Trade Facilitation and Gender Dimensions in South Africa : Survey Findings and Recommendations
Access to international markets plays a critical role in an economy’s growth and development. Trade facilitation, the simplification, modernization, and harmonization of export and import processes has therefore emerged as an important issue for co...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099835003212222970/P1744550fa93e901e0944f0cdc27b1a7c79 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37210 |
| Summary: | Access to international markets plays
a critical role in an economy’s growth and development.
Trade facilitation, the simplification, modernization, and
harmonization of export and import processes has therefore
emerged as an important issue for countries, as is reflected
in the World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement
(WTO TFA), which came into effect on February 22, 2017.
Increasingly, it is recognized that women traders face
particular challenges when undertaking cross-border trade,
such as lack of information and knowledge of cross-border
regulations and procedures, lack of physical security at
border crossings, exposure to harassment and gender-based
violence at borders, and corruption. This report presents
the results of a survey on trade facilitation challenges
faced by traders and customs agents in South Africa. The
survey also explored trade facilitation challenges related
to Coronavirus (COVID-19). |
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