Chapter 1 – Public procurement, a tool to shape societies
Chapter 5 discusses affirmative action policies and programmes to build the capacity of women-owned businesses and to encourage their participation in public procurement. Chapter 6 discusses metrics, monitoring and evaluating progress towards policy objectives, as well as enforcing compliance with preferential procurement policies.
ENDNOTES 1. United Nations (2013, p. 31). 2. To fully appreciate the economic potential of women entrepreneurs, consider the pivotal role they play in developing economies. For example, in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), women make up 70% of the intra-SADC trade and account for more than US$ 4 billion worth of cross-border trading. In Uganda, Rwanda and Lao People’s Democratic Republic, women make up 38%, 60% and 68%, respectively, of the registered small businesses (International Trade Centre, 2011). 3. On 6 April 2014, a revised version of the GPA entered into force. It provides for a modernized and streamlined text of the Agreement as well as enhanced market access. For further information, see http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/gproc_e/gp_gpa_e.htm.
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