Assessing Aid for Trade
Effectiveness, Current Issues and Future Directions
Will be published approx. on 25. November 2013
Book
Hardback
406 pages
978-1-84929-123-1 (ISBN)
Description
Aid for Trade (AfT) has been an integral part of official development assistance (ODA) since its inception at the World Trade Organization's Hong Kong Ministerial in 2005. While many observers agree that the initiative has generated momentum in securing more trade support, the policy discourse on AfT continues to be vibrant and dynamic.
This volume, comprising 16 chapters prepared by 20 renowned experts from a range of international organisations, think tanks and academic institutions, including Commonwealth Secretariat, ODI, ECDPM, DIE, ICTSD, Saana Consulting, WTI Advisors, and Columbia University, provides a comprehensive review of the Aid for Trade initiative. Part I of this volume uses quantitative and qualitative analysis to examine the effectiveness of different components of Aid for Trade and underlying factors affecting the outcomes. Part II provides analyses of current issues, including regional AfT, global value chains, infrastructure for development for agriculture, AfT adjustment and lessons from emerging economies in aiding exports. Part III looks to the future, proposing a range of possible directions including an alternative way to improve trade outcomes for developing countries from Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.
This volume, comprising 16 chapters prepared by 20 renowned experts from a range of international organisations, think tanks and academic institutions, including Commonwealth Secretariat, ODI, ECDPM, DIE, ICTSD, Saana Consulting, WTI Advisors, and Columbia University, provides a comprehensive review of the Aid for Trade initiative. Part I of this volume uses quantitative and qualitative analysis to examine the effectiveness of different components of Aid for Trade and underlying factors affecting the outcomes. Part II provides analyses of current issues, including regional AfT, global value chains, infrastructure for development for agriculture, AfT adjustment and lessons from emerging economies in aiding exports. Part III looks to the future, proposing a range of possible directions including an alternative way to improve trade outcomes for developing countries from Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 165 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84929-123-1 (9781849291231)
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Persons
Mohammad A Razzaque is Adviser & Head, International Trade & Regional Co-operation in the Economic Affairs Division of the Commonwealth Secretariat. He has written extensively and edited several volumes on trade and development issues. He is the editor of Trade Hot Topics, which aims to communicate technical trade policy issues to wider readership. He holds a PhD from the University of Sussex and has previously taught at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Dirk Willem te Velde is Head of the International Economic Development Group at the Overseas Development Institute. He has advised donor agencies, parliaments and multilateral bodies on responses to the global financial crisis and other areas. He has written and edited several books, journal articles and book chapters related to investment, trade and growth issues. He holds a PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London.
Dirk Willem te Velde is Head of the International Economic Development Group at the Overseas Development Institute. He has advised donor agencies, parliaments and multilateral bodies on responses to the global financial crisis and other areas. He has written and edited several books, journal articles and book chapters related to investment, trade and growth issues. He holds a PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London.
Content
List of tables and figures
Abbreviations and acronyms
Contributors
1. Aid for Trade: Effectiveness, Current Issues and Future Directions - An Overview by Mohammad A. Razzaque and Dirk Willem te Velde
PART I. EFFECTIVENESS OF AID FOR TRADE
2. Impact of Aid for Trade: A Survey of Empirical Evidence by Isabella Massa
3. Towards a Quantitative Assessment of Aid for Trade by Massimiliano Cali and Dirk Willem te Velde
4. Aid for Trade and the Integration of Small and Vulnerable Economies into the Global Economy by Massimiliano Cali, Mohammad A. Razzaque and Dirk Willem te Velde
5. Aid for Trade: Impact on Sub-Saharan Africa by Massimiliano Cali and Mohammad Razzaque
6. Aid for Trade in Practice: Addressing Political Economy Barriers to Improve Development Outcomes by Yurendra Basnett and Jakob Engel
7. Assessing the Effectiveness of Aid for Trade: Lessons from the Ground by Vinaye Ancharaz, Paolo Ghisu and Christophe Bellmann
PART II. SELECTED CURRENT ISSUES IN AID FOR TRADE
8. Regional Aid for Trade Effectiveness and Corridors by Bruce Byiers and Dan Lui
9. Regional Aid for Trade and Aid Effectiveness: Examples from East and West Africa by Liz Turner and Anna Fink
10. Aid for Trade and Value Chains in Small and Vulnerable Economies and Least Developed Countries by Collin Zhuawu
11. Aid for Trade and Global Value Chains (GVCs): Engaging with High-value Agriculture GVCs and Developing Trade by Jodie Keane
12. Aid for Trade and Infrastructure Development for Agriculture by Marie-Agnes Jouanjean
13. Aid for Trade Adjustment: Implications for Small and Vulnerable Economies and Least Developed Countries by Sacha Silva
14. Aiding Exports: Lessons from Emerging Economies by Clara Brandi
PART III. FUTURE DIRECTIONS
15. The Right to Trade: Rethinking the Aid for Trade Agenda by Joseph E Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton
15A. A Summary of Commonwealth Roundtable with Joseph Stiglitz, on Aid for Trade - Perspectives on Progress and a Way Forward, held at Marlborough House, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 29th August 212 by Emily Jones
16. Future Directions in Aid for Trade by Dirk Willem te Velde
Abbreviations and acronyms
Contributors
1. Aid for Trade: Effectiveness, Current Issues and Future Directions - An Overview by Mohammad A. Razzaque and Dirk Willem te Velde
PART I. EFFECTIVENESS OF AID FOR TRADE
2. Impact of Aid for Trade: A Survey of Empirical Evidence by Isabella Massa
3. Towards a Quantitative Assessment of Aid for Trade by Massimiliano Cali and Dirk Willem te Velde
4. Aid for Trade and the Integration of Small and Vulnerable Economies into the Global Economy by Massimiliano Cali, Mohammad A. Razzaque and Dirk Willem te Velde
5. Aid for Trade: Impact on Sub-Saharan Africa by Massimiliano Cali and Mohammad Razzaque
6. Aid for Trade in Practice: Addressing Political Economy Barriers to Improve Development Outcomes by Yurendra Basnett and Jakob Engel
7. Assessing the Effectiveness of Aid for Trade: Lessons from the Ground by Vinaye Ancharaz, Paolo Ghisu and Christophe Bellmann
PART II. SELECTED CURRENT ISSUES IN AID FOR TRADE
8. Regional Aid for Trade Effectiveness and Corridors by Bruce Byiers and Dan Lui
9. Regional Aid for Trade and Aid Effectiveness: Examples from East and West Africa by Liz Turner and Anna Fink
10. Aid for Trade and Value Chains in Small and Vulnerable Economies and Least Developed Countries by Collin Zhuawu
11. Aid for Trade and Global Value Chains (GVCs): Engaging with High-value Agriculture GVCs and Developing Trade by Jodie Keane
12. Aid for Trade and Infrastructure Development for Agriculture by Marie-Agnes Jouanjean
13. Aid for Trade Adjustment: Implications for Small and Vulnerable Economies and Least Developed Countries by Sacha Silva
14. Aiding Exports: Lessons from Emerging Economies by Clara Brandi
PART III. FUTURE DIRECTIONS
15. The Right to Trade: Rethinking the Aid for Trade Agenda by Joseph E Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton
15A. A Summary of Commonwealth Roundtable with Joseph Stiglitz, on Aid for Trade - Perspectives on Progress and a Way Forward, held at Marlborough House, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 29th August 212 by Emily Jones
16. Future Directions in Aid for Trade by Dirk Willem te Velde