MODULE 4
Trade Logistics This Module Should be Used in Conjunction with the Core Module Efficient, easy, and accountable import and export procedures have a significant impact on the business environment. Initiatives to improve trade logistics typically aim to (i) simplify and harmonize procedures and documentation; (ii) implement electronic processing and automation and develop single-window systems; (iii) introduce risk management in border inspections and clearance; and (iv) build capacity to improve efficiency in customs and technical control agencies. This module (i) provides tools to identify trade logistics constraints that have a disproportionate impact on women (step 1 – diagnostics); (ii) provides possible solutions to ensure that gender issues identified are effectively addressed in initiatives to improve trade logistics (step 2 – solution design); and (iii) suggests ways to incorporate gender into implementation and monitoring and evaluation of trade logistics reform programs (step 3 – implementation and monitoring and evaluation).
Summary Why Gender Matters 131 Step 1
Diagnostics 133 1.1 Obtain Gender-Disaggregated Private Sector Views 133 1.2 Map Existing Processes through a Gender Lens 134 1.3 Undertake Institutional Assessment through a Gender Lens 135
Step 2
Solution Design 137 2.1 Agree on Gender-Related Program Results 137 2.2 Ensure Reforms Are Accompanied by a Communications Strategy Aimed at Women Entrepreneurs 137