Gender and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures in the Context of Trade: A...
Compliance with trade-related sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures can have significant socio-economic impacts on the populations of low and middle-income countries, including women. The fact that...
View ArticleVoluntary Sustainability Standards and Gender Equality in Global Value Chains
Voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) have proliferated over the last two decades and increasingly shape global value chains, coordinated by lead firms across international borders. This paper...
View ArticleSustainable Development Impact Summit
Language UndefinedAccelerating progress on the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement commitments requires global dialogue, deeper public-private cooperation and wider application of Fourth...
View ArticleWomen and access to finance: What is the role (if any) of trade policy?
Discrimination based on gender or marital status is yet to be prohibited in areas relevant to women’s use of financial services in many countries. Firm-level data show that women-owned and -run firms...
View ArticleВсемирный банк: многомерные связи занимают важное место в экономическом...
Всемирный банк представил новый доклад « Важнейшие связи: Содействие экономическому росту и устойчивости региона Европы и Центральной Азии », в котором анализируется влияние различных видов связи на...
View ArticleGender Research Group
This fourth meeting of the Gender Research Group will review and gain perspectives on key trade policy lessons stemming from a corpus of analyses related to gender & value chains as developed by...
View ArticleEmpowering women in Myanmar’s nascent garment value chains
Participation in garment global value chains has positively affected the condition of women with many moving out of the informal sector to industrialised salaried employment. Harnessing the social...
View ArticleFacilitación 2.0: posibilitando el comercio en la era digital
Los tiempos de Cuarta Revolución Industrial y expansión de cadenas globales de valor imponen nuevos desafíos a la agenda de facilitación del comercio. En este artículo, el autor argumenta que la...
View ArticleGlobal Value Chains and Sustainable Development Goals: What Role for Trade...
Through global value chains, low-income and least developed countries can integrate into the global trading system, which offers significant opportunities for economic growth, job creation, and...
View ArticleCAF exorta países da região a investirem mais em infraestrutura e logística
O Banco de Desenvolvimento da América Latina (CAF) participou, em 19 e 20 de fevereiro, do III Encontro de Integração Iberoamericana e da Aliança do Pacífico, em Lima (Peru). Organizado pela Câmara de...
View ArticleValue Chain Upgrading for Competitiveness and Sustainability: A Comparative...
Developing countries have long exported agricultural commodities in the hopes of bringing the benefits of globalisation to the rural poor. Yet many agricultural sectors remain stuck in low-value...
View ArticleIndústria automotiva do México busca aumentar exportações e diversificar...
Em meio às incertezas quanto ao desfecho da renegociação do Tratado de Livre Comércio da América do Norte (NAFTA, sigla em inglês), a indústria automotiva do México tem pressionado o governo deste país...
View ArticleOpportunities for Sustainable Development in Global Value Chains: A Case...
The garment value chain has often been a driver of early export-led industrialisation for both developed and developing countries. Myanmar is benefitting from an investment boom in the garment sector,...
View ArticleHow Regulation and Standards Can Support Social and Environmental Dynamics in...
Regulations and standards have become an increasingly important factor affecting the capacity of producers to participate in global markets. Directly and indirectly, they not only determine the terms...
View ArticleA articulação produtiva das MPMEs na região SICA: reposicionamento...
Com base em um mapeamento sobre a importância das MPMEs para a América Central, o autor discute as principais iniciativas da agenda regional para promover a inserção dessas empresas no comércio...
View ArticleLa articulación productiva MIPYME en la región SICA: reposicionamiento...
A partir de un mapeo de la importancia de las MIPYMEs para Centroamérica, el autor discute las principales iniciativas de la agenda regional para impulsar la inserción de estas empresas en el comercio...
View ArticleEconomic diversification, just transition of workforce and global value...
The design and implementation of ambitious climate change mitigation measures is key for paving the way for a low-carbon future. At the same time, the implementation of these measures may also impact...
View ArticleСогласованность действий в отношении частных стандартов для содействия...
МЦТУР Соблюдение требований к продукту, услуге и технологии является обязательным на всех этапах глобальных цепочек создания стоимости. Если некоторые из этих требований действуют в рамках частных...
View ArticleAgir de concert sur les normes privées pour promouvoir le développement...
Se conformer à certaines normes privées de durabilité est devenu un prérequis pour s’intégrer dans un nombre croissant de chaînes de valeurs mondiales. Comment améliorer la gouvernance et le...
View ArticleLes normes et réglementations promeuvent-elles des dynamiques de durabilité...
Le respect des normes et réglementations joue un rôle central en matière de compétitivité commerciale, en particulier au sein des chaînes de valeur mondiales. Quelles sont les implications de ces...
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