Gender and Trade

With a low sex ratio of 933 females per thousand males as well as on other counts such as maternal mortality rates, property rights and literacy rates, India’s ranks low on the gender equality index. The National Human Development Report of the Planning Commission in India (2001) notes that the attainments in human development indicators … Read more

Cambodia’s inland fisheries are the fourth most productive in the world given the combined capacities of the Tonle Sap (Great Lake) and the Mekong River, where more than one million people depend on the fisheries sector for employment, income and food security. Thailand is the largest importer of freshwater fish from Cambodia. Commercial activities in … Read more