Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Map of Africa
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- 2 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING
- 3 TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- 4 AGRICULTURE IN THE DOHA ROUND
- 5 TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
- 6 AID FOR TRADE
- 7 CONCLUSION
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - AID FOR TRADE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 February 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Map of Africa
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- 2 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING
- 3 TRADE-RELATED ASPECTS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
- 4 AGRICULTURE IN THE DOHA ROUND
- 5 TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
- 6 AID FOR TRADE
- 7 CONCLUSION
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
given the declaration that the doha round was to be a development round, it was only a matter of time before aid became a central issue in the WTO negotiations. However, from the standpoint of the WTO, aid had to be linked to trade. An “aid for trade” initiative was formally launched in December 2005 at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong. An appeal for “aid for trade” was carefully crafted in the Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration to emphasize the role of aid without losing sight of the importance of removing trade barriers (WTO, 2005b: 11):
Aid for Trade should aim to help developing countries, particularly LDCs [least-developed countries], to build the supply-side capacity and trade-related infrastructure that they need to assist them to implement and benefit from WTO Agreements and more broadly to expand their trade. Aid for Trade cannot be a substitute for the development benefits that will result from a successful conclusion to the DDA [Doha Development Agenda], particularly on market access. However, it can be a valuable complement to the DDA. We invite the Director-General to create a task force that shall provide recommendations on how to operationalize Aid for Trade. The Task Force will provide recommendations to the General Council by July 2006 on how Aid for Trade might contribute most effectively to the development dimension of the DDA.
The emphasis on more aid comes from African and other developing countries.
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- Africa and the World Trade Organization , pp. 245 - 291Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009