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25 October 2018
Discrimination based on gender or marital status is yet to be prohibited in areas relevant to women’s use of financial services in many countries. Firm-level data show that women-owned and -run firms differ significantly from other firms in terms of their ability to access financial services, and...
9 August 2018
Participation in garment global value chains has positively affected the condition of women with many moving out of the informal sector to industrialised salaried employment. Harnessing the social upgrading potential of Myanmar’s growing garment industry for women’s economic empowerment will...
13 October 2017
Compliance with regulations and standards plays a central role in global trade competitiveness, in particular in the context of global value chains. What are the implications of these instruments for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals? There has been an important shift in the...
13 June 2017
Policy makers are increasingly turning to integration and upgrading in global value chains (GVCs) as a means of driving development. How can they ensure that both men and women can access and benefit from GVCs? Picture this: A group of young women, dressed alike in trendy uniforms, step out from a...
17 May 2017
How does the entry into force of the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) in February 2017 affect African countries’ efforts to join and move up global value chains (GVCs)? The WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) provides a new global benchmark for customs and border procedures. Its...