Trading stories : experiences with gender and trade /
edited by Marilyn Carr and Mariama Williams
- London : Commonwealth Secretariat, c2010
- xi, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
A bitter pill to swallow : the effects of tariff reductions on sugar in Kenya / Profits fly the coop : gender impacts of trade liberalisation on the Jamaican poultry industry / Can it be mended? : Kenya and the MFA phase-out / Knitting it together : India and the MFA phase-out / A stitch in time? : AGOA and Lesotho's clothing sector / Slipping on a peel : the effects of changing trade regimes on the St. Lucia banana industry / Moving forwards, falling backwards : GATS and the migration of skilled professionals from the Caribbean / Digitalising it : women and trade in ICT in developing countries / Packaged to perfection : the SPS Agreement and aquaculture in Bangladesh / Sitting on the docks : the SPS Agreement and the fish industry in Uganda / Lessons learned from part one / Raising the bar on chocolate : cocoa farmers in Ghana shape the future / Cultivating organic coffee : challenges for small farmers in Jamaica / Corporate responsibility and the cashew nut industry : examples from India and Mozambique / Swazi secrets : indigenous products in the global marketplace / A beautiful business : the case of Pure Fiji / Trade is blooming : the case of the ramesh flowers in India / Making money from honey : linking rural Ugandan women with export markets / Toehold in India : women artisans exporting leather sandals / Stitching local to global : SEWA Trade Facilitation Centre / Communications and commerce : the role of ICT in linking women entrepreneurs with global markets / Lessons learned from part two / Mariama Williams -- Yves Conze with Mariama Williams -- Carol Narcisse -- Paul Kamau -- Pramod Dev -- Mariama Williams and Marilyn Carr -- Carol Narcisse -- Carol Narcisse -- Mariama Williams and Carol Narcisse -- Marilyn Carr and Sanae Ito -- May Sengendo -- Mariama Williams -- Marilyn Carr -- Pauline Tiffen -- Dorienne Rowan-Campbell -- adapted by Nazneen Kanji and Marilyn Carr -- Nontokozo Nemarundwe ... [et al.] -- compiled by Marilyn Carr from material supplied by Pure Fiji -- Amit Lodha -- Rachel Nadelman, Sarah Silliman and Marilyn Carr -- Madhura Chatrapathy -- Reeema Nanavaty and Mona Dave -- Nidhi Tandon and Gis©♭le Yitamben -- Marilyn Carr Part one: The impact of trade on women. Introduction to part one / Part two: Linking women with export markets. Introduction to part two /
9780850928730 (pbk.) 0850928737 (pbk.)
Women in development
International trade
Free trade
Businesswomen--Commonwealth countries
Women-owned business enterprises--Commonwealth countries
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305.3
Includes bibliographical references and index
A bitter pill to swallow : the effects of tariff reductions on sugar in Kenya / Profits fly the coop : gender impacts of trade liberalisation on the Jamaican poultry industry / Can it be mended? : Kenya and the MFA phase-out / Knitting it together : India and the MFA phase-out / A stitch in time? : AGOA and Lesotho's clothing sector / Slipping on a peel : the effects of changing trade regimes on the St. Lucia banana industry / Moving forwards, falling backwards : GATS and the migration of skilled professionals from the Caribbean / Digitalising it : women and trade in ICT in developing countries / Packaged to perfection : the SPS Agreement and aquaculture in Bangladesh / Sitting on the docks : the SPS Agreement and the fish industry in Uganda / Lessons learned from part one / Raising the bar on chocolate : cocoa farmers in Ghana shape the future / Cultivating organic coffee : challenges for small farmers in Jamaica / Corporate responsibility and the cashew nut industry : examples from India and Mozambique / Swazi secrets : indigenous products in the global marketplace / A beautiful business : the case of Pure Fiji / Trade is blooming : the case of the ramesh flowers in India / Making money from honey : linking rural Ugandan women with export markets / Toehold in India : women artisans exporting leather sandals / Stitching local to global : SEWA Trade Facilitation Centre / Communications and commerce : the role of ICT in linking women entrepreneurs with global markets / Lessons learned from part two / Mariama Williams -- Yves Conze with Mariama Williams -- Carol Narcisse -- Paul Kamau -- Pramod Dev -- Mariama Williams and Marilyn Carr -- Carol Narcisse -- Carol Narcisse -- Mariama Williams and Carol Narcisse -- Marilyn Carr and Sanae Ito -- May Sengendo -- Mariama Williams -- Marilyn Carr -- Pauline Tiffen -- Dorienne Rowan-Campbell -- adapted by Nazneen Kanji and Marilyn Carr -- Nontokozo Nemarundwe ... [et al.] -- compiled by Marilyn Carr from material supplied by Pure Fiji -- Amit Lodha -- Rachel Nadelman, Sarah Silliman and Marilyn Carr -- Madhura Chatrapathy -- Reeema Nanavaty and Mona Dave -- Nidhi Tandon and Gis©♭le Yitamben -- Marilyn Carr Part one: The impact of trade on women. Introduction to part one / Part two: Linking women with export markets. Introduction to part two /
9780850928730 (pbk.) 0850928737 (pbk.)
Women in development
International trade
Free trade
Businesswomen--Commonwealth countries
Women-owned business enterprises--Commonwealth countries
305.3
305.3