Assessing Aid for Trade: Effectiveness, Current Issues and Future Directions
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.
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Abbreviations and acronyms
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Contributors
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Aid for Trade: Effectiveness, Current Issues and Future Directions – An Overview
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Impact of Aid for Trade: A Survey of Empirical Evidence
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Towards a Quantitative Assessment of Aid for Trade
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Aid for Trade and the Integration of Small and Vulnerable Economies into the Global Economy
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Aid for Trade: Impact on Sub-Saharan Africa
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Aid for Trade in Practice: Addressing Political Economy Barriers to Improve Development Outcomes
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Aid for Trade: Lessons from the Ground
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Regional Aid for Trade Effectiveness and Corridors
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Regional Aid for Trade and Aid Effectiveness: Examples from East and West Africa
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Aid for Trade and Value Chains in Small and Vulnerable Economies and Least Developed Countries
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Aid for Trade and Global Value Chains (GVCs): Engaging with High-value Agriculture GVCs and Developing Trade
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Aid for Trade and Infrastructure Development for Agriculture
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Aid for Trade Adjustment: Implications for Small and Vulnerable Economies and Least Developed Countries
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Aiding Exports: Lessons from Emerging Economies
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The Right to Trade: Rethinking the Aid for Trade Agenda
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A Summary of Commonwealth Roundtable, on Aid for Trade
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Future Directions in Aid for Trade
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