Evaluating Aid for Trade: A survey of recent studies

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_8852160DA490
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Evaluating Aid for Trade: A survey of recent studies
Périodique
The World Economy
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Cadot  O., Fernandes  A., Gourdon  J., Mattoo  A., de Melo  J.
ISSN
1467-9701
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
04/2014
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
37
Numéro
4
Pages
516-529
Langue
anglais
Notes
An earlier version of this paper entitled 'Evaluation in Aid-for-trade: From Case-study Counting to Measuring' was presented at the FERDI-ITC- World Bank workshop 'Aid for Trade: What Do We Know? Which Way Ahead?', Geneva, 6 December, 2012.
Résumé
The demand for accountability in 'Aid-for-Trade' (AFT) is increasing but monitoring has focused on case studies and impressionistic narratives. The paper reviews recent evidence from a wide range of studies, recognising that a multiplicity of approaches is needed to learn what works and what does not. The review concludes that there is some support for the emphasis on reducing trade costs through investments in hard infrastructure (like ports and roads) and soft infrastructure (like customs). But failure to implement complementary reform - especially the introduction of competition in transport services - may erode the benefits of these investments. Direct support to exporters does seem to lead to diversification across products and destinations, but it is not yet clear that these benefits are durable. In general, it is difficult to rely on cross-country studies to direct AFT. More rigorous impact evaluation is an under-utilised alternative, but situations of 'clinical interventions' in trade are rare and adverse incentives (due to agency problems) and costs (due to the small size of project) are a hurdle in implementation.
Mots-clé
Transport costs, performance, export, infrastructure
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23/06/2014 15:33
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