Governance

Increasing Gains for Women, Not Just the Economy: The UK Gender and Development Network Submission to the World Bank Gender Strategy Consultation

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Daphne Jayasinghe Earlier this year the World Bank Group (WBG) launched the concept note for its new gender strategy, ‘Promoting Gender Equality to Reduce Poverty and Boost Shared Prosperity.’ It was developed to launch and inform the global consultation which…

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GADN Recommendations to Measuring progress on women’s participation and leadership in the SDGs

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Abigail Hunt and Maria Vlahakis A new publication by the UK Gender and Development Network (GADN) Women’s Participation and Leadership Working Group proposes global indicators to effectively track progress made on implementing the SDGs between now and 2030. To download…

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CSOs should take action against WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, Newsletter 3, August 2015

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Joyce Naar Despite all protests and concerns member states to the World Trade Organization (WTO) concluded a new set of agreements in December 2013 in Bali, the socalled Bali Package. One of these, the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) will enter…

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