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News & Events
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27-Apr-2011
Since the adoption of the Brussels Programme of Action for Least Developed Countries in 2001, the share of the Least Developed Countries in world merchandise trade has increased and some of this improved capacity to trade is attributable to USD 73 billion donors committed to trade-related aid programmes. This new publication, a joint OECD-WTO contribution to the Fourth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (Istanbul, Turkey, 9-13 May), shows the results achieved by some of these programmes and the lessons to be learned.
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12-Apr-2011
This new publication explains how aid for trade can foster economic growth and reduce poverty, and why it is an important instrument for a development strategy that actively supports poverty alleviation.
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29-Oct-2010
OECD held an experts meeting to review the use of indicators for aid-for-trade monitoring and evaluation. The meeting addressed whether there was a need for indicators, for what purpose and how to go forward. Experts provided insights into the demand for and the supply of aid-for-trade indicators. Participants also had a chance to hear what some donors were doing to improve their results management through using common indicators.
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08-Jul-2010
Trade can be a powerful engine for economic growth and poverty reduction. However, the growth potential of trade may not always be realized. While most trade reforms had a positive impact, some trade reforms proved unsustainable and others did not have a meaningful impact on growth. This paper discusses the various reasons for these outcomes in order to draw the lessons for the design of Aid for Trade and increase its effectiveness. Read the working paper.
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02-Jul-2010
Read the new OECD-WTO publication "Aid for Trade: Is It Working?" The policy brief can be downloaded from here .
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23-Jun-2010
The international community has continued to mobilise new aid-for-trade resources. In 2008 commitments totaled USD 41.7 billion, a 35% increase in real terms from 2007, and an increase of 62% from the 2002-05 baseline. The scale of the rise was such that aid for trade now reaches 37% of sector allocable ODA, up from 32% in 2007.
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Joint meeting of the DAC and the Working Party of the Trade Committee on Aid for Trade held on 7 June
15-Jun-2010
Members of the DAC and the Working Party of the Trade Committee as well as representatives from the African Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, ILO, UNDP, UNIDO, the World Bank and WTO met in OECD on 7 June to discuss ongoing OECD work on improving the effectiveness of aid for trade. For the first time the joint meeting was joined by Ambassador Erwidodo of Indonesia, the Chair of the WTO Committee on Trade and Development.
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02-Jul-2009
All countries need to trade, with their neighbours and globally, to sustain long-term economic growth. Some low-income countries lack the instutitions, infrastructure and supply-side capacity to benefit from open markets and lift their people out of poverty.
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Events
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from 28-Mar-2011 to 29-Mar-2011
On 28-29 March 2011, an expert workshop will take place at the OECD Paris headquarters to focus on sequencing policy reform and making policies complementary to trade reform in order to help developing countries turn trade opportunities into trade flows, and trade flows into economic growth. Consult the draft agenda.
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from 06-Jul-2009 to 07-Jul-2009
This second monitoring report will examine recent developments, present a comprehensive analysis of donor and partner country engagement, address the regional dimension of Aid for Trade, and present country factsheets assessing the outcomes and impacts of the initiative. OECD Secretary-General A.Gurria and WTO Director-General P.Lamy will launch the report during the Second Global Review of Aid for Trade (Geneva, 06-07 July).
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