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Trade for Women SMEs in Pakistanby Yasmin Hyder
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Why TradeGoods and services are likely to be imported from abroad for several reasons
¡ Imports may be cheaper, or of better quality.
¡ They may also be more easily available or simply more appealing than locally produced goods.
¡ In many instances, no local alternatives exist, and importing is essential.
For example: In the case of Japan, which has no oil reserves of its own, yet it is the world’s fourth largest consumer of oil, and must import all it requires.
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International Trade
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Advantages of International Trade
§ Increased Competition
§Higher Quality Products
§ Employment Opportunities
§ Stronger Economy
§High Purchasing Power
§ Technology Sharing
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Why Trade for Women?
¡ Economic inclusion and empowerment of women
¡ Women-owned enterprises employ more women than the average exporting firm
¡ 85% of women-owned SMEs have female chief executives, chief operating or chief financial officers
¡ Women Entrepreneurs display a strong commitment to the local community and tend to be very involved in giving back to other women entrepreneurs
Empowering women develops
societies
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Growing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
¡ MSME are critical pillars of economic growth – important source of employment and poverty reduction
¡ Strengthen MSME participation in international markets (Sectors: Agro-commodities, textiles and handicrafts)
¡ Formal registered business is very small
¡ Share of SMEs in exports 30-35%
1% women in Pakistan are formally registered
80% Jobs created by SMEs
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Barriers to Trade for Women
¡ 90% of the economies have at least one legal impediment to women’s economic participation
¡ 23 economies impose more procedures for women than men to start a business
¡ 16 economies limit women’s ability to own, use and transfer property
Gender bias/cultural norms
¡ Women play multiple roles in the economy
¡ One in five men in 67 countries disagreed that women can hold any job that they are qualified for outside the home
**Women spend twice asmuch time as men oncare and domestic work.
*Up to 40% of registered businesses, only one in five is an exporter
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Barriers to Trade for Women
Preference of informal trade ¡ Low risk, no impact on tax liability¡ Paperwork and documentation¡ Downside of informal trade
Cost of Trade ¡ Charges of freight forwarders, cargo
handlers ¡ Mishandling products, manually
scanning products or expecting informal payments to clear goods at port
¡ Reliance on intermediaries to source raw material and to sell the final products may increase costs
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Barriers to Trade for Women
Lack of business information Access to markets¡ Lack of awareness¡ Limited networking
Access to ICT/Technology
Access to finance/ financial services¡ Within South Asia, making financial
transactions is cumbersome ¡ Expensive bookkeeping
Lack of productive capacity ¡ Is my business too small to export? * SME share is 6-8% of
banking/private credit in Pakistan
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Leadership Ambition Gap
¡ How do women perceive themselves and their abilities?
¡ What role can Pakistan women play as business managers and owners?
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Way Forward
¡ E-Commerce¡ Being online levels the
playing field for women owned firms;
¡ Increase knowledge
¡ Use of Technology
¡ Moving women from informal to formal economy
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Questions?