As this report demonstrates, women are often more economically vulnerable than men and thus are less likely to be resilient in the face of the crisis. As economies emerge out of the crisis, it is important that governments generate long-term gender-inclusive growth by addressing the constraints that women face. Although most of this report was prepared prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, policy makers can draw on the report’s lessons to find
ways that trade can continue to benefit women. Services play an increasingly important role in?job?creation,?economic?output,?and?trade?in? countries?at?all?development?levels.?Services? now?create?most?jobs?globally,?and?they?do?so? earlier?in?the?development?process.?Th? is?trend? can?be?referred?to?as?servicifi?cation.?Since? 2005,?the?average?global?growth?of?services? trade?was?about?17?percent?higher?than?the? average?growth?of?trade?in?goods?(WTO?2019).