Selling online can lower costs and open new markets to for female entrepreneurs. Exporting often brings new challenges, however. Even trade rules that don't explicitly discriminate can have unique effects on women-led e-commerce firms. Progress is being made in addressing gender issues in trade policymaking, but more can be done to better cover gender and the digital economy in trade agreements.
International trade can be a driving force for the sustainable development of agriculture. This is particularly relevant to lower-income economies, for which agriculture tends to account for a greater than average share of employment and output. Key issues in trade will need to be addressed through a combination of multilateral solutions and international cooperation with complementary domestic policies.
Université Grenoble Alpes, 2023
A distance education textbook created for Université Grenoble Alpes, providing an introduction to key debates and methods in development economics from a policy perspective.
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