It shows that the Aid for Trade Initiative is delivering tangible results in improving trade performance and bettering people’s lives, notably those of women, in developing countries.

The report highlights that aid for trade plays an important role in enabling firms in developing countries to connect with or move up value chains. In fact, the emergence of value chains strengthens the rationale for aid for trade.

Stakeholders remain actively engaged in the Aid for Trade Initiative. The 2013 monitoring exercise was based on self-assessments from 80 developing countries, 28 bilateral donors, 15 multilateral donors, and nine providers of South-South cooperation. Views were also received from 524 supplier firms in developing countries and 173 lead firms, mostly in OECD countries.

Published in 2013