Abstract
In the light of increased attention to the monitoring of trade impacts, this paper explores the relationship between trade and gender. After a review of the literature, a provisional set of indicators will be proposed for monitoring trade and gender links. Some of the
indicators will be applied to the bilateral trade agreement between the European Union and
Mercosur. The preliminary findings for some of the indicators seem to support the trends
emerging from the literature that there is a risk that gender inequality for the developing
country trading partner increases rather than reduces with intensified trade with a trading
partner in the developed world. But the indicators may also point at endogenous effects of
gender equality on the gains from trade. The paper therefore argues for coherence between
trading partners’ trade policies and gender policies.
indicators will be applied to the bilateral trade agreement between the European Union and
Mercosur. The preliminary findings for some of the indicators seem to support the trends
emerging from the literature that there is a risk that gender inequality for the developing
country trading partner increases rather than reduces with intensified trade with a trading
partner in the developed world. But the indicators may also point at endogenous effects of
gender equality on the gains from trade. The paper therefore argues for coherence between
trading partners’ trade policies and gender policies.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Den Haag |
| Publisher | International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) |
| Number of pages | 38 |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2002 |
Publication series
| Series | ISS working papers. General series |
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| Number | 358 |
| ISSN | 0921-0210 |
Series
- ISS Working Paper-General Series
