Aid for Trade : Building on Progress Today for Tomorrow’s Future
Since 2005, donors and development agencies have increased the overall value of aid for trade and put in place several mechanisms to channel such aid and to ensure that it targets national priorities. This paper reviews recent trends in the allocat...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100719153619 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3845 |
| Summary: | Since 2005, donors and development
agencies have increased the overall value of aid for trade
and put in place several mechanisms to channel such aid and
to ensure that it targets national priorities. This paper
reviews recent trends in the allocation of aid for trade and
analyses of its effectiveness. It identifies a number of
opportunities for concerted action to enhance the impact of
aid for trade initiatives, including greater involvement by
middle-income countries in the initiative (through improved
market access, investment flows, and knowledge transfers);
deeper engagement with the private sector -- a key source of
information on what works and what does not; a stronger
focus on improving the "behind the border"
policies that affect the efficiency of key services sectors
and help determine firm-level competitiveness; and a
stronger focus on monitoring and evaluation of results. |
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