A Global Perspective on Effectiveness of Aid for Trade

Recent global initiatives on debt relief and development assistance call for increasing aid for trade to the poorest countries. The paper applies a multi-country computable general equilibrium model to measure the effectiveness of alternative aid f...

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Main Authors: Berrittella, Maria, Zhang, Jian
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16491773/global-perspective-effectiveness-aid-trade-global-perspective-effectiveness-aid-trade
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spelling okr-10986-119522021-04-23T14:02:58Z A Global Perspective on Effectiveness of Aid for Trade Berrittella, Maria Zhang, Jian ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE ADJUSTMENT COSTS AGRICULTURE ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY BENCHMARK CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL MARKETS COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CONSTANT ELASTICITY CONSTANT RETURNS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMER DEMAND CROSS-COUNTRY PANEL CROSS-SECTION DATA DATA SET DEBT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIMINISHING RETURNS DYNAMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC INDICATORS ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC WELFARE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL APPROACHES EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENDOGENOUS GROWTH ENDOGENOUS GROWTH MODEL ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EQUILIBRIUM EQUIVALENT VARIATION EXPENDITURES EXPORTS EXTERNAL TRADE FACTOR MARKETS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION FOREIGN AID FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS FULL EMPLOYMENT FUNCTIONAL FORM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKET GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH RATE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITIES INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SHOCKS INCOME TAX INCOME TRANSFER INEQUALITY INDEX INEQUALITY MEASURES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR FORCE LABOUR SUPPLY LAFFER CURVE LAND PRODUCTIVITY LIVING STANDARDS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMICS MARKET ACCESS MARKET EQUILIBRIUM MARKET INFORMATION MARKET PRICE MEAN INCOME NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP OPEN ECONOMY OPEN MARKETS OPTIMIZING BEHAVIOR OUTPUT PERFECT COMPETITION POLICY DESIGN POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY ENVIRONMENT POLICY INTERVENTION POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY VARIABLES POPULATION GROWTH POSITIVE EFFECTS POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE CONSUMPTION PRIVATE PROPERTY PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC SECTOR RATE OF RETURN REAL GDP REAL WAGE RELATIVE PRICES RENT SEEKING SAVINGS SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS STATIC ANALYSIS SUPPLY CURVE SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX REVENUES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TERMS OF TRADE TRADE BALANCE TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DEFICIT TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORMS TRANSACTION COST TRANSACTION COSTS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UTILITY FUNCTION WELFARE EFFECTS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WTO Recent global initiatives on debt relief and development assistance call for increasing aid for trade to the poorest countries. The paper applies a multi-country computable general equilibrium model to measure the effectiveness of alternative aid for trade categories. The findings show that aid for trade policies expand trade and alleviate international income inequalities in the recipient countries, that will benefit mainly from aid for trade adjustment and technical assistance. 2012-12-07T23:33:15Z 2012-12-07T23:33:15Z 2012-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16491773/global-perspective-effectiveness-aid-trade-global-perspective-effectiveness-aid-trade http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11952 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6126 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
ADJUSTMENT COSTS
AGRICULTURE
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
BENCHMARK
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPITAL GOODS
CAPITAL MARKETS
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
CONSTANT ELASTICITY
CONSTANT RETURNS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CONSUMER DEMAND
CROSS-COUNTRY PANEL
CROSS-SECTION DATA
DATA SET
DEBT
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC WELFARE
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL APPROACHES
EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
ENDOGENOUS GROWTH
ENDOGENOUS GROWTH MODEL
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUIVALENT VARIATION
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL TRADE
FACTOR MARKETS
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION
FOREIGN AID
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
FULL EMPLOYMENT
FUNCTIONAL FORM
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL MARKET
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH PROCESS
GROWTH RATE
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME INEQUALITIES
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME SHOCKS
INCOME TAX
INCOME TRANSFER
INEQUALITY INDEX
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOUR
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR SUPPLY
LAFFER CURVE
LAND PRODUCTIVITY
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW INCOME
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MACROECONOMICS
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET EQUILIBRIUM
MARKET INFORMATION
MARKET PRICE
MEAN INCOME
NATIONAL INCOME
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
OPEN ECONOMY
OPEN MARKETS
OPTIMIZING BEHAVIOR
OUTPUT
PERFECT COMPETITION
POLICY DESIGN
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
POLICY INTERVENTION
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY VARIABLES
POPULATION GROWTH
POSITIVE EFFECTS
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE CONSUMPTION
PRIVATE PROPERTY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION PROCESS
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC SECTOR
RATE OF RETURN
REAL GDP
REAL WAGE
RELATIVE PRICES
RENT SEEKING
SAVINGS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
STATIC ANALYSIS
SUPPLY CURVE
SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAX REVENUES
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS
TERMS OF TRADE
TRADE BALANCE
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE DEFICIT
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REFORMS
TRANSACTION COST
TRANSACTION COSTS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UTILITY FUNCTION
WELFARE EFFECTS
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WTO
spellingShingle ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
ADJUSTMENT COSTS
AGRICULTURE
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
BENCHMARK
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPITAL GOODS
CAPITAL MARKETS
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
CONSTANT ELASTICITY
CONSTANT RETURNS
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CONSUMER DEMAND
CROSS-COUNTRY PANEL
CROSS-SECTION DATA
DATA SET
DEBT
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DIMINISHING RETURNS
DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INCENTIVES
ECONOMIC INDICATORS
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ECONOMIC WELFARE
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL APPROACHES
EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
ENDOGENOUS GROWTH
ENDOGENOUS GROWTH MODEL
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUIVALENT VARIATION
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL TRADE
FACTOR MARKETS
FACTORS OF PRODUCTION
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION
FOREIGN AID
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
FULL EMPLOYMENT
FUNCTIONAL FORM
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GLOBAL ECONOMY
GLOBAL MARKET
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH PROCESS
GROWTH RATE
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME INEQUALITIES
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME SHOCKS
INCOME TAX
INCOME TRANSFER
INEQUALITY INDEX
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LABOR SUPPLY
LABOUR
LABOUR FORCE
LABOUR SUPPLY
LAFFER CURVE
LAND PRODUCTIVITY
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW INCOME
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MACROECONOMICS
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET EQUILIBRIUM
MARKET INFORMATION
MARKET PRICE
MEAN INCOME
NATIONAL INCOME
NATURAL RESOURCES
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
OPEN ECONOMY
OPEN MARKETS
OPTIMIZING BEHAVIOR
OUTPUT
PERFECT COMPETITION
POLICY DESIGN
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY ENVIRONMENT
POLICY INTERVENTION
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY VARIABLES
POPULATION GROWTH
POSITIVE EFFECTS
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRIVATE CONSUMPTION
PRIVATE PROPERTY
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION PROCESS
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC SECTOR
RATE OF RETURN
REAL GDP
REAL WAGE
RELATIVE PRICES
RENT SEEKING
SAVINGS
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
STATIC ANALYSIS
SUPPLY CURVE
SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TAX REVENUES
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS
TERMS OF TRADE
TRADE BALANCE
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE DEFICIT
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REFORMS
TRANSACTION COST
TRANSACTION COSTS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UTILITY FUNCTION
WELFARE EFFECTS
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WTO
Berrittella, Maria
Zhang, Jian
A Global Perspective on Effectiveness of Aid for Trade
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6126
description Recent global initiatives on debt relief and development assistance call for increasing aid for trade to the poorest countries. The paper applies a multi-country computable general equilibrium model to measure the effectiveness of alternative aid for trade categories. The findings show that aid for trade policies expand trade and alleviate international income inequalities in the recipient countries, that will benefit mainly from aid for trade adjustment and technical assistance.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Berrittella, Maria
Zhang, Jian
author_facet Berrittella, Maria
Zhang, Jian
author_sort Berrittella, Maria
title A Global Perspective on Effectiveness of Aid for Trade
title_short A Global Perspective on Effectiveness of Aid for Trade
title_full A Global Perspective on Effectiveness of Aid for Trade
title_fullStr A Global Perspective on Effectiveness of Aid for Trade
title_full_unstemmed A Global Perspective on Effectiveness of Aid for Trade
title_sort global perspective on effectiveness of aid for trade
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/07/16491773/global-perspective-effectiveness-aid-trade-global-perspective-effectiveness-aid-trade
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11952
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