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oapen-20.500.12657-762492023-09-14T03:43:02Z Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment Samy, Yiagadeesen Adedeji, Adeniran Iraoya, Augustine Dutta, Madhurjya Kumar Fakmawii, Jasmine Lal Hao, Wen gender equality international trade inclusive trade Small and Medium Size Enterprises Women's economic empowerment Women exporters Cambodia Ghana Madagascar Nigeria Senegal Vietnam bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPS International relations This open access book examines the relationship between trade and women’s economic empowerment by focusing on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in six countries: Cambodia, Ghana, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal and Vietnam. The authors make use of both survey data and qualitative analysis to understand why and how trade can create more jobs for women, and how the jobs created are contributing to women’s empowerment. They propose strategies and policies for ensuring that women can benefit from trade. After providing the context for the research and reviewing the literature on trade and gender in the introductory chapter, the second chapter analyzes survey data collected for this project. This is followed by a qualitative analysis of the six country cases in the next two chapters: Cambodia and Vietnam (Chapter 3), followed by Ghana, Madagascar, Nigeria and Senegal (Chapter 4). The final chapter concludes with a summary of our findings and policy recommendations. 2023-09-13T19:47:03Z 2023-09-13T19:47:03Z 2023 book ONIX_20230913_9783031390395_23 9783031390395 9783031390388 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76249 eng application/pdf n/a 978-3-031-39039-5.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-031-39039-5 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-031-39039-5 10.1007/978-3-031-39039-5 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 5a10d504-1a06-4e7f-80ef-08a010279fa4 9783031390395 9783031390388 Palgrave Macmillan 162 Cham [...] open access
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This open access book examines the relationship between trade and women’s economic empowerment by focusing on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in six countries: Cambodia, Ghana, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal and Vietnam. The authors make use of both survey data and qualitative analysis to understand why and how trade can create more jobs for women, and how the jobs created are contributing to women’s empowerment. They propose strategies and policies for ensuring that women can benefit from trade. After providing the context for the research and reviewing the literature on trade and gender in the introductory chapter, the second chapter analyzes survey data collected for this project. This is followed by a qualitative analysis of the six country cases in the next two chapters: Cambodia and Vietnam (Chapter 3), followed by Ghana, Madagascar, Nigeria and Senegal (Chapter 4). The final chapter concludes with a summary of our findings and policy recommendations.
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