Exploring the impact, effectiveness and future of Aid for Trade
Aid for Trade (AfT) accounts for about a third of all overseas
development assistance. ODI has been engaged in shaping its direction
since before the launch in 2005 to help developing countries improve
their trade capacity and address the impact of trade preference erosion.
Since 2005, biennial global reviews of AfT held in Geneva have
monitored the progress thus far.
The fourth Global AfT Review, 8 –
10 July 2013 in Geneva, could be transformative for the AfT agenda. The
concept of AfT has been evolving with changing needs and demands. Aid
is under stress due to the economic crisis in traditional donor
countries, while non-aid flows have been increasing. There are more
non-traditional actors supplying AfT. In these changing circumstances,
what should be the future agenda of AfT?
Together with DIE and ECDPM the International
Economic Development Group at the Overseas Development Institute has
been studying Aid for Trade – what works, why and in what circumstances – since 2005. The main research has been funded under
Development Progress. But we have also undertaken recent research on
AfT for the Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, UNIDO,
Commonwealth Secretariat and International Center for Trade and
Sustainable Development. We have also advised DFID and UNDP on AfT
programming at the country level.
Staff
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Yurendra Basnett
Research Fellow
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Jodie Keane
Senior Research Fellow
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Jane Kennan
Senior Research Officer
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Marie-Agnes Jouanjean
Research Fellow
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Sheila Page
Senior Research Associate
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Isabella Massa
Research Associate
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Dirk Willem te Velde
Director of International Economic Development group, Principal Research Fellow