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代写留学生硕士论文，UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AND UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME MAINSTREAMING GENDER INTO TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES:THE CASE OF EAST AFRICA TRADE NEGOTIATIONS AND AFRICA SERIES: No. 5
UNITED NATIONS
New York and Geneva, 2008
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Note
• This report was prepared by Jacqueline Maleko, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Marketing, UnitedRepublic of Tanzania, within the framework of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-financed project on Trade Capacity Development for Africa and the Joint (International Trade Centre(ITC)/UNCTAD/World Trade Organization (WTO)) Integrated Technical Assistance Programme(JITAP) to Selected Least Developed and Other African Countries.
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Abstract
This study analyses the extent to which national trade policies of the East African countries ofKenya, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania factor in gender challenges, with particularemphasis on women involved in agriculture and the informal sector. This includes review of thegender dimension of economic policy reforms and international trade. The aim is to examine theextent to which women’s issues and challenges are mainstreamed in trade, development andpoverty reduction strategies to meet, among other developmental targets, the MillenniumDevelopment Goals, particularly that of halving poverty by 2015.
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Abbreviations
AGOA African Growth Opportunity Act
BEST business environment Strengthening for (the United Republic of) Tanzania
BDS business development service
COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
CBO community-based organizations
CSO civil society organizations
DDA Doha Development Agenda
EOTF Equal Opportunity for All Trust Fund
EPA economic partnership agreement
EAC East African Community
EBA Everything But Arms
ERP Economic Reform Programme
HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome/Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome
GDP gross domestic product
ILO International Labour Organization
IMF International Monetary Fund
JITAP Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme
LDC least developed country
MTS multilateral trading system
MSE micro and small enterprises
MSME micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
MDG Millennium Development Goals
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