Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit

Women’s economic opportunityA new global index and rankingCountry pagesTogoScore RankOVERALL SCORE 29.2 109Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 6.5 =100Private sector credit 25.0 =66Building credit histories 0.9 =90Women’s access to finance programmes 0.0 =92Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 14.2 112Infrastructure risk 17.6 =96Regulatory quality 15.8 106Starting a business 13.1 109Mobile telephone subscribers 10.5 108LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 38.7 88LABOUR POLICY 54.3 =77Legal restrictions on job types 100.0 =1Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Maternity and paternity leave and provision 42.9 =66Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 14.3 =99Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 14.3 =98LABOUR PRACTICE 23.2 98De facto discrimination at work 59.3 =77Access to childcare 33.3 =42Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 0.0 =61Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 0.0 =75EDUCATION AND TRAINING 24.5 105SME support/development training 40.0 =76Primary and secondary education, women 28.8 102Literacy rate, women 22.3 108Tertiary education, women 6.9 95WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 52.6 100Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1CEDAW ratification 75.0 =60Adolescent fertility rate 54.7 91Addressing violence against women 33.3 =95Property ownership rights 0.0 =106GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceTogoWorld averageBest in WorldTunisiaScore RankOVERALL SCORE 59.7 44Score RankACCESS TO FINANCE 29.2 74Private sector credit 75.0 =28Women’s access to finance programmes 25.0 =66Building credit histories 16.6 63Delivering financial services 0.0 =47Score RankGENERAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 51.8 48Starting a business 64.6 34Infrastructure risk 54.9 =45Regulatory quality 47.8 62Mobile telephone subscribers 39.8 65LABOUR POLICY AND PRACTICE 65.1 26LABOUR POLICY 75.0 29Differential retirement age 100.0 =1Maternity and paternity leave and provision 85.7 =23Legal restrictions on job types 75.0 =54Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Policy 71.4 =30Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Policy 42.9 =55LABOUR PRACTICE 55.1 27De facto discrimination at work 87.2 9Access to childcare 66.7 =13Equal pay; ILO Convention 100, Practice 33.3 =32Non-discrimination,ILO Convention 111, Practice 33.3 =43EDUCATION AND TRAINING 57.6 59Primary and secondary education, women 72.8 15Literacy rate, women 61.0 88SME support/development training 60.0 =40Tertiary education, women 36.7 54WOMEN’S LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUS 89.6 34Addressing violence against women 100.0 =1Freedom of movement, women 100.0 =1Property ownership rights 100.0 =1Adolescent fertility rate 97.9 =9CEDAW ratification 50.0 =78GeneralBusinessEnvironmentWomen’sLegal andSocial statusLabour Policy1007550250Educationand TrainingLabourPracticeAccesstoFinanceTunisiaWorld averageBest in World96© Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2010