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The Aid for Trade initiative seeks to align donor and partner countries’ strategies in promoting trade as a leverage for poverty reduction. The provided support alleviates trade-related constraints and enables developing countries to fully benefit from trade openness. Read more |
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Global reviews
Aid for Trade at a Glance 2024: “Mainstreaming Trade”,
released on 26 June 2024
Under the theme “Mainstreaming Trade”, the 2024 joint OECD–WTO monitoring and evaluation (M&E) exercise reviews the policy priorities of Aid for Trade stakeholders, and how Aid for Trade financing flows have evolved in recent years in support of national trade and development strategies. Findings from the M&E exercise underscore a focus on economic growth and poverty reduction objectives among partner countries, while new needs are emerging to finance the environmental and digital transitions. Aid for Trade financing flows rebounded in 2022, reaching an all-time high of USD 51 billion.
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In addition to compiling all available data on Aid for Trade flows, the biennial M&E exercise garners information based on responses provided by Aid for Trade donors and recipients in self-assessment questionnaires. Past Global Reviews have been instrumental in helping to galvanize support to address supply-side constraints and trade-related infrastructure gaps so that developing countries can derive maximum benefit from international trade. |
Background
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Aid for Trade helps developing countries, particularly least developed countries, to bolster trade by addressing supply-side and trade-related infrastructure obstacles. Launched at the 2005 Hong Kong WTO Ministerial Conference, the Aid for Trade initiative provides a framework for strengthening developing countries’ trade capacity, building the trade-related infrastructure they need and effectively mainstreaming their trade-related objectives to harness the benefits of global value chains and the international trading system. |
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The OECD and WTO collaborate in the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) exercise to track progress in implementing the Aid for Trade initiative. It consists of the following four categories: 1. Technical assistance for trade policy and regulations |
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9th Aid for Trade Global Review The Global Review 2024: “Mainstreaming trade”See the programme |
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Aid-for-Trade statistics Aid for Trade data from 2002 onwardsSee the data |
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Aid for Trade at a Glance 2024 In time of crises, Aid for Trade proved agile, resilient and largely aligned with partner country development priorities, delivering economic benefits for all.Read the report
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