AID FOR TRADE: MAINSTREAMING AID FOR TRADE AT A THEMATIC LEVEL — 27 MAY 2010
Workshop on Aid for Trade and Development Finance
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Opening remarks 10 a.m. — 10.10 a.m. |
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SESSION 1: 10.10 a.m. — 11.30 a.m. |
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World Bank: |
Aid for Trade and Development Finance: The post-crisis outlook |
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Discussion |
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The presentations and discussion
allowed Members, Observers and Observer Organizations to situate
Aid for Trade within multilateral development finance
frameworks, examine its interaction with other development
finance instruments, in particular Islamic Finance, and discuss
the outlook for development finance in the aftermath of the
global financial crisis. |
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Audio: Listen to Session 1 > help > Overview |
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SESSION 2: AID-FOR-TRADE FLOWS IN 2008
11.30 a.m. — 1 p.m. |
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Organisation of: Economic Co-operation and Development |
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Overview of Aid for Trade reported in 2008 |
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Discussion |
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The presentation by OECD and
discussion allowed Members, Observers and Observer
Organizations to receive a detailed overview of Aid for Trade in
2008. Preliminary analysis shows that Aid for Trade grew 37 per
cent in real terms between 2007 and 2008. Total Aid for Trade
reached US$41.7 billion in 2008, an increase of 62 per cent from
the 2002-20005 baseline. Aid for Trade accounted for 37 per cent
of sector allocable Official Development Assistance (ODA) in
2008 an increase from 32 per cent in 2007. |
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