This report summarizes the main challenges that men- and women-led companies (also referred to as traders or trade firms) and customs brokers face in undertaking cross-border trade of merchandise goods...
Gender equality and inclusion are central to the World Bank Group’s twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Research has shown that the expansion of international trade is...
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...
The World Bank Group completed the trade and gender study in the Philippines to identify the specific challenges that men and women face in cross-border trade and determine where further reforms can be...