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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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:	WORKING WOMEN SOUTH AFRICA CROSS-BORDER TRADE CUSTOMS AGENTS WTO TFA TRADE FACILITATION WORKPLACE EQUALITY MARKET ACCESS COVID-19 RECOVERY BORDER SAFETY TRADE INFORMATION PORTAL CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099835003212222970/P1744550fa93e901e0944f0cdc27b1a7c79 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37210

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spelling	okr-10986-372102022-03-25T05:10:35Z Trade Facilitation and Gender Dimensions in South Africa : Survey Findings and Recommendations World Bank WORKING WOMEN SOUTH AFRICA CROSS-BORDER TRADE CUSTOMS AGENTS WTO TFA TRADE FACILITATION WORKPLACE EQUALITY MARKET ACCESS COVID-19 RECOVERY BORDER SAFETY TRADE INFORMATION PORTAL CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY 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). 2022-03-24T16:03:13Z 2022-03-24T16:03:13Z 2021 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099835003212222970/P1744550fa93e901e0944f0cdc27b1a7c79 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37210 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Report Publications & Research Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) South Africa
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description	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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title	Trade Facilitation and Gender Dimensions in South Africa : Survey Findings and Recommendations
title_short	Trade Facilitation and Gender Dimensions in South Africa : Survey Findings and Recommendations
title_full	Trade Facilitation and Gender Dimensions in South Africa : Survey Findings and Recommendations
title_fullStr	Trade Facilitation and Gender Dimensions in South Africa : Survey Findings and Recommendations
title_full_unstemmed	Trade Facilitation and Gender Dimensions in South Africa : Survey Findings and Recommendations
title_sort	trade facilitation and gender dimensions in south africa : survey findings and recommendations
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2022
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099835003212222970/P1744550fa93e901e0944f0cdc27b1a7c79 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37210
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Trade Facilitation and Gender Dimensions in South Africa : Survey Findings and Recommendations

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