subscribers 23.0 86Infrastructure risk 17.6 =96Starting a business 17.3 107Regulatory quality 16.7 105LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 36.0 96LABOUR POLICY 53.6 80Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Maternity and paternity leave and provision 71.4 =41Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 28.6 =82Legal restrictions on job types 25.0 =95LABOUR PRACTICE 18.5 105Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 33.3 =43De facto discrimination at work 24.0 111Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 16.7 =48Access to childcare 0.0 =91EDUCATION AND TRAINING 54.0 72Literacy rate, women 82.5 73Primary and secondary education, women 59.9 56SME support/development training 40.0 =76Tertiary education, women 33.7 62WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 74.3 77Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62Adolescent fertility rate 55.0 90Property ownership rights 50.0 =79GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceBoliviaWorld averageBest in World51© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010