Pacific Region Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders : Survey Findings and Recommendations

Gender equality is central to the World Bank Group’s (WBG) twin goals of ending extreme poverty and increasing shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. Gender inequality can cause economies to be less competitive internationally particularly for...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	GENDER TRADE FACILITATION FREIGHT FORWARDER SURVEY PORT OPERATIONS BORDER PROCEDURES ELECTRONIC DECLARATIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/297751614612555881/Survey-Findings-and-Recommendations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35225

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spelling	okr-10986-352252021-04-23T14:02:19Z Pacific Region 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 Gender equality is central to the World Bank Group’s (WBG) twin goals of ending extreme poverty and increasing shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. Gender inequality can cause economies to be less competitive internationally particularly for countries with export potential in industries that have high women employment. Countries in the Pacific Islands region face unique development challenges: they are physically detached from major markets, tend to have high levels of gender inequality, and confront the worst impacts of climate change, making them some of the most vulnerable countries to natural disasters in the world. These challenges increase trade costs and make it difficult for the Pacific Island countries to trade effectively and competitively. To overcome the challenges of size and isolation, trade capacity could be increased for countries to effectively integrate into the global trading system and thus improve their economic opportunities. One way to do this is through the implementation of trade facilitation measures that lower time and costs to trade. This report compares the findings of surveys across five countries in the region of Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Timor-Leste and Vanuatu. Some of the key findings and trends on the trade facilitation challenges faced by surveyed traders at the firm level in the region are covered in this report. Section 2 of this report explains why a study on women cross-border traders at the firm level, particularly as it relates to trade facilitation, is useful. Section 3 provides a description of the survey sample and the methodology used to carry out the survey. Section 4 presents the findings of the trade facilitation and gender survey, including analysis of cross-border trade challenges by gender. Section 5 concludes with recommendations based on survey response. 2021-03-09T19:44:10Z 2021-03-09T19:44:10Z 2021-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/297751614612555881/Survey-Findings-and-Recommendations http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35225 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 :: Women in Development and Gender Study East Asia and Pacific Oceania Fiji Papua New Guinea Samoa Timor-Leste Vanuatu
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geographic_facet	East Asia and Pacific Oceania Fiji Papua New Guinea Samoa Timor-Leste Vanuatu
description	Gender equality is central to the World Bank Group’s (WBG) twin goals of ending extreme poverty and increasing shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. Gender inequality can cause economies to be less competitive internationally particularly for countries with export potential in industries that have high women employment. Countries in the Pacific Islands region face unique development challenges: they are physically detached from major markets, tend to have high levels of gender inequality, and confront the worst impacts of climate change, making them some of the most vulnerable countries to natural disasters in the world. These challenges increase trade costs and make it difficult for the Pacific Island countries to trade effectively and competitively. To overcome the challenges of size and isolation, trade capacity could be increased for countries to effectively integrate into the global trading system and thus improve their economic opportunities. One way to do this is through the implementation of trade facilitation measures that lower time and costs to trade. This report compares the findings of surveys across five countries in the region of Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Timor-Leste and Vanuatu. Some of the key findings and trends on the trade facilitation challenges faced by surveyed traders at the firm level in the region are covered in this report. Section 2 of this report explains why a study on women cross-border traders at the firm level, particularly as it relates to trade facilitation, is useful. Section 3 provides a description of the survey sample and the methodology used to carry out the survey. Section 4 presents the findings of the trade facilitation and gender survey, including analysis of cross-border trade challenges by gender. Section 5 concludes with recommendations based on survey response.
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title	Pacific Region Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders : Survey Findings and Recommendations
title_short	Pacific Region Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders : Survey Findings and Recommendations
title_full	Pacific Region Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders : Survey Findings and Recommendations
title_fullStr	Pacific Region Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders : Survey Findings and Recommendations
title_full_unstemmed	Pacific Region Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders : Survey Findings and Recommendations
title_sort	pacific region trade facilitation challenges for women traders and freight forwarders : survey findings and recommendations
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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Pacific Region Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders : Survey Findings and Recommendations

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