Trade and gender
- New geopolitics plays a part in trade talk collapse
- Does the recent collapse of WTO trade talks signify a new global geopolitics where emerging economies are approaching trade issues and negotiations differently? This analysis identifies a greater emphasis on supporting women employed in agriculture and a new conviction among negotiators that poverty and livelihood issues cannot be left to the market to be regulated.
Latest Additions
- In Search of Economic Alternatives for Gender and Social Justice: Voices from India
- Christa Wichterich (ed) / Women in Development Europe , 2010
- How can we shape an alternative economic and gender just development process? This report is a collection of Indian voices in the form of short essays on economic alternatives for gender and soci...
- Methods to beat the negative effects of financial crisis on Cambodian women
- N. Sothath;C. Sophal / Oxfam, 2010
- The global economic downturn in recent 2008 affected negatively Cambodia’s major economy base, which relies particularly on textile exports, international tourist arrivals, and foreign invest...
- New analysis on the links between trade policy, economic growth and poverty
- J. Cockburn (ed);P. Giordano (ed) / Poverty and Economic Policy Network , 2008
- In spite of thirty years of trade reform, poverty rates in the developing world remain high. In particular, the degree of tariff liberalisation that has occurred during this time, on average, has n...
- Gender implications of the Chinese trade race
- C. Wichterich / Women in Development Europe , 2008
- China has emerged as a global player and powerhouse on the international trade map. It is however increasingly depicted as a giant economic monster. As the world’s workshop, the country has b...
- Emerging economies are forcing changes in WTO negotiations
- M. Iorio / Eldis Trade Policy Resource Guide, 2008
- This article from IGTN suggests that the recent collapse of the WTO mini-ministerial, July 2008, reflects the new geopolitics of the global economy. The emerging economies are approaching trade issues...
- Increasing understanding of the relationship between gender and trade
- M. Thomson / World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2007
- There is a need to increase understanding of the relationship between gender and trade, to provide a space for critical reflection and debate on the opportunities, challenges, strategies and the di...
- Promoting women’s entrepreneurship and e-business development
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific , 2007
- This document explores the potential for women in entrepreneurship and e-business in the niche area of green or “organic” cooperatives. It seeks to promote women’s entrepreneurshi...
- What holds women back from entrepreneurship in the North Africa and Middle East region?
- N. Chamlou / World Bank, 2008
- Despite a commonly-held perception that women-owned firms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are small, informal and low-tech, this study demonstrates that there is, in fact, little differe...
- How can South Asian governments best respond to the challenges posed by IPRs?
- South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment , 2007
- The recent strengthening of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime has important implications for South Asian countries and presents various challenges. In this issue of South Asia Watc...
- The impact of trade policies and practices on the rights of communities in Africa
- P. Burnett (ed);F. Manjii (ed) / Fahamu, 2007
- Puiblished by Pambazuka to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade and the 50th anniversary of Ghana’s independence this series of articles seeks to raise awarenes...
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