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Trading Stories: Experiences with Gender and Trade

Autor Marilyn Carr, Mariama Williams
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2010
Through twenty regional and country case studies, this book pulls together the key links between trade, gender and economic growth. It features ten case studies which focus on the gender impacts of trade policies on women and men. It then focuses on linking women with global markets through a range of practices.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780850928730
ISBN-10: 0850928737
Pagini: 282
Dimensiuni: 155 x 239 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Editura: COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT

Notă biografică

Marilyn Carr is a development economist with over thirty years experience working in Africa and Asia. She was Senior Economist for the Intermediate Technology Development Group (now Practical Action); Chief, Economic Empowerment, UNIFEM; and founding member and Director, Global Markets, WIEGO. Mariama Williams is an international economics consultant and an Adjunct Associate at the Centre of Concern, Washington, DC. She is also the Research Adviser for the International Gender and Trade Network.

Cuprins

Foreword; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction by Marilyn Carr; PART ONE: THE IMPACT OF TRADE ON WOMEN; 1. Introduction to Part One by Mariama Williams; Import Liberalisation; 2. A Bitter Pill to Swallow: The Effects of Tariff Reductions on Sugar in Kenya by Yves Conze with Mariama Williams; 3. Profits Fly the Coop: Gender Impacts of Trade Liberalisation on the Jamaican Poultry Industry by Carol Narcisse; Preference Gain and Loss; 4. Can it be Mended? Kenya and the MFA Phase-out by Paul Kamau; 5. Knitting it Together: India and the MFA Phase-out by Pramod Dev; 6. A Stitch in Time? AGOA and Lesotho's Clothing Sector by Mariama Williams and Marilyn Carr; 7. Slipping on a Peel: The Effects of Changing Trade Regimes on the St Lucia Banana Industry by Carol Narcisse; Service Liberalisation; 8. Moving Forwards, Falling Backwards: GATS and the Migration of Skilled Professionals from the Caribbean by Carol Narcisse; 9. Digitalising It: Women and Trade in ICT in Developing Countries by Mariama Williams and Carol Narcisse; Non-Tariff Trade Barriers; 10. Packaged to Perfection: The SPS Agreement and Aquaculture in Bangladesh by Marilyn Carr and Sanae Ito; 11. Sitting on the Docks: The SPS Agreement and the Fish Industry in Uganda by May Sengendo; 12. Lessons Learned from Part One by Mariama Williams; PART TWO: LINKING WOMEN WITH EXPORT MARKETS; 13. Introduction to Part Two by Marilyn Carr; Traditional Primary Products; 14. Raising the Bar on Chocolate: Cocoa Farmers in Ghana Shape the Future by Pauline Tiffen; 15. Cultivating Organic Coffee: Challenges for Small Farmers in Jamaica by Dorienne Rowan-Campbell; 16. Corporate Responsibility and the Cashew Nut Industry: Examples from India and Mozambique adapted by Nazneen Kanji and Marilyn Carr; New Export Markets; 17. Swazi Secrets: Indigenous Products in the Global Marketplace by Nontokozo Nemarundwe, Maideyi Kutambura,Lucy Welford and Itai Chibaya; 18. A Beautiful Business: The Case of Pure Fiji compiled by Marilyn Carr from material supplied by Pure Fiji; 19. Trade is Blooming: The Case of Ramesh Flowers in India by Amit Lodha; 20. Making Money from Honey: Linking Rural Ugandan Women with Export Markets by Rachel Nadelman, Sarah Silliman and Marilyn Carr; Manufactured Exports; 21. Toehold in India: Women Artisans Exporting Leather Sandals by Madhura Chatrapathy; 22. Stitching Local to Global: SEWA's Trade Facilitation Centre by Reema Nanavaty and Mona Dave; 23. Communications and Commerce: The Role of ICT in Linking Women Entrepreneurs with Global Markets by Nidhi Tandon and Gisele Yitamben; 24. Lessons Learned from Part Two by Marilyn Carr; About the Contributors; Boxes; Figures; Tables; Index