Trading stories
Subtitle: experiences with gender and trade
By: edited by Marilyn Carr, Mariama Williams
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780850928730
Subjects: Women in development; International trade; Free trade; Businesswomen; Women-owned business enterprises
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Part one: The impact of trade on women. -- Introduction to part one / -- Mariama Williams; title: A bitter pill to swallow : the effects of tariff reductions on sugar in Kenya  -- Yves Conze with Mariama Williams; title: Profits fly the coop : gender impacts of trade liberalisation on the Jamaican poultry industry  -- Carol Narcisse; title: Can it be mended? : Kenya and the MFA phase-out  -- Paul Kamau; title: Knitting it together : India and the MFA phase-out  -- Pramod Dev; title: A stitch in time? : AGOA and Lesotho's clothing sector  -- Mariama Williams and Marilyn Carr; title: Slipping on a peel : the effects of changing trade regimes on the St. Lucia banana industry  -- Carol Narcisse; title: Moving forwards, falling backwards : GATS and the migration of skilled professionals from the Caribbean  -- Carol Narcisse; title: Digitalising it : women and trade in ICT in developing countries  -- Mariama Williams and Carol Narcisse; title: Packaged to perfection : the SPS Agreement and aquaculture in Bangladesh  -- Marilyn Carr and Sanae Ito; title: Sitting on the docks : the SPS Agreement and the fish industry in Uganda  -- May Sengendo; title: Lessons learned from part one  -- Mariama Williams -- Part two: Linking women with export markets. -- Introduction to part two / -- Marilyn Carr; title: Raising the bar on chocolate :  cocoa farmers in Ghana shape the future  -- Pauline Tiffen; title: Cultivating organic coffee : challenges for small farmers in Jamaica  -- Dorienne Rowan-Campbell; title: Corporate responsibility and the cashew nut industry : examples from India and Mozambique  -- adapted by Nazneen Kanji and Marilyn Carr; title: Swazi secrets : indigenous products in the global marketplace  -- Nontokozo Nemarundwe ... [et al.]; title: A beautiful business : the case of Pure Fiji  -- compiled by Marilyn Carr from material supplied by Pure Fiji; title: Trade is blooming : the case of the ramesh flowers in India  -- Amit Lodha; title: Making money from honey : linking rural Ugandan women with export markets  -- Rachel Nadelman, Sarah Silliman and Marilyn Carr; title: Toehold in India : women artisans exporting leather sandals  -- Madhura Chatrapathy; title: Stitching local to global : SEWA Trade Facilitation Centre  -- Reeema Nanavaty and Mona Dave; title: Communications and commerce : the role of ICT in linking women entrepreneurs with global markets  -- Nidhi Tandon and Giséle Yitamben; title: Lessons learned from part two -- Marilyn Carr.