Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesKazakhstanScore RankOVERALL SCORE 52.1 56Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 44.9 45Women’s access to finance programmes 75.0 =32Private sector credit 75.0 =28Building credit histories 29.5 48Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 35.5 79Starting a business 50.8 61Mobile telephone subscribers 45.4 50Regulatory quality 34.7 87Infrastructure risk 11.0 106LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 40.1 86LABOUR POLICY 41.4 =96Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 50.0 =71Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 28.6 =82Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 14.3 =99Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87LABOUR PRACTICE 38.7 51De facto discrimination at work 71.5 44Access to childcare 66.7 =13Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 16.7 =60Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 66.4 44Literacy rate, women 99.6 6SME support/development training 60.0 =40Primary and secondary education, women 57.0 63Tertiary education, women 49.2 45WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 85.7 49Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 86.9 =52Property ownership rights 75.0 =50Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceKazakhstanWorld averageBest in WorldKenyaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 41.3 90Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 19.1 89Women’s access to finance programmes 50.0 =42Private sector credit 25.0 =66Building credit histories 1.5 86Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 25.3 98Regulatory quality 42.8 68Starting a business 39.1 83Mobile telephone subscribers 19.2 92Infrastructure risk 0.0 113LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 43.5 73LABOUR POLICY 52.1 =82Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 28.6 =82Maternity and paternity leave and provision 14.3 =87LABOUR PRACTICE 34.9 62De facto discrimination at work 73.0 =40Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 33.3 =43Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61EDUCATION AND TRAINING 43.4 89Literacy rate, women 62.5 87SME support/development training 60.0 =40Primary and secondary education, women 49.5 79Tertiary education, women 1.5 108WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 73.1 78Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 75.0 =60Property ownership rights 50.0 =79Adolescent fertility rate 40.3 103GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceKenyaWorld averageBest in World72© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010