Gender and Trade

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    Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders

    This report presents the results of a survey undertaken in Timor-Leste from February to March 2020 with the intention to identify specific challenges cross-border traders are facing related to trade facilitation at the firm level.

    Source: World Bank Group, 2020

    Policymakers: Goods, Gender and Trade, Oceania,
    This report presents the results of a survey undertaken in Timor-Leste from February to March 2020 with the intention to identify specific challenges cross-border traders are facing related to trade facilitation at the firm level.
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    Gender Dimensions of Cross-Border Trade in Tajikistan

    This survey aims to quantify the exact nature of challenges women cross-border traders face at the firm-level in Tajikistan. The World Bank Group undertook a survey of 401 cross-border trade firms and 31 customs brokers between March and November 2022.

    Source: World Bank Group, 2023

    Policymakers: Goods, Gender and Trade, Asia & Middle East,
    This survey aims to quantify the exact nature of challenges women cross-border traders face at the firm-level in Tajikistan. The World Bank Group undertook a survey of 401 cross-border trade firms and 31 customs brokers between March and November 2022.
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    Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders, Vanuatu

    his report presents the results of a survey undertaken in Vanuatu from February to April 2020 with the intention to identify specific challenges cross-border traders are facing related to trade facilitation at the firm level.

    Source: World Bank Group, 2020

    Policymakers: Goods, Gender and Trade, Oceania,
    his report presents the results of a survey undertaken in Vanuatu from February to April 2020 with the intention to identify specific challenges cross-border traders are facing related to trade facilitation at the firm level.
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    Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders, Samoa

    This report presents the results of a survey undertaken in Samoa from February to April 2020 with the intention to identify specific challenges cross-border traders are facing related to trade facilitation at the firm level.

    Source: World Bank Group, 2020

    Policymakers: Goods, Gender and Trade, Oceania,
    This report presents the results of a survey undertaken in Samoa from February to April 2020 with the intention to identify specific challenges cross-border traders are facing related to trade facilitation at the firm level.
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    Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders, Papua New Guinea

    This report presents the results of a survey undertaken in Papua New Guinea from February to March 2020 with the intention to identify specific challenges cross-border traders are facing related to trade facilitation at the firm level

    Source: World Bank Group, 2020

    Policymakers: Goods, Gender and Trade, Oceania,
    This report presents the results of a survey undertaken in Papua New Guinea from February to March 2020 with the intention to identify specific challenges cross-border traders are facing related to trade facilitation at the firm level
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    Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders, Fiji

    This note presents the results of a survey undertaken in Fiji from May to June 2019 with the intention to identify the specific challenges men and women cross-border traders are facing related to trade facilitation at the firm level.

    Source: World Bank Group, 2019

    Policymakers: Goods, Gender and Trade, Oceania,
    This note presents the results of a survey undertaken in Fiji from May to June 2019 with the intention to identify the specific challenges men and women cross-border traders are facing related to trade facilitation at the firm level.
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    Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders in the Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste

    The World Bank Group has completed research to identify the specific challenges men and women traders face. Over 1,500 cross-border trading firms were surveyed in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Timor-Leste, and Vanuatu.

    Source: World Bank Group, 2021

    Policymakers: Goods, Gender and Trade, Oceania,
    The World Bank Group has completed research to identify the specific challenges men and women traders face. Over 1,500 cross-border trading firms were surveyed in Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Timor-Leste, and Vanuatu.
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    Trade Facilitation and Gender Dimensions in South Africa

    To identify specific challenges that men and women face in cross-border trade and determine where further reforms can be made, the World Bank Group completed a study on Trade Facilitation and Gender Dimensions in South Africa. Traders, customs brokers and freight forwarders were interviewed.

    Source: World Bank Group, 2022

    Policymakers: Goods, Gender and Trade, Africa,
    To identify specific challenges that men and women face in cross-border trade and determine where further reforms can be made, the World Bank Group completed a study on Trade Facilitation and Gender Dimensions in South Africa. Traders, customs brokers and freight forwarders were interviewed.
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    Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Customs Brokers in the Philippines

    To identify the specific challenges that men and women face in cross-border trade and determine where further reforms can be made, the World Bank Group completed the Trade and Gender Study in the Philippines. Over 2,000 traders and customs brokers were interviewed.

    Source: World Bank Group, 2022

    Policymakers: Goods, Gender and Trade, Asia & Middle East,
    To identify the specific challenges that men and women face in cross-border trade and determine where further reforms can be made, the World Bank Group completed the Trade and Gender Study in the Philippines. Over 2,000 traders and customs brokers were interviewed.
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    Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Customs Brokers in Brazil

    Given the critical role of women in helping to reduce poverty coupled with the importance of trade in linking businesses to global value chains, the World Bank Group completed the Trade and Gender Study in Brazil to identify the specific challenges that men and women-led firms face in cross-border trade and determine where further reforms can be made. Over 1,500 trade firms and 300 customs brokers were interviewed.

    Source: World Bank Group, 2022

    Policymakers: Goods, Gender and Trade, South & Central America and the Caribbean,
    Given the critical role of women in helping to reduce poverty coupled with the importance of trade in linking businesses to global value chains, the World Bank Group completed the Trade and Gender Study in Brazil to identify the specific challenges that men and women-led firms face in cross-border trade and determine where further reforms can be made. Over 1,500 trade firms and 300 customs brokers were interviewed.
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    Gender Disaggregated Labor Database

    The Gender Disaggregated Labor Database (GDLD) is a global micro labor force database based on the World Bank’s household survey collection and other public resources. This database includes harmonized economic activities and occupation categories from local classification to international comparable classifications in detailed levels.

    Source: World Bank Group

    Policymakers: Gender and Trade,
    The Gender Disaggregated Labor Database (GDLD) is a global micro labor force database based on the World Bank’s household survey collection and other public resources. This database includes harmonized economic activities and occupation categories from local classification to international comparable classifications in detailed levels.
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    World Bank Trade and Gender

    The World Bank Group is working on many parallel paths towards strengthening existing knowledge on the relationship between trade and gender.

    Source: World Bank Group

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Gender and Trade,
    The World Bank Group is working on many parallel paths towards strengthening existing knowledge on the relationship between trade and gender.