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Trading stories : experiences with gender and trade / edited by Marilyn Carr and Mariama Williams.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: London : Commonwealth Secretariat, ©2010.Description: xi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780850928730
  • 0850928737
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 381 TRA 2010 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ1240 .T72 2010
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 [and others] -- 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-269) and index.

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 [and others] -- 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.

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