IC Net Undertakes a Survey on Women in Cross Border Trade

Gender equality is critical to ending extreme poverty. Research has shown that the expansion of international trade is essential for poverty reduction, and provides opportunities particularly for women working in export-oriented sectors. Trade facilitation plays an important role in a country’s economic development as it enhances competitiveness by reducing transaction costs to import and export. The…

The Rohingya refugee crisis is worsening and is affecting Bangladesh host communities, according to IC Net’s Assessment conducted in December 2017

The Rohingya refugee crisis is worsening and is affecting the Bangladesh host communities, according to IC Net’s Assessment conducted in December of 2017. In Bangladesh, there are nearly 1 million Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled from Myanmar, due to villages being razed by the military, police and local villagers in the Rakhine State. While…