Aid for Trade : Matching Potential Demand and Supply
This paper is designed to help both the beneficiary governments and donors of aid-for-trade identify countries that are under-performing in trade and which are receiving less aid for trade than their global performance might otherwise suggest is ne...
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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_20100405090736 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4350 |
| Summary: | This paper is designed to help both the
beneficiary governments and donors of aid-for-trade identify
countries that are under-performing in trade and which are
receiving less aid for trade than their global performance
might otherwise suggest is necessary. The authors develop
ten measures of trade performance and capacity (including
trade-related infrastructure, institutions, and incentives)
to assess potential demand, and then look at country
allocations of aid for trade to see which are receiving
below-average amounts in the supply of aid for trade -
relative to their potential demand. As they design national
development strategies, countries may wish to consider
giving greater attention to trade and requesting that donors
allocate more aid for trade. As part of the analysis, the
paper provides a conceptual framework for selecting
indicators of trade performance and its policy determinants
that the World Trade Organization and its partners might
monitor closely as part of the aid for trade initiative. |
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