Fiji Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders : Survey Findings and Recommendations
This note presents the results of a survey undertaken in Fiji from May to June 2019 with the intention to identify the specific challenges men and women cross-border traders are facing related to trade facilitation at the firm level. Generally, eff...
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okr-10986-352262021-04-23T14:02:19Z Fiji Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders : Survey Findings and Recommendations World Bank GENDER TRADE FACILITATION FREIGHT FORWARDER SURVEY PORT OPERATIONS BORDER PROCEDURES ELECTRONIC DECLARATIONS This note presents the results of a survey undertaken in Fiji from May to June 2019 with the intention to identify the specific challenges men and women cross-border traders are facing related to trade facilitation at the firm level. Generally, efforts to improve trade conditions, especially relating to women cross-border traders, have been progressing over the years. Yet, there is limited work focusing on trade facilitation initiatives and trade competitiveness interventions aimed at women firms who face trading barriers that are not strictly linked to tariffs or policies. There is a global data gap on the nature of barriers that women traders face related to trade facilitation at the firm level. In fact, the problem is even deeper rooted; there is a global vacuum of knowledge about the exact proportion of cross-border traders that are women. No country, not even the gender equality champions in Northern Europe, can easily confirm the number of women that undertake cross-border trade in their respective countries. A survey designed to collect data on these challenges is being rolled out in the Pacific. Countries in the Pacific Islands region face unique development challenges: they are physically detached from major markets, have small populations spread across many islands and time zones, confront the worst impacts of climate change, and are some of the most vulnerable countries to natural disasters in the world. 2021-03-09T19:56:39Z 2021-03-09T19:56:39Z 2019-06-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/734641614579631021/Fiji-Trade-Facilitation-Challenges-for-Women-Traders-and-Freight-Forwarders-Survey-Findings-and-Recommendations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35226 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling East Asia and Pacific Fiji |
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This note presents the results of a
survey undertaken in Fiji from May to June 2019 with the
intention to identify the specific challenges men and women
cross-border traders are facing related to trade
facilitation at the firm level. Generally, efforts to
improve trade conditions, especially relating to women
cross-border traders, have been progressing over the years.
Yet, there is limited work focusing on trade facilitation
initiatives and trade competitiveness interventions aimed at
women firms who face trading barriers that are not strictly
linked to tariffs or policies. There is a global data gap on
the nature of barriers that women traders face related to
trade facilitation at the firm level. In fact, the problem
is even deeper rooted; there is a global vacuum of knowledge
about the exact proportion of cross-border traders that are
women. No country, not even the gender equality champions in
Northern Europe, can easily confirm the number of women that
undertake cross-border trade in their respective countries.
A survey designed to collect data on these challenges is
being rolled out in the Pacific. Countries in the Pacific
Islands region face unique development challenges: they are
physically detached from major markets, have small
populations spread across many islands and time zones,
confront the worst impacts of climate change, and are some
of the most vulnerable countries to natural disasters in the world. |
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Fiji Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders : Survey Findings and Recommendations |
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Fiji Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders : Survey Findings and Recommendations |
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Fiji Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders : Survey Findings and Recommendations |
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Fiji Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders : Survey Findings and Recommendations |
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Fiji Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders : Survey Findings and Recommendations |
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fiji trade facilitation challenges for women traders and freight forwarders : survey findings and recommendations |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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