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Gender Dimensions of Trade Facilitation
Agreement: Evidence from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal (GDTFA)
In
December 2017, at WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires, 118
WTO member countries and observers have agreed to make collective
efforts in curbing gender discrimination and start the same by
emphasising on building gender inclusive trade and development
policies. CUTS International along with its country partners from
Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal with the support from U.K’s Department
for International Development is implementing this project with an
aim to prepare cases in favour of gender inclusive trade policies to
enhance participation of women in trade and related
income-generating activities. The evidence will be collected from
women led/managed/owned Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
in BBIN countries.
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Mainstreaming Gender in International Trade
(MGIT)
CUTS
efforts on integrating gender sensitive initiatives in trade
negotiations at bilateral and multilateral level has been an
on-going task. Grassroot insights from South Asia indicates that
mainstreaming gender in international trade begins at the national
and sub-regional level. For example, border markets along the
borders of South Asian and East African countries exhibit similar
trade practices, with slightly different governance and regulation
mechanisms. Hence the women traders within these border markets
generate different models of revenue turn-out. Cross-regional
interventions and exchange of policy practices can enhance the
participation of women in international trade.
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Demystifying Non-Tariff Barriers to
India-Bangladesh Trade in Agricultural Products and their Linkages
with Food Security and Livelihood (NTBAGR)
Bilateral
trade between India and Bangladesh is affected by a plethora of
Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) that act as major barriers and undermine
the potential of trade between these two nations. NTBs are
particularly harmful in case of agriculture products which not only
escalate the cost of products but also restrict effective market
access for producers and consumers. This project aims to identify
and document the bottlenecks and challenges faced by Indian
exporters and importers while trading with Bangladesh, particularly
in agricultural trade. This project also sheds light on other
related issues of trade & livelihood and trade & food security.
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South Asia Regional Connectivity Conference (SARCC)
The goal
of this project is to bring together key interlocutors to discuss
challenges and solutions to economic, investment, and security
issues relevant to South Asia and the United States. CUTS is
collaborating with East West Center (United States) and Federation
of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (India) for this project
which is funded by the US State Department.
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Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal Motor Vehicles
Agreement: Facilitating implementation and stakeholder buy-in in the
BBIN sub-region (BBINMVA)
South
Asia is one of the least integrated and connected regions of the
world. Intra-regional trade is around five per cent of the total
trade of South Asian countries. This lack of connectivity and
integration has long been accepted as one of the biggest
contributors to the sub-optimal utilisation of the region’s economic
potential.
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Linkages and Impacts of Cross-Border Informal
Trade in Agricultural Inputs in Eastern South Asia (LITA)
With an
objective to understand the dynamics of informal trade in
agricultural inputs across the border of India-Bangladesh and
India-Nepal, and its impact on livelihoods of farmers, including the
gender dimension of those impacts, CUTS International has undertaken
a project titled “Linkages and Impacts of Cross-Border Informal
Trade in Agricultural Inputs in Eastern South Asia”, with support
from Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
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Promoting Consumer and Producer Gains (PCPG)
The
purpose of this project is to facilitate trade in agricultural
products between Bangladesh and a North East Indian state – Tripura
– through knowledge generation, facilitative public-private
dialogues and evidence-based advocacy.
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Trade and Transport Facilitation Audit in
South Asia (TTFA)
The
purpose of this project is to provide remedies to the transportation
system so as to reduce the time consumption while doing trade, thus
to contribute towards economic growth and poverty alleviation in
South Asia by enhancing economic integration in the region.
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Indo-Bangla Trade Assessment- Phase II
(IBTA-II)
The
purpose of this project is to examine the key issues which affect
bilateral trade between Bangladesh and India through land routes and
to explore trade opportunities and welfare outcomes that can be
generated by addressing such issues. In particular, the project will
assess the benefits of two trade related bilateral agreements
between Bangladesh and India namely; Motor Vehicle Agreement and an
agreement on Sanitary and Phyto Sanitary measures.
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