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This volume introduces the gender dimension in the empirical analyses on the links between trade and poverty. Gender disparities, an important component of overall inequality, may limit the gains from trade and the potential benefits to poor people. This view is supported by the robust finding that while growth (as well as the gains from trade) is the major vehicle of lifting people out of poverty, it is more likely to be pro-poor when initial inequality is low. High inequality directly lowers the rate of poverty reduction by hindering growth.Ample evidence shows that, in spite of recent

Social problems --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Economic relations. Trade --- Developing countries --- Senegal --- Ghana --- Uganda --- Honduras --- Sex role. --- Poverty. --- Commerce. --- Trade --- Economics --- Business --- Transportation --- Destitution --- Wealth --- Basic needs --- Begging --- Poor --- Subsistence economy --- Gender role --- Sex (Psychology) --- Sex differences (Psychology) --- Social role --- Gender expression --- Sexism --- Traffic (Commerce) --- Merchants --- Gender roles --- Gendered role --- Gendered roles --- Role, Gender --- Role, Gendered --- Role, Sex --- Roles, Gender --- Roles, Gendered --- Roles, Sex --- Sex roles