Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesDominican RepublicScore RankOVERALL SCORE 51.5 58Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 30.3 71Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Building credit histories 46.1 34Private sector credit 25.0 =66Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 38.0 74Starting a business 55.4 =53Regulatory quality 38.3 76Mobile telephone subscribers 34.0 73Infrastructure risk 24.2 =83LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 47.6 63LABOUR POLICY 68.6 =44Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 71.4 =30Maternity and paternity leave and provision 42.9 =66Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 28.6 =80LABOUR PRACTICE 26.6 89De facto discrimination at work 73.0 =40Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 33.3 =32Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75Access to childcare 0.0 =91EDUCATION AND TRAINING 60.6 54Literacy rate, women 87.0 64SME support/development training 60.0 =40Primary and secondary education, women 56.0 69Tertiary education, women 39.5 50WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 85.0 52Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Adolescent fertility rate 49.7 94GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceDominican RepublicWorld averageBest in WorldEquadorScore RankOVERALL SCORE 46.5 75Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 24.0 84Building credit histories 46.0 35Women’s access to finance programmes 25.0 =66Private sector credit 25.0 =66Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 24.0 100Mobile telephone subscribers 40.3 63Infrastructure risk 24.2 =83Starting a business 18.0 106Regulatory quality 13.5 107LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 50.6 52LABOUR POLICY 66.4 49Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 85.7 =12Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Maternity and paternity leave and provision 42.9 =66Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 28.6 =82LABOUR PRACTICE 34.9 63De facto discrimination at work 56.1 =83Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 33.3 =32Access to childcare 33.3 =42Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 16.7 =60EDUCATION AND TRAINING 51.5 79Literacy rate, women 77.0 79Primary and secondary education, women 46.5 83Tertiary education, women 42.6 47SME support/development training 40.0 =76WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 78.1 =68Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62Adolescent fertility rate 48.7 =95GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceEcuadorWorld averageBest in World60© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010