Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesCambodiaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 39.2 92Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 6.3 =105Private sector credit 25.0 =66Building credit histories 0.0 =102Women’s access to finance programmes 0.0 =92Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 17.8 110Regulatory quality 31.8 93Infrastructure risk 14.3 =103Mobile telephone subscribers 12.9 102Starting a business 12.2 110LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 40.4 83LABOUR POLICY 47.1 =88Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Maternity and paternity leave and provision 42.9 =66Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 28.6 =82Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 14.3 =99LABOUR PRACTICE 33.7 65De facto discrimination at work 68.2 =52Access to childcare 66.7 =13Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 40.4 92SME support/development training 60.0 =40Literacy rate, women 59.4 89Primary and secondary education, women 38.3 98Tertiary education, women 4.1 101WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 89.8 33Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Adolescent fertility rate 73.8 74GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceCambodiaWorld averageBest in WorldCameroonScore RankOVERALL SCORE 32.2 105Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 6.5 =100Women’s access to finance programmes 25.0 =66Building credit histories 0.9 =90Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Private sector credit 0.0 =96Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 20.1 108Infrastructure risk 27.5 =79Regulatory quality 26.6 99Mobile telephone subscribers 14.5 99Starting a business 11.7 111LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 41.1 80LABOUR POLICY 55.0 =72Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Maternity and paternity leave and provision 57.1 =51Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 14.3 =98LABOUR PRACTICE 27.2 87De facto discrimination at work 75.4 34Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 42.2 91SME support/development training 80.0 =13Literacy rate, women 49.3 98Primary and secondary education, women 33.6 99Tertiary education, women 5.8 96WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 42.1 109CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 50.0 =93Addressing violence against women 33.3 =95Adolescent fertility rate 27.2 108Property ownership rights 0.0 =106GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceCameroonWorld averageBest in World54© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010