Aid for Trade and Development

by Edited by Dominique Njinkeu , Hugo Cameron

• ISBN13: 9780521757256
• ISBN10: 0521757258
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Following in the wake of the World Trade Organization's engagement with Aid for Trade, this book brings together a range of perspectives around this emerging issue. The collection of articles in this volume presents many of the ideas elaborated through research conducted by International Lawyers and Economists Against Poverty (ILEAP) since 2005 and is intended to provide a basis for further study. Since many of the contributions on aid for trade to date have come from the North, the book looks to deepen the debate by forwarding voices and experiences from the South. The book traces the evolution of Aid for Trade from its beginnings and examines the global architecture, modalities, and costs associated with its implementation. Drawing on lessons from national and regional experiences, this book further explores ways in which Aid for Trade can both move forward and become a real tool for poverty reduction in beneficiary countries.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Acronyms and Abbreviations	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Foreword	p. xxv
Introduction: Aid for Trade and Development	p. 1
Aid for Trade Genesis and Architecture
Aid for Trade: Helping Developing Countries Benefit from Trade Opportunities	p. 27
Aid for Trade: An Essential Component of the Multilateral Trading System and the WTO Doha Development Agenda	p. 46
Aid for Trade: How We Got Here, Where We Might Go	p. 74
Financing International Public Goods: A Framework to Address Aid for Trade	p. 107
Aid for Trade: A New Issue in the WTO	p. 131
Scale and Types of Funds for Aid for Trade	p. 151
An African Perspective on Aid for Trade	p. 171
Aid for Trade in Action
Lessons from the Tanzanian Experience in Trade Capacity Building	p. 195
Lessons from the Cambodian Experience in Trade Capacity Building	p. 206
Lessons Learned Delivering Aid for Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Role of the Inter-American Development Bank	p. 234
Mainstreaming Development in Trade: Lessons from the Caribbean's Experience with the FTAA Hemispheric Cooperation Program	p. 257
Aid for Trade and the European Development Fund	p. 273
Services-Related Projects in Aid for Trade	p. 293
Aid for Trade for Services in Small Economies: Some Considerations from the Caribbean	p. 300
The Role of Local Researchers in Delivery of Aid for Trade: The Case of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)	p. 314
The Role of International Research Institutions and Networks in Supporting Low-Income Countries in Trade Policymaking and Negotiations	p. 326
Civil Society Perspectives in the Aid for Trade Debate	p. 341
Way Forward
Aid for Trade and Private Sector Development	p. 369
Regional Aid for Trade	p. 393
Index	p. 413
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