The source adds the following information:
"Drawing on data sources from leading academic and research
institutions including the ILO, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), the
World Bank, World Economic Forum (WEF), Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), PwC and
McKinsey & Company, the updated MIWE ranks and scores each economy
according to its performance over the past year, particularly since the onset of
the coronavirus crisis. Aggregating these scores, the index provides an overall
assessment of how women are faring in the business, financial, education, and
workplace settings compared to their male counterparts at the national level
as well as their peers on a global level."
The Women's knowledge assets and financial access subindex of the Mastercard index of Women Entrepreneurship measures the level of access to financial support among female entrepreneurs as well as obstacles they face as customers and in terms of higher education access.
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Index of knowledge and finances of female entrepreneurs worldwide 2021, by country
In 2021, Singapore ranked highest in terms of female entrepreneurs' knowledge assets and financial access in the world with an index score of ****. Taiwan and Denmark followed behind. Bottom of the ** countries included in the ranking was Malawi with a score of only ****, with Uganda and Madagascar following. The knowledge assets and financial access sub-index of the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) rates female entrepreneurs' access to higher education and and knowledge of access to financial support based on four components: general access to finance, women's financial inclusion, government support, and women's enrolment in higher education.
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