Evaluating Aid for Trade : A Survey of Recent Studies

The demand for accountability in aid-for-trade is increasing but monitoring has focused on case studies and impressionistic narratives. The paper reviews recent evidence from a wide range of studies, recognizing that a multiplicity of approaches is...

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Main Authors:	Cadot, Olivier, Fernandes, Ana, Gourdon, Julien, Mattoo, Aaditya, de Melo, Jaime
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGENCY PROBLEMS AGGREGATE EXPORTS AGGREGATE TRADE AIR AIR TRANSPORT AIRPORTS ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES AVERAGE TRADE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BILATERAL AGREEMENTS BILATERAL TRADE BORDER CROSSING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CARGO CARRIERS CARTEL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION LAW COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICES CONTAINER RATES CONTAINERS CURRENCY CUSTOMS DEREGULATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DRIVERS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RATE OF RETURN EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FLIGHT FLIGHT CONNECTIONS FREIGHT FREIGHT BUREAUS FREIGHT COSTS FREIGHT RATES FUEL FUEL PRICE FUEL PRICES GDP GRAVITY APPROACH GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY MODEL HIGH TARIFFS IMPACT OF TRADE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT ITC LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LINER SHIPPING MANUFACTURING MARGINAL COSTS MARITIME TRAFFIC MARITIME TRANSPORT MARKET INTEGRATION MEASURE OF TRADE MONOPOLIES OVERVALUATION PERFECT SUBSTITUTES POLITICAL ECONOMY PORT INFRASTRUCTURE POSITIVE EFFECTS PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PROTECTIONISM RAIL REGIONAL TRADE ROAD ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTE ROUTES SHIPPERS SHIPPING COMPANIES SHIPPING CONFERENCES SHIPPING COSTS SHIPPING INDUSTRY STATISTICAL DATA TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TINS TRADE ASSISTANCE TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE EXPANSION TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOWS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE PROMOTION TRADE PROTECTION TRADE VOLUMES TRANSIT TRANSIT COUNTRIES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSSHIPMENT TRIP TRUCKS TRUE VEHICLE VEHICLE OPERATING VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS WORLD TRADE WTO
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spelling	okr-10986-168092021-04-23T14:03:33Z Evaluating Aid for Trade : A Survey of Recent Studies Cadot, Olivier Fernandes, Ana Gourdon, Julien Mattoo, Aaditya de Melo, Jaime AGENCY PROBLEMS AGGREGATE EXPORTS AGGREGATE TRADE AIR AIR TRANSPORT AIRPORTS ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES AVERAGE TRADE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BILATERAL AGREEMENTS BILATERAL TRADE BORDER CROSSING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CARGO CARRIERS CARTEL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION LAW COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICES CONTAINER RATES CONTAINERS CURRENCY CUSTOMS DEREGULATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DRIVERS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RATE OF RETURN EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FLIGHT FLIGHT CONNECTIONS FREIGHT FREIGHT BUREAUS FREIGHT COSTS FREIGHT RATES FUEL FUEL PRICE FUEL PRICES GDP GRAVITY APPROACH GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY MODEL HIGH TARIFFS IMPACT OF TRADE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT ITC LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LINER SHIPPING MANUFACTURING MARGINAL COSTS MARITIME TRAFFIC MARITIME TRANSPORT MARKET INTEGRATION MEASURE OF TRADE MONOPOLIES OVERVALUATION PERFECT SUBSTITUTES POLITICAL ECONOMY PORT INFRASTRUCTURE POSITIVE EFFECTS PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PROTECTIONISM RAIL REGIONAL TRADE ROAD ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTE ROUTES SHIPPERS SHIPPING COMPANIES SHIPPING CONFERENCES SHIPPING COSTS SHIPPING INDUSTRY STATISTICAL DATA TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TINS TRADE ASSISTANCE TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE EXPANSION TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOWS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE PROMOTION TRADE PROTECTION TRADE VOLUMES TRANSIT TRANSIT COUNTRIES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSSHIPMENT TRIP TRUCKS TRUE VEHICLE VEHICLE OPERATING VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS WORLD TRADE WTO The demand for accountability in aid-for-trade is increasing but monitoring has focused on case studies and impressionistic narratives. The paper reviews recent evidence from a wide range of studies, recognizing that a multiplicity of approaches is needed to learn what works and what does not. The review concludes that there is some support for the emphasis on reducing trade costs through investments in hard infrastructure (like ports and roads) and soft infrastructure (like customs). But failure to implement complementary reform -- especially the introduction of competition in transport services -- may erode the benefits of these investments. Direct support to exporters does seem to lead to diversification across products and destinations, but it is not yet clear that these benefits are durable. In general, it is difficult to rely on cross-country studies to direct aid-for-trade. More rigorous impact evaluation is an underutilized alternative, but situations of clinical interventions in trade are rare and adverse incentives (because of agency problems) and costs (because of the small size of project) are a hurdle in implementation. 2014-02-03T20:00:30Z 2014-02-03T20:00:30Z 2014-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18769480/evaluating-aid-trade-survey-recent-studies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16809 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6742 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	AGENCY PROBLEMS AGGREGATE EXPORTS AGGREGATE TRADE AIR AIR TRANSPORT AIRPORTS ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES AVERAGE TRADE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BILATERAL AGREEMENTS BILATERAL TRADE BORDER CROSSING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CARGO CARRIERS CARTEL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION LAW COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICES CONTAINER RATES CONTAINERS CURRENCY CUSTOMS DEREGULATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DRIVERS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RATE OF RETURN EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FLIGHT FLIGHT CONNECTIONS FREIGHT FREIGHT BUREAUS FREIGHT COSTS FREIGHT RATES FUEL FUEL PRICE FUEL PRICES GDP GRAVITY APPROACH GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY MODEL HIGH TARIFFS IMPACT OF TRADE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT ITC LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LINER SHIPPING MANUFACTURING MARGINAL COSTS MARITIME TRAFFIC MARITIME TRANSPORT MARKET INTEGRATION MEASURE OF TRADE MONOPOLIES OVERVALUATION PERFECT SUBSTITUTES POLITICAL ECONOMY PORT INFRASTRUCTURE POSITIVE EFFECTS PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PROTECTIONISM RAIL REGIONAL TRADE ROAD ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTE ROUTES SHIPPERS SHIPPING COMPANIES SHIPPING CONFERENCES SHIPPING COSTS SHIPPING INDUSTRY STATISTICAL DATA TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TINS TRADE ASSISTANCE TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE EXPANSION TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOWS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE PROMOTION TRADE PROTECTION TRADE VOLUMES TRANSIT TRANSIT COUNTRIES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSSHIPMENT TRIP TRUCKS TRUE VEHICLE VEHICLE OPERATING VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS WORLD TRADE WTO
spellingShingle	AGENCY PROBLEMS AGGREGATE EXPORTS AGGREGATE TRADE AIR AIR TRANSPORT AIRPORTS ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES AVERAGE TRADE BARRIERS TO ENTRY BILATERAL AGREEMENTS BILATERAL TRADE BORDER CROSSING CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CARGO CARRIERS CARTEL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITION LAW COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICES CONTAINER RATES CONTAINERS CURRENCY CUSTOMS DEREGULATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DRIVERS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC RATE OF RETURN EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FLIGHT FLIGHT CONNECTIONS FREIGHT FREIGHT BUREAUS FREIGHT COSTS FREIGHT RATES FUEL FUEL PRICE FUEL PRICES GDP GRAVITY APPROACH GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY MODEL HIGH TARIFFS IMPACT OF TRADE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSIT ITC LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES LINER SHIPPING MANUFACTURING MARGINAL COSTS MARITIME TRAFFIC MARITIME TRANSPORT MARKET INTEGRATION MEASURE OF TRADE MONOPOLIES OVERVALUATION PERFECT SUBSTITUTES POLITICAL ECONOMY PORT INFRASTRUCTURE POSITIVE EFFECTS PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PROTECTIONISM RAIL REGIONAL TRADE ROAD ROAD IMPROVEMENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ROAD NETWORK ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROUTE ROUTES SHIPPERS SHIPPING COMPANIES SHIPPING CONFERENCES SHIPPING COSTS SHIPPING INDUSTRY STATISTICAL DATA TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TINS TRADE ASSISTANCE TRADE COMPETITIVENESS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE EXPANSION TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOWS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE PROMOTION TRADE PROTECTION TRADE VOLUMES TRANSIT TRANSIT COUNTRIES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT POLICIES TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSSHIPMENT TRIP TRUCKS TRUE VEHICLE VEHICLE OPERATING VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS WORLD TRADE WTO Cadot, Olivier Fernandes, Ana Gourdon, Julien Mattoo, Aaditya de Melo, Jaime Evaluating Aid for Trade : A Survey of Recent Studies
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6742
description	The demand for accountability in aid-for-trade is increasing but monitoring has focused on case studies and impressionistic narratives. The paper reviews recent evidence from a wide range of studies, recognizing that a multiplicity of approaches is needed to learn what works and what does not. The review concludes that there is some support for the emphasis on reducing trade costs through investments in hard infrastructure (like ports and roads) and soft infrastructure (like customs). But failure to implement complementary reform -- especially the introduction of competition in transport services -- may erode the benefits of these investments. Direct support to exporters does seem to lead to diversification across products and destinations, but it is not yet clear that these benefits are durable. In general, it is difficult to rely on cross-country studies to direct aid-for-trade. More rigorous impact evaluation is an underutilized alternative, but situations of clinical interventions in trade are rare and adverse incentives (because of agency problems) and costs (because of the small size of project) are a hurdle in implementation.
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author	Cadot, Olivier Fernandes, Ana Gourdon, Julien Mattoo, Aaditya de Melo, Jaime
author_facet	Cadot, Olivier Fernandes, Ana Gourdon, Julien Mattoo, Aaditya de Melo, Jaime
author_sort	Cadot, Olivier
title	Evaluating Aid for Trade : A Survey of Recent Studies
title_short	Evaluating Aid for Trade : A Survey of Recent Studies
title_full	Evaluating Aid for Trade : A Survey of Recent Studies
title_fullStr	Evaluating Aid for Trade : A Survey of Recent Studies
title_full_unstemmed	Evaluating Aid for Trade : A Survey of Recent Studies
title_sort	evaluating aid for trade : a survey of recent studies
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18769480/evaluating-aid-trade-survey-recent-studies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16809
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