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Aid for Trade

Many developing countries face supply-side constraints that severely limit their ability to benefit from the mutlilateral trading system. In recognition of these challenges, the Sixth Ministerial Conference created a new WTO work programme on Aid-for-Trade. A Task Force came up with a set of recommendations, endorsed in 2006, giving a monitoring role to the WTO. This monitoring and evaluation role will consist of an annual global review to be held in the Committee on Trade and Development followed by a debate on Aid for Trade in the General Council. Three regional reviews have been scheduled to take place prior to the global review.

What is Aid for Trade?
Aid for Trade comprises aid that finances trade-related technical assistance, trade-related infrastructure and aid to develop productive capacity.

> Pascal Lamy's explanation of Aid for Trade
> Fact sheet on Aid for Trade
> Presentation — Aid for Trade: why, what and how?

News  back to top

Mandate  back to top

• WTO Members mandated work on Aid for Trade in paragraph 57 of the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration

Work in the WTO  back to top

• Background
    
• Task Force
    
• The WTO work programme on Aid for Trade
   
• 2008 Aid for Trade Roadmap:
  • Original text
  • Annotated version showing work in progress

Official documents on Aid for Trade  back to top

Links to documents series: (WT/AFT/*) and (WT/COMTD/AFT/*)

> Photo gallery

  See also:
>  ITC magazine — Aid for Trade issue