Atelier sur l'Aide pour le commerce et les infrastructures: combler le déficit de financement

Le développement des infrastructures est un domaine sur lequel les gouvernements des pays en développement attirent constamment l'attention, en tant qu'obstacle majeur à l'amélioration de leurs résultats commerciaux. L'exercice de suivi mené aux fins du quatrième Examen global de l'Aide pour le commerce a permis de déterminer que les infrastructures insuffisantes étaient l'obstacle le plus important que les entreprises rencontraient lorsqu'elles s'efforçaient de se connecter aux chaînes de valeur.

> Informal Report of the Workshop by the WTO Secretariat

(temporairement en anglais)

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Seuls les Membres de l'OMC et les observateurs peuvent participer à cet atelier.

Research suggests that there is a global infrastructure financing gap — a gap that grows larger when transitioning to sustainable development is factored into the costings. There is agreement that the public sector, neither in developing country governments nor in their development partners, cannot bridge this financing gap alone. There is a growing focus on the need to harness the private sector — both for its expertise in this area and also to tap new sources of financing — and using aid financing in a catalytic way to promote other financing flows.

The Workshop on Aid for Trade and Infrastructure is the second of the dedicated thematic events included in the Aid-for-Trade Work Programme 2014-2015 (WT/COMTD/AFT/W/51). The Workshop seeks to understand the infrastructure financing gap and will examine actions to bridge this gap, both from a practice and policy perspective.

Background Note.

Agenda

	Session 1: THE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING GAP
	10 am — 11.20 am	According to UN estimates, some US$57 trillion is required to bridge the current global infrastructure gap between now and 2030 — a figure that grows still higher when sustainable development goals are factored into the calculation. The first session will discuss the infrastructure gap, both from a global and national perspective, and how poor infrastructure places a brake on trade and development. Carmen Gisela Vergara, Secretary-General, Secretariat of Central American Economic Integration (Secretaría de Integración Económica Centroamericana) — Infrastructure and Connectivity: A Regional View > Presentation David Ademola Adejuwon, Ambassador to the WTO, Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations Office in Geneva — Infrastructure and Connectivity: A National View > Presentation James Zhan, Director, Investment and Enterprise, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development — Investment, Infrastructure and Financing the Sustainable Development Goals > Presentation Discussion Audio
	Session II: BRIDGING THE FINANCING GAP — PRACTICE AND POLICY DIMENSION

	11.20 am — 1 pm	There is recognition that public sector financing alone is insufficient to bridge the infrastructure financing gap. Growing sources of development financing available for infrastructure investing, engaging the private sector and using aid to leverage investment are some of the policy issues under consideration. The aim of this session will be to examine these issues from a practice and policy perspective. Moono Mupotola, Manager, Regional Integration and Trade Division, African Development Bank — Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa and the Africa 50 Fund > Presentation Philippe Valahu, Executive Director, Private Infrastructure Development Group — Public Private Partnership in Infrastructure Financing > Presentation Joaquin Tres, Integration and Trade Lead Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank — Infrastructure, Regional Cooperation and Trade in the LAC Region > Presentation Philippe Pelletier, Legal Affairs Officer, WTO Secretariat — Trade Policy Considerations for Infrastructure Development > Presentation Discussion Audio