Aid for Trade: Global and Regional Perspectives
Aid for Trade: Global and Regional Perspectives

Author: Philippe Lombaerde

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-02-03

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1402094558

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Aid for Trade (AfT) has become a major item on the international trade and development discourse. This is to a large extent in response to concerns expressed by developing countries and economies in transition with regard to their capacities to implement trade agreements, especially WTO agreements, and undertake necessary adjustments to increase net development gains from emerging trade opportunities. In this World Report, major UN agencies active in development cooperation and longstanding providers of trade-related technical assistance and capacity building discuss ways to sustain the momentum towards the operationalization and implementation of the AfT initiative and the supportive role to be played by the UN system. This is consistent with UN's role in promoting development and helping to achieve poverty reduction, as committed in the Millennium Declaration and the 2005 World Summit Outcome. The Report should be of particular interest to government officials, officials of regional organizations, representatives of the private sector dealing with trade agreements and negotiations, civil society and academia. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD Lakshmi Puri is Acting Deputy Secretary-General and Director of the Division on International Trade and Services, and Commodities at UNCTAD in Geneva. Philippe De Lombaerde is Associate Director of United Nations University (UNU-CRIS) in Bruges. In collaboration with: UNCTAD, ECA, ECLAC, ESCAP, ESCWA, UNECE, UNIDO, UNDP, UNEP

The Development Dimension Regional Perspectives on Aid for Trade
The Development Dimension Regional Perspectives on Aid for Trade

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2014-11-03

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9264216030

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Based on a rich set of experiences with aid for trade projects and programmes, this study finds that regional aid for trade offers great potential as a catalyst for growth, development and poverty reduction and recommends greater emphasis on regional aid for trade to spur regional integration.

Regional Perspectives on Aid for Trade
Regional Perspectives on Aid for Trade

Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (Paris, France).

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9789279396625

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Annotation Based on a rich set of experiences with aid for trade projects and programmes, this study finds that regional aid for trade offers great potential as a catalyst for growth, development and poverty reduction and recommends greater emphasis on regional aid for trade to spur regional integration.

Aid for Trade at a Glance 2015 Reducing Trade Costs for Inclusive, Sustainable Growth
Aid for Trade at a Glance 2015 Reducing Trade Costs for Inclusive, Sustainable Growth

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2015-06-30

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9264235795

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The Aid for Trade Initiative has allowed for the active engagement of a large number of organisations and agencies in helping developing countries and especially the least developed build the infrastructure and supply-side capacity they need to connect to regional and global markets and improve ...

Aid for Trade at a Glance 2019 Economic Diversification and Empowerment
Aid for Trade at a Glance 2019 Economic Diversification and Empowerment

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-07-11

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9264429514

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This edition analyses how trade can contribute to economic diversification and empowerment, with a focus on eliminating extreme poverty, particularly through the effective participation of women and youth. It shows how aid for trade can contribute to that objective by addressing supply-side capacity and trade-related infrastructure constraints, including for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises notably in rural areas.

Aid for Trade and Development
Aid for Trade and Development

Author: Dominique Njinkeu

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-12-24

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1139471236

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Following in the wake of the World Trade Organization's engagement with Aid for Trade, this book brings together a range of perspectives around this emerging issue. The collection of articles in this volume presents many of the ideas elaborated through research conducted by International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty (ILEAP) since 2005 and is intended to provide a basis for further study. Since many of the contributions on aid for trade to date have come from the North, the book looks to deepen the debate by forwarding voices and experiences from the South. The book traces the evolution of Aid for Trade from its beginnings and examines the global architecture, modalities, and costs associated with its implementation. Drawing on lessons from national and regional experiences, this book further explores ways in which Aid for Trade can both move forward and become a real tool for poverty reduction in beneficiary countries.

Assessing Aid for Trade
Assessing Aid for Trade

Author: Mohammad A Razzaque

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat

Published: 2013-11-25

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 1849291063

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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.

African Perspectives on Trade and the WTO
African Perspectives on Trade and the WTO

Author: Patrick Low

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-09-29

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781316626528

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Twenty-first century Africa is in a process of economic transformation, but challenges remain in areas such as structural reform, governance, commodity pricing and geopolitics. This book looks into key questions facing the continent, such as how Africa can achieve deeper integration into the rules-based multilateral trading system and the global economy. It provides a range of perspectives on the future of the multilateral trading system and Africa's participation in global trade and underlines the supportive roles that can be played by multilateral and regional institutions during such a rapid and uncertain transition. This volume is based on contributions to the Fourth China Round Table on WTO Accessions and the Multilateral Trading System, which took place just before the World Trade Organization's Tenth Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in December 2015.