Extract from the authors: People and their talents are among the core drivers of sustainable, long-term economic growth. If half of these talents are underdeveloped or underutilised, growth and sustainability will be compromised.

Extract from within the report: Through the Global Gender Gap Report, the World Economic Forum quantifies the magnitude of genderbased disparities and tracks their progress over time. While no single measure can capture the complete situation, the Global Gender Gap Index presented in this Report  seeks to measure one important aspect of gender equality: the relative gaps between women and men across four key areas: health, education, economy and politics.