Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesPhilippinesScore RankOVERALL SCORE 50.4 63Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 19.5 88Private sector credit 50.0 =41Women’s access to finance programmes 25.0 =66Building credit histories 3.1 85Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 32.5 83Regulatory quality 43.4 67Mobile telephone subscribers 35.4 70Infrastructure risk 30.8 =74Starting a business 20.5 104LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 59.3 37LABOUR POLICY 74.3 =30Legal 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 57.1 =51Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55LABOUR PRACTICE 44.4 39De facto discrimination at work 94.1 5Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 33.3 =32Access to childcare 33.3 =42Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 16.7 =60EDUCATION AND TRAINING 57.1 62Literacy rate, women 92.2 50SME support/development training 60.0 =40Primary and secondary education, women 46.6 82Tertiary education, women 29.6 67WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 74.5 76Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 72.3 76Property ownership rights 0.0 =106GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinancePhilippinesWorld averageBest in WorldPolandScore RankOVERALL SCORE 68.0 33Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 55.1 31Women’s access to finance programmes 100.0 =1Private sector credit 75.0 =28Building credit histories 45.5 37Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 56.9 44Regulatory quality 66.1 37Infrastructure risk 65.9 =34Mobile telephone subscribers 54.7 30Starting a business 40.7 79LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 61.9 30LABOUR POLICY 73.6 =34Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 85.7 =12Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 85.7 =3Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Maternity and paternity leave and provision 71.4 =41Differential retirement age 50.0 =71LABOUR PRACTICE 50.2 31Access to childcare 66.7 =13De facto discrimination at work 50.7 =89Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 50.0 =24Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 33.3 =32EDUCATION AND TRAINING 79.8 18Literacy rate, women 99.0 11SME support/development training 80.0 =13Tertiary education, women 77.6 18Primary and secondary education, women 62.7 45WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 92.2 27Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 94.2 =26Addressing violence against women 66.7 =62GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinancePolandWorld averageBest in World86© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010