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Aid for trade 10 years on: Keeping it effective

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  • Frans Lammersen

    (OECD)

  • Michael Roberts

    (World Trade Organization)

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Ten years after the 2005 WTO Ministerial Conference agreed on a mandate to operationalise aid for trade, this paper assesses the achievements and challenges of the WTO-led Initiative. After outlining the achievements, the paper discusses where to put the emphasis, how to expand partnerships, how to enhance effectiveness; and, most importantly, how to retain interest in using aid to make trade work for the poor. In conclusion, the paper proposes that the Initiative could focus on promoting connectivity, boosting sustainable investment, promoting green growth, and supporting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The paper suggests that these aims can best be achieved through regional approaches for tackling trade-related binding constraints with development finance from a combination of different sources, including providers of South-South co-operation and with engagement of the private sector.

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  • Frans Lammersen & Michael Roberts, 2015. "Aid for trade 10 years on: Keeping it effective," OECD Development Policy Papers 1, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:dcdaab:1-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jrqc6q4xxr5-en
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    1. Bedassa Tadesse & Elias Shukralla & Bichaka Fayissa, 2017. "Are bilateral and multilateral aid-for-trade complementary?," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(10), pages 2125-2152, October.
    2. Gnangnon, Sèna Kimm, 2022. "Effect of the utilization of non-reciprocal trade preferences offered by the QUAD countries on beneficiary countries' economic complexity," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
    3. Gnangnon, Sèna Kimm & Iyer, Harish, 2021. "Effect of Aid for Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows on the Utilization of Unilateral Trade Preferences offered by the QUAD countries," EconStor Preprints 238211, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.

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    aid for trade; sustainable development; WTO;
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