The
Global Gender
Gap Report
Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University
Laura D. Tyson, University of California, Berkeley
Saadia Zahidi, World Economic Forum
2010
World Economic Forum
Geneva, Switzerland 2010
The Global Gender Gap
Report 2010
Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University
Laura D. Tyson, University of California, Berkeley
Saadia Zahidi, World Economic Forum
The Global Gender Gap Report 2010 is
published by the World Economic Forum. The
Global Gender Gap Index 2010 is the result of
collaboration with faculty at Harvard University
and the University of California, Berkeley.
AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Professor Klaus Schwab
Founder and Executive Chairman
Saadia Zahidi
Director, Constituent Communities
Yasmina Bekhouche
Project Associate, Women Leaders and Gender
Parity Programme
Marc Cuénod
Team Coordinator, Constituent Communities
Eimear Farrell
Community Manager, Constituent Communities
AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Professor Ricardo Hausmann
Director, Center for International Development
AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Professor Laura D. Tyson
S.K. and Angela Chan Professor of Global
Management
Thank you to Hope Steele for her superb
copyediting work and Neil Weinberg for his
excellent interior graphic design and layout.
We are very grateful to Kamal Kamaoui and the
World Economic Forum’s Publications team for
their invaluable collaboration on the production
of this
Report.
In addition we extend a special thank you to
Miguel Perez at the World Economic Forum for
his vital contribution to programming related to
index calculations and country profiles.
The terms
country and nation as used in this
report do not in all cases refer to a territorial
entity that is a state as understood by
international law and practice. The term covers
well-defined, geographically self-contained
economic areas that may not be states but
for which statistical data are maintained on a
separate and independent basis.
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Preface.........................................................................................................v
by Klaus Schwab and Saadia Zahidi
PART 1: MEASURING THE GLOBAL GENDER GAP 1
The Global Gender Gap Index 2010......................................3
by Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University
Laura D. Tyson, University of California, Berkeley
Saadia Zahidi, World Economic Forum
Appendix A: Tracking the Gender Gap over Time...........................35
Appendix B: Regional and Income Group
Classifications, 2010......................................................................39
Appendix C: The Spread of Minimum and Maximum
Values by Indicator........................................................................41
PART 2: COUNTRY PROFILES 43
List of Countries .....................................................................45
User’s Guide: How Country Profiles Work........................47
by Yasmina Bekhouche and Marc Cuénod, World Economic Forum
Country Profiles......................................................................52
About the Authors .................................................................................321
Acknowledgements..............................................................................323
Contents
