Tourism Liberalization, Gender and the GATS
- Document number
- 1420
- Date
- 2002
- Title
- Tourism Liberalization, Gender and the GATS
- Author/publisher
- Mariama Williams, International Gender and Trade Network: Economic Literacy Series: General Agreement on Trade in Services
- Availability
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Summary
- The paper gives some background on the political economy of tourism, including discussion on key issues which define tourism in developing countries such as economic development, equity, gender, formal and informal employment, sex tourism, and women's social and economic status and empowerment and influence, power and decision making.
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