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    Mainstreaming Informal Employment and Gender in Poverty Reduction: A Handbook for Policy-makers and Other Stakeholders

    Commonwealth Secretariat, 2004
    What is the relationship between gender inequality and work in the informal economy? How do we promote good working conditions for poor and vulnerable groups? Street vendors, workers in Export Processing Zones (EPZs) and small farmers are quite visible in the informal economy.
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    Enhancing Women Entrepreneurship Through Export Growth - Issues and Solutions

    International Trade Centre, 2004
    Why are many women involved in local entrepreneurship activities yet very few involved in the export sector? Given the number of enterprises headed by women and their contribution to national economies, the capacity of women to contribute to economic growth is not being maximised.
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    Women in the Global Economy

    International Trade Centre, 2003
    Women make up the majority of entrepreneurs in 'marginal' economic areas such as micro enterprises and the informal economy. But these make up a large percentage of total economic activity in many poor countries. Yet women's roles as producers and consumers of goods and services and providers of employment are often invisible.
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    Small and Medium Enterprise Development

    Commonwealth Secretariat, 2003
    This brief focuses on the contribution made by women to local and national economies and the ways in which more structured small and medium enterprises (SMEs) may contribute to women's social and economic development in the context of globalisation.
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    Facilitating Women's Entrepreneurship: Lessons from the ILO's Research and Support Programmes

    International Labour Organization, 2003
    Women are less likely to be entrepreneurs than men and work in different sectors which are perceived as less important to economic growth and development. However, women's entrepreneurship may, if nurtured, contribute significantly to economic growth. Existing mainstream government policies and programmes do not adequately support the specific needs of women entrepreneurs.
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    Engendering Policy Coherence for Development: Gender Issues for the Global Policy

    Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2005
    How can a policy coherence framework contribute to gender-sensitive policy making? This report is for policy-makers, trade unionists, business people and civil society organisations.
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    Free Trade or Fair Trade: An overview of the WTO and the Myths Surrounding It

    Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era, 2003
    Is free trade always fair on women? What are the main links between gender and trade? This discussion paper explores the links between WTO sectoral agreements and gender and describes the position shared by DAWN and civil society organisations on the Cancun meeting.
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    Gender Mainstreaming in Development Cooperation Ireland Country Strategy Papers (CSP)

    Development Cooperation Ireland, 2005
    Development assistance is currently undergoing a shift from project-based funding to centralised support for national budgets. These new aid modalities are country-led and based on principles of donor coordination and policy dialogue.
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    Barriers to Girls' Education: Strategies and Interventions

    2002
    This resource from the 'Teachers Talking about Learning' initiative of UNICEF provides a comprehensive overview of barriers to girls' education.
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    Evaluation of DFID Development Assistance: Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, Phase II Thematic Evaluation: Education

    Department for International Development, UK, 2005
    This is one of a number of papers written in preparation for a full DFID evaluation of its gender equality work. It reviews the framework, country commitments and multilateral cooperation in the field of education - and outlines the reasons for failure to reach parity in primary education by a large number of countries in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

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