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Aid for Trade: An Action Agenda Looking Forward

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  • Hoekman, Bernard

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  • Wilson, John

    (World Bank)

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The current postcrisis environment—and fragile economic recovery—increases the importance of aid for trade. Global rebalancing and tightened fiscal budgets in the short to medium term also place renewed emphasis on aid effectiveness. This note identifies four options to enhance the effectiveness of the multilateral aid for trade initiative: (i) expanding market access for least-developed countries (LDCs) through leadership by middleincome G-20 members; (ii) creating a mechanism to identify good practices in domestic regulation of service markets and other “behind-the-border” trade-related policies; (iii) leveraging the dynamism and knowledge of the private sector to improve trade facilitation and build capacity; and (iv) making a concerted effort to expand data collection and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of aid for trade.

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  • Hoekman, Bernard & Wilson, John, 2010. "Aid for Trade: An Action Agenda Looking Forward," World Bank - Economic Premise, The World Bank, issue 25, pages 1-4, August.
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    Keywords

    aid; trade; aid for trade; economic recovery; aid effectiveness; market access; least-developed countires; G-20; monitoring and evalutaion; M&E; middle-income;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade
    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • O24 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy
    • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid

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