Assessing Aid for Trade: Effectiveness, Current Issues and Future Directions

Commonwealth Secretariat

doi:10.14217/9781848591646-en

Assessing Aid for Trade: Effectiveness, Current Issues and Future Directions

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Commonwealth Secretariat

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-en

Synopsis

Aid for Trade (AfT) has been an integral part of official development assistance (ODA) since its inception at the World Trade Organization’s Hong Kong Ministerial in 2005. While many observers agree that the initiative has generated momentum in securing more trade support, the policy discourse on AfT continues to be vibrant and dynamic.

This volume, comprising 16 chapters prepared by 20 renowned experts from a range of international organisations, think tanks and academic institutions, including Commonwealth Secretariat, ODI, ECDPM, DIE, ICTSD, Saana Consulting, WTI Advisors, and Columbia University, provides a comprehensive review of the Aid for Trade initiative.

Part I of this volume uses quantitative and qualitative analysis to examine the effectiveness of different components of Aid for Trade and underlying factors affecting the outcomes. Part II provides analyses of current issues, including regional AfT, global value chains, infrastructure for development for agriculture, AfT adjustment and lessons from emerging economies in aiding exports. Part III looks to the future, proposing a range of possible directions including an alternative way to improve trade outcomes for developing countries from Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.

Chapters

Abbreviations and acronyms

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-1-en

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Contributors

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-2-en

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Aid for Trade: Effectiveness, Current Issues and Future Directions – An Overview

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-3-en

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Impact of Aid for Trade: A Survey of Empirical Evidence

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-4-en

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Towards a Quantitative Assessment of Aid for Trade

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-5-en

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Aid for Trade and the Integration of Small and Vulnerable Economies into the Global Economy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-6-en

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Aid for Trade: Impact on Sub-Saharan Africa

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-7-en

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Aid for Trade in Practice: Addressing Political Economy Barriers to Improve Development Outcomes

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-8-en

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Aid for Trade: Lessons from the Ground

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-9-en

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Regional Aid for Trade Effectiveness and Corridors

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-10-en

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Regional Aid for Trade and Aid Effectiveness: Examples from East and West Africa

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-11-en

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Aid for Trade and Value Chains in Small and Vulnerable Economies and Least Developed Countries

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-12-en

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Aid for Trade and Global Value Chains (GVCs): Engaging with High-value Agriculture GVCs and Developing Trade

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-13-en

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Aid for Trade and Infrastructure Development for Agriculture

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-14-en

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Aid for Trade Adjustment: Implications for Small and Vulnerable Economies and Least Developed Countries

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-15-en

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Aiding Exports: Lessons from Emerging Economies

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-16-en

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The Right to Trade: Rethinking the Aid for Trade Agenda

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-17-en

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A Summary of Commonwealth Roundtable, on Aid for Trade

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-18-en

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Future Directions in Aid for Trade

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848591646-19-en

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