This is the latest Briefing Paper from ODI for COPLA. It argues that: Changes in employment, prices and social expenditures are three pathways linking trade and gender; Trade liberalisation may have positive or negative impacts, but there are risks for women; Trade reforms must be complemented by social and labour policies to ensure that women can take full advantage of the new economic environment

A key aim of COPLA is to address the effect of trade policies on those who are socially excluded.

One of the main objectives of COPLA is to address the effect of trade policies on gender relations –among the poor.

This paper provides a literature review that explores the recent developments in the areas of trade and integration and trade and gender within the greater Caribbean. The paper provides detailed and analytical sections on three main themes; globalisation, regional integration related to trade liberalisation, and the gender issues of trade liberalisation.

Since liberalization, cut flowers have become a major export-orientated product in Colombia and are now of crucial importance in terms of revenue and employment, in particular female employment. This paper focuses on the impact of cut flower production and trade in Colombia with a specific focus on the effects of the industry on women workers. The aim of the paper is to identify and examine strategies that support women workers in their struggle for a better life and improved working conditions.

This paper looks at the gendered effects of trade expansion in developing countries.

The paper explores the arguments for considering gender when negotiating and implementing trade agreements.

The main aim of the paper is to explore the female industrialists struggle for personal independence and entrepreneurial success in the aftermath of Peru’s adoption of Neo-liberal policies.

The authors study the manufacturing sector in urban Mexico during the trade liberalization period (1987-1993) in order to establish if there was a change in the gender wage gap after opening up to com

This USAID literature review explores the role of women in the economy and why the inclusion of gender issues is crucial to the success of economic development programs.

Due to insufficient research on the different impacts of trade agreements on women and men and on the two-way relationship between gender and trade, the objective of this paper is to develop a tool fo

This briefing note starts out by looking at the recent evidence linking gender equality and growth before analysing policies necessary to promote growth and gender equality.

The main objective of the author is to outline the linkages between gender disparities and international trade in SSA and highlight the importance of evaluating trade through a gender lens.

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of current knowledge on the relationship between gender inequalities and economic liberalization.

This paper focuses on the relationship of trade with gender and poverty within the context of the human development paradigm.

The paper assesses how well a gendered social accounting matrix (SAM) and computable general equilibrium (CGE) model can capture the effects of trade on women.

The main objective of this paper is to provide an in-depth study on gender and trade and to identify the gaps in the literature.

This report is based on a series of interviews conducted between May and November 1997, with women’s rights activists, maquiladora workers, labour rights activists, Mexican and US government officia

This paper focuses on the gender impact of trade on employment with a specific focus on the banana industry.

The author provides a detailed description of NAFTA, the FTAA, CAFTA, the Andean FTA and MERCOSUR before analysing the impacts these trade agreements have on regional integration.

The author explores the effects of an increase in cut-flower exports in the Ecuadorian highlands as a result of trade liberalisation and the relocation of cut-flower plantations from Colombia to Ecuad

This paper reviews the issue of gender and trade within the global economy, and considers the general topic with specific concern for the case of alternative trade organizations (ATOs) set up to help

This project is part of the Latin American Chapter of the International Gender and Trade Network (LA-IGNT).

The aim of the author is to analyse how shifts in macro economic policies impact the provisioning of care in households and communities.

In order to attain economic growth that can benefit women, GATE has produced this report for USAID/Peru.

This paper provides a literature review that explores the recent developments in the areas of trade and integration and trade and gender within the greater Caribbean.

The author reviews the literature on gender, trade and investment in the English-speaking regions of the Caribbean.

Uruguay since the 1970s has slowly undergone a number of changes in its employment structure and productive patterns as a consequence of an increase in trade.

Since liberalization, cut flowers have become a major export-orientated product in Colombia and are now of crucial importance in terms of revenue and employment, in particular female employment.