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Trade and the Persistence of the MENA ‘Gender Equality Paradox’

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Greater female participation in the labor market and in international trade have been recognized as important drivers for economic growth and essential targets in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, achieving both targets simultaneously will be difficult, if not impossible, in most Middle East and North African (MENA) countries without additional policies to eliminate the remarkably high levels of gender inequality in the labor market. In such countries, women are either excluded from the gains from trade or bear most of the burden of adjustment to greater integration in the global economy. Policymakers should recognize the impacts of greater integration into global trade on women’s labor-market outcomes, and should implement resolute policy measures to alleviate (if not eliminate) these impacts.

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  • Mina Baliamoune, 2024. "Trade and the Persistence of the MENA ‘Gender Equality Paradox’," Policy briefs 2034, Policy Center for the New South.
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