COPLA Global RSS Feed

GATE: Greater Access to Trade Expansion

odiadmin — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:18:21 +0100

The GATE Project strengthens the capacity of USAID/Washington and Missions worldwide to institute gender-equitable practices and policies in USAID-funded economic growth and trade activities.

Developing Countries: Victims or Participants -Their Changing Roles in International Negotiations

odiadmin — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:58:44 +0100

Negotiations are becoming an increasingly important part of the international system, with the increase particularly marked for developing countries.

October 2007: Launch of COPLA-Global

globaladmin — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:52:56 +0100

How can trade and trade-related policies be used to harness the potential of trade for poor people? How can the negative impacts of trade be minimised?

COPLA Baseline Assessment: Engaging In Trade and Trade-Related Policy Debates?

globaladmin — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:11:35 +0100

One of the key aims of COPLA is to foster policy dialogues and debates among
civil society groups and policy decision-makers around issues of trade, poverty

November: The results of the COPLA baseline assessment will be published this month.

globaladmin — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:05:30 +0000

Each country team is employing a mixed methods approach involving a structured questionnaire, key informant interviews and focus group discussions with civil society actors and policy makers.

December: Engendering trade policies

globaladmin — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:32:03 +0000

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

Global trade, expansion and liberalisation: gender issues and impacts

globaladmin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:00:03 +0000

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.

Modelling the Effects of Trade on Women, at Work and at Home

globaladmin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:05:01 +0000

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 impact of trade liberalization on women's job opportunities and earnings in developing countries

globaladmin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:17:22 +0000

This paper assesses the notion that women tend to be more vulnerable to the negative effects of trade liberalization and less able than men to benefit from the positive effects.

Trade, Gender and Poverty

globaladmin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:24:37 +0000

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