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Trading stories : experiences with gender and trade /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Carr, Marilyn, Williams, Mariama
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Commonwealth Secretariat, 2010.
Subjects:
Women in development.
International trade.
Free trade.
Businesswomen > Commonwealth countries.
Women-owned business enterprises > Commonwealth countries.
Table of Contents:
  • Part one: The impact of trade on women. Introduction to part one / Mariama Williams
  • A bitter pill to swallow : the effects of tariff reductions on sugar in Kenya / Yves Conze with Mariama Williams
  • Profits fly the coop : gender impacts of trade liberalisation on the Jamaican poultry industry / Carol Narcisse
  • Can it be mended? : Kenya and the MFA phase-out / Paul Kamau
  • Knitting it together : India and the MFA phase-out / Pramod Dev
  • A stitch in time? : AGOA and Lesotho's clothing sector / Mariama Williams and Marilyn Carr
  • Slipping on a peel : the effects of changing trade regimes on the St. Lucia banana industry / Carol Narcisse
  • Moving forwards, falling backwards : GATS and the migration of skilled professionals from the Caribbean / Carol Narcisse
  • Digitalising it : women and trade in ICT in developing countries / Mariama Williams and Carol Narcisse
  • Packaged to perfection : the SPS Agreement and aquaculture in Bangladesh / Marilyn Carr and Sanae Ito
  • Sitting on the docks : the SPS Agreement and the fish industry in Uganda / May Sengendo
  • Lessons learned from part one / Mariama Williams
  • Part two: Linking women with export markets. Introduction to part two / Marilyn Carr
  • Raising the bar on chocolate : cocoa farmers in Ghana shape the future / Pauline Tiffen
  • Cultivating organic coffee : challenges for small farmers in Jamaica / Dorienne Rowan-Campbell
  • Corporate responsibility and the cashew nut industry : examples from India and Mozambique / adapted by Nazneen Kanji and Marilyn Carr
  • Swazi secrets : indigenous products in the global marketplace / Nontokozo Nemarundwe ... [et al.]
  • A beautiful business : the case of Pure Fiji / compiled by Marilyn Carr from material supplied by Pure Fiji
  • Trade is blooming : the case of the ramesh flowers in India / Amit Lodha
  • Making money from honey : linking rural Ugandan women with export markets / Rachel Nadelman, Sarah Silliman and Marilyn Carr
  • Toehold in India : women artisans exporting leather sandals / Madhura Chatrapathy
  • Stitching local to global : SEWA Trade Facilitation Centre / Reeema Nanavaty and Mona Dave
  • Communications and commerce : the role of ICT in linking women entrepreneurs with global markets / Nidhi Tandon and Giséle Yitamben
  • Lessons learned from part two / Marilyn Carr.