Aid for Trade

OECD/WTO call for Aid-for-Trade case stories

30-Jul-2010

OECD and WTO are calling on governments, institutions, organizations, the academia, the private sector and other interested parties to share experiences on how Aid for Trade is working on the ground. The case stories will provide an important source of information for the Third Global Review of Aid for Trade next year.

Members of the Joint Donor Assistance Committee / Working Party of the Trade Committee meet to discuss OECD work programme on Aid for Trade

17-Nov-2009

The Donor Assistance Committee/ Working Party of the Trade Committee on Aid for Trade met to discuss ongoing OECD work on improving the effectiveness of aid for trade on November 10th. Issues discussed included Evaluation of Aid for Trade, Management for Development Results, Binding Constraints to Trade Expansion, and Aid for Trade and the Green Growth Agenda.

Aid for Trade Regional Events, September - October 2007

09-Oct-2007

The OECD organised a series of Practitioners Fora on Monitoring Aid for Trade as part of the regional aid-for-trade events that were hosted by the WTO and the Regional Development Banks in Latin America (Lima, Peru, 13-14 September), Asia (Manila, Philippines, 19-21 September), and Africa (Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 1-2 October) in advance of the first Annual Global Review of Aid for Trade in the November 2007 WTO General Council meeting.

'Aid for Trade: From Policy to Practice', Doha, 6-7 November, 2006

31-Jul-2006

A Policy Dialogue between OECD Members and non-Members "Aid for Trade: From Policy to Practice" took place in Doha, Qatar on 6 and 7 November 2006. This Policy Dialogue between OECD and non-OECD countries on Aid for Trade brought together a wide range of stakeholders from developing and developed countries to share experiences and information on how best to support developing countries' trade expansion and make it an engine of economic growth and poverty reduction. Presentations  are available for download.

DAC Briefing on the Development Dimensions of African Cotton

01-Feb-2005

On 28 January 2005, the DAC Briefing on the Development Dimensions of African Cotton has been organised by the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate, in collaboration with the OECD Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC)....

Réunion d’information du CAD sur la filière coton en Afrique : aspects relatifs au développement

01-Feb-2005

Le 28 janvier 2005, la Réunion d’information du CAD sur la filière coton en Afrique : aspects relatifs au développement a été organisée par la Direction de la coopération pour le développement de l’OCDE, en collaboration avec le Club du Sahel et de l’Afrique de l’Ouest de l’OCDE…

2004 joint WTO/OECD Report on Trade-Related Technical Assistance and Capacity Building

04-Jan-2005

The 2004 joint WTO/OECD Report on Trade-Related Technical Assistance and Capacity Building activities is now available.

Informal Meeting on Trade Capacity Building Workshops, 3 December 2004

23-Dec-2004

The purpose of this informal  meeting was to (1) take stock of ongoing (donor/ multilateral agencies') initiatives to strengthen the implementation of trade capacity building; (2) assess the need for, and value added of, regional workshops as a means of mainstreaming trade into the poverty reduction strategy processes and support pro-poor growth approaches; and (3) agree on a plan for carrying them out....

Trade Capacity Building Database and Survey

01-Dec-2004

The database covers over 10000 trade-related aid activities in 2001, 2002, 2003 and part of 2004 reported by 42 bilateral donors and multilateral agencies.

Statistics

Aid-for-trade data queries

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Videos

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What is aid for trade?