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CSD (and other) documents, processes, national reports, links, etc. on
Finance at http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/finance.htm
Trade & Environment at http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/trade.htm

WTO, World Trade Organization, at http://www.wto.org

WTO Seattle, at http://www.wto.org/wto/minist/seatmin.htm

Seattle Business welcomes WTO, at http://www.wtoseattle.org

European Commission, Directorate General DG 01 at http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg01/dg1newround.htm

TABD Mid Year Report, at http://www.tabd.org/about/MYMExecSummary1.html
and the annex: http://www.tabd.org/about/MYMTechnicalAnnex.html

CSD CAUCUS: FINANCE, INVESTMENT & TRADE
The Caucus under the CSD NGO Steering Committee with information on the CSD process, relevant documents and links: Finance, Investment & Trade Caucus at http://www.igc.org/csdngo/finance/fin_index.htm

WBCSD, World Business Council on Sustainmable Development, at www.wbcsd.ch/

ERT, European Round Table of Industrialists, at http://www.ert.be

USCIB, US Council for International Business, at http://www.uscib.org

TABD, Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue, at http://www.tabd.org

Resources

GENDER, MACROECONOMICS AND GLOBALIZATION
The Poverty Research Programme in UNDP's Social Development and Poverty Elimination Division has been conducting and International Working Group (IWG) on Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics. After an international workshop in March 1999, the programme is now working with the IWG on a Policy Brief which will supplement articles to be published in a special issue of World Development in 2000. Further information from Nilufer.Cagatay@undp.org

GENDER AND CORRUPTION
Anand Swamy, Steve Knack, Young Lee, and Omar Azfar, IRIS Center, University of Maryland
"This paper is ground-breaking economic research. Four of my (male) colleagues at the IRIS Center instigated the work, developed it and did very rigorous economic analysis, and they have produced the paper. The findings are both exciting and imply some strong policy prescriptions." (Betty Wilkinson, IRIS Center). Please feel free to send requests for the paper, comments or questions to Dr. Omar Azfar at omar@iris.econ.umd.edu at the IRIS Center.

GENDER EQUAL
Posted: 05-04-99
MAF Public Information Paper
http://www.maf.govt.nz/MAFnet/publications/gendreql/httoc.htm
This study looks at the diversity of rural and farm women's lives and provides some insights into the barriers to their participation in the mainstream economy. It suggests how these might be overcome so that rural women can act to improve their own position and how policy-makers can take account of the life experiences and requirements of all rural people (women and men).

OFFICE OF WOMEN'S BUSINESS OWNERSHIP (OWBO)
OWBO is helping women start and build successful businesses and provide programs to help women put together successful loan packages or break into the federal procurement and export markets. OWBO has loan guarantee programs to help those who are not able to get lending through conventional channels finance their businesses and offer training, advice and counseling anytime, anywhere via the Internet. This site features their services and programs.
http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/

ENGENDERING INTERNATIONAL TRADE: Concepts, Policy, and Action
Lourdes Benería and Amy Lind, Cornell University.
Presented by The Gender, Science and Development Programme and the United Nations Development Fund for Women GSD Working Paper Series No. 5, July 1995
http://www.ifias.ca/GSD/Beneria.Contents.html

GENDER FRONT & CENTRE: AN APEC PRIMER
Heather Gibb, published by The North-South Institute, The Canadian International Development Agency and UNIFEM, 1997.
This "primer", Gender Front and Centre, has been developed as a contribution to the second meeting of the Women Leaders' Network (WLN) in APEC Economies, held in Hull, Canada, September 13-16, 1997. The WLN is an informal network of women in business, government, academe, and civil society from the countries that comprise APEC. Its objective is to promote integration of gender perspectives in APEC's work.
The primer examines APEC's structures and work program through a gendered lens, to see how gender differences are addressed in the organization's policy and programs. Thus, it will be of interest to those seeking information on what APEC is, how it functions, and how to engage with APEC. It also sets out, as "key considerations," suggestions on how the WLN and others might engage with APEC to secure gender equality objectives.
http://www.nsi-ins.ca/pubs/apec/index.html

GENDER IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBALIZATION (with specific reference to the Asian financial crisis.
Marilyn Carr, Senior Economic Advisor, UNIFEM, 1998.
Roundtable on the specific implications of the effects of the Asian Financial Crisis on women in Asia. This event took place during the International Women's Week, sponsored by the Women in Development and Gender Equity Division, Policy Branch, CIDA. Ottawa, March 10th 1998
http://www.unifem.undp.org/pap_cida.htm

WOMEN IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY: CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY IN THE CURRENT ASIAN ECONOMIC CRISIS
http://www.unifem-eseasia.org/Resources/GlobalEconomy/TOC.html
This kit is a collaborative undertaking of the United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM, and the Canadian International Development Agency-Southeast Asia Gender Equity Program, CIDA-SEAGEP. It aims to encourage dialogue and action to better recognize the economic role of women, and therefore to more effectively include women as equal partners, decision makers and beneficiaries in shaping a better future for all in the global marketplace.

IDS Seminar Series: GENDER, ECONOMICS AND POLICY: February 4th 1999
The Economy as a Gendered Structure: Evidence from Uganda
Barbara Evers, University of Manchester
http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/seminars.html#marzia

WHERE ARE WE IN THE ECONOMICS OF GENDER? THE GENDER PAY GAP
Francine D. Blau
NBER Working Paper No. W5664, Issued in July 1996
Abstract - Empirical research on gender pay gaps has traditionally focused on the role of gender-specific factors, particularly gender differences in qualifications and differences in the treatment of otherwise equally qualified male and female workers (i.e., labor market discrimination). This paper explores the determinants of the gender pay gap and argues for the importance of an additional factor, wage structure, the array of prices set for labor market skills and the rewards received for employment in favored sectors. Drawing on joint work with Lawrence Kahn, I illustrate the impact of wage structure by presenting empirical results analyzing its effect on international differences in the gender gap and trends over time in the gender differential in the U.S. This paper may be subscribed from the following url: http://nberws.nber.org/papers/W5664

THE EFFECTS OF RISING FEMALE LABOR SUPPLY ON MALE WAGES
Chinhui Juhn, Dae Il Kim
NBER Working Paper No. W5236, Issued in August 1995
Abstract - This paper examines the extent to which rapid increases in female labor supply contributed to rising wage inequality and to declining real wages of less skilled males during the 1980s. We find that while the male wage declines are concentrated in the 1980s, female labor supply growth slowed in the 1980s relative to the 1970s. Women also increased the relative supply of skill in the economy in the 1980s. We find these findings to be inconsistent with a simple story in which supply shifts among women have played a major role. Instead, they further support the view that demand shifts, rather than supply shifts, have been the underlying cause of declining opportunities for less skilled males and rapid inequality growth in the 1980s. We also use state and SMSA-level data to estimate cross- substitution effects between men and women of different skill types. We find weak evidence that women may be substitutes for high school dropout men and that college educated women may have contributed to wage inequality growth by being better substitutes for high school dropout men than high school graduate men. We end with some suggestive evidence that unmeasured demand shifts which favored skilled female workers over less skilled male workers may be biasing our results towards finding substitution between these two groups. The paper may be subscribed from the following url: http://nberws.nber.org/papers/W5236