AYUDA PARA EL COMERCIO: BRIDGING THE FINANCING GAP — 16 FEBRUARY 2015

Taller sobre la Ayuda para el Comercio y las infraestructuras: colmar el déficit de financiación

El desarrollo de las infraestructuras es un ámbito que los gobiernos de los países en desarrollo han destacado sistemáticamente como limitación importante para la mejora de sus resultados comerciales. En el ejercicio de vigilancia para el Cuarto Examen Global de la Ayuda para el Comercio se determinó que la insuficiencia de las infraestructuras era la limitación más importante a que tenían que hacer frente las empresas al tratar de conectarse a las cadenas de valor.

> Informal Report of the Workshop by the WTO Secretariat

(de momento sólo en inglés)

Véase también:
> Más información sobre la Ayuda para el Comercio

En este taller solo pueden participar los Miembros de la OMC y los observadores.

 

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