Does Aid for Trade Really Improve Trade Performance?

The Impact of AFT on Export Performance of Selected Asian Developing Countries

“…The use of multilateral channels as a percentage of total gross ODA also ranges widely from 14% to 30% (Gulrajani, 2016). This finding is consistence with findings of Collier and Benedikt (2009);Pettersson and Johansson (2011);Cadot and Newfarmer (2011);Cali and Te Velde (2011) and Ghimire et al (2013) and Sabra and Eltala (2016). The final research demonstrate that Asian developing countries are benefitting from AFT and are able to increase their level of exports in the international market.…”

“…Wood (2008);Hoekman (2010) and Wickstead (2015) point out that the AFT is the first initiative where trade and development community work together. At a more regional level, Cali and Te Velde (2011) find that AFT does in-fact benefit small Caribbean Island countries. Pettersson and Johansson (2011) study an aggregate bilateral trade relationship between the donors and recipients with respect to different aspects of foreign aid.…”

Assessing the Effectiveness of Aid for Trade

“…Despite these problems, AfT assessments at the aggregate level, albeit scant, have been more common that project-based evaluations. These studies, such as Ferro et al (2011), Cali and te Velde (2011) and Brenton and von Uexkull (2009), have used regression to investigate the impact of AfT on exports. Several econometric studies have used gravity models (e.g., Portugal-Perez and Wilson, 2012;Shepherd and Wilson, 2009).…”

A Global Perspective on Effectiveness of Aid for Trade

“…Helble et al, 2009;Hoekman et al, 2010;Calì et al, 2011). In part this is because of data limitation; frequently, because it will be difficult to disentangle the impacts of AfT projects on trade, income and welfare.…”