Gender Dimensions of Trade Facilitation and Logistics : A Guidance Note

Gender equality is a vital instrument for development. In trade related interventions, taking gender equality into account not only spurs country competitiveness, but also helps obtain better outcomes. The World Bank's international trade department and the gender and development unit in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management network are collaborating to produce guidance notes in order to help people working in the field identify and assess the gender dimensions of trade projects. This guidance note focuses on trade facilitation and logistics initiatives, which seek to improve customs and border management, trade infrastructure, port efficiency, transport security, logistics and transport services, regional trade corridors and transit and multimodal transport. The guidance note demonstrates why gender matters for trade facilitation and logistics and how gender dimensions can be integrated into trade facilitation and logistics initiatives. The ultimate objective of the note is to support World Bank staff to enhance the effectiveness of the World Banks's trade-related work by integrating a gender perspective into trade-related policy dialogue, and the design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of trade facilitation and logistics initiatives.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Higgins, Kate
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012-04
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCESS TO JOBS, ACCESS TO RESOURCES, ACCESSIBILITY, ADVOCACY, ADVOCACY EFFORTS, AIRPORT, AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT, BICYCLES, BORDER CROSSING, BORDER CROSSINGS, BORDER MANAGEMENT, BOTTLENECKS, BRIDGE, BUS, BUSES, BUSINESS WOMEN, CAPACITY OF WOMEN, CAR, CHILD CARE, COMMODITIES, COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, COMPENSATION, CONSIGNMENT, CORRUPTION, CUSTOMS, CUSTOMS BROKERS, CUSTOMS CLEARANCE, CUSTOMS PROCEDURES, DESCRIPTION, DISCRIMINATION, DRIVERS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, FAMILIES, FAMILY WELFARE, FEMALE, FEMALE TRADERS, FEMALES, FORMS OF VIOLENCE, FORMS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, FREIGHT, FREIGHT FORWARDERS, FUEL, GENDER, GENDER ACTION, GENDER ANALYSIS, GENDER AWARENESS, GENDER AWARENESS TRAINING, GENDER BARRIERS, GENDER BLIND, GENDER COMPOSITION, GENDER CONCERNS, GENDER CONSIDERATIONS, GENDER DEVELOPMENT, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER DIMENSION, GENDER DIMENSIONS, GENDER DISPARITIES, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER EQUALITY PERSPECTIVE, GENDER EQUALITY PERSPECTIVES, GENDER EXPERT, GENDER FOCUS, GENDER GAP, GENDER INEQUALITIES, GENDER INEQUALITY, GENDER INITIATIVE, GENDER ISSUES, GENDER MAINSTREAMING, GENDER MAINSTREAMING STRATEGY, GENDER PERSPECTIVE, GENDER POLICY, GENDER QUOTAS, GENDER ROLES, GENDER SENSITIVE, GENDER SENSITIVITY, GENDER THEME, GENDER UNIT, GENDERS, HANDLING, HOME, HOUSEHOLDS, HUMAN RIGHT, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUSBAND, IMPRISONMENT, INFORMAL ECONOMY, INFORMAL SECTOR, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURES, INHERITANCE, INLAND TRANSPORT, INSURANCE, INTEGRATION OF GENDER, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES, LAWS, LITERACY, LIVING CONDITIONS, LOADING, LOCALITIES, MINISTRY OF GENDER, MINISTRY OF WOMEN, MOBILITY, MOBILITY BENEFITS, MODE OF TRANSPORT, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT, NATIONAL RAILWAY, OCCUPATIONS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN, OWNERSHIP LAWS, PARTICIPATION BY WOMEN, PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, POLICE, POLICY ON GENDER, POPULATION GROWTH, PORT AUTHORITIES, PORT AUTHORITY, PORTS, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, QUALITY OF TRANSPORT, RAPE, REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN, ROAD, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROADS, ROADWAY, ROUTE, ROUTES, RURAL ROADS, RURAL TRANSPORT, RURAL WOMEN, RURAL WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, SAFETY, SEX, SEX WORKERS, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SHIPPERS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SPECIALIZED INFRASTRUCTURE, STATUS OF WOMEN, STD, SUPPLY CHAINS, TAX, TRADE FACILITATION, TRADE FACILITATION AUDITS, TRADE LOGISTICS, TRADING PATTERNS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, TRAINS, TRANSIT, TRANSIT SYSTEM, TRANSIT SYSTEMS, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES, TRANSPORT CONTAINERS, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT FACILITATION, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT INVESTMENT, TRANSPORT OPERATIONS, TRANSPORT OPERATORS, TRANSPORT PLANNING, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT SUPPLY, TRANSPORT SURVEYS, TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, UNCTAD, UNIFEM, UNITED NATIONS, UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA, URBAN TRANSPORT, URBAN WOMEN, VEHICLES, VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, WALKING, WDR, WEALTH, WILL, WOMAN,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/18621386/gender-dimensions-trade-facilitation-logistics-guidance-note https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16973
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