More Bank 'aid for trade' (Bretton Woods Project)

Heads of the IFIs were in Geneva in November for a World Trade Organization conference to take stock of its aid for trade taskforce. Two years since its launch, there is still no accepted definition of 'aid for trade', no effective monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, and little or no additional money. Bank president Zoellick announced more of the same for the Bank: resources for infrastructure, private sector support and work on tools to analyse trade obstacles. Trade NGOs have developed aid for trade principles demanding that it: be provided without detrimental conditions; not serve as a quid pro quo for concessions in negotiations; and be additional to existing aid.

Más ‘ayuda por comercio' del Banco News|Bretton Woods Project|19 December 2007|update 58|url
Los Directivos de las IFIs estuvieron en Génova en noviembre del 2007 en una Conferencia de la OMC para examinar su trabajo en la ‘ayuda por comercio’. read article...
Developing countries say World Bank trade research “misleading” News|Bretton Woods Project|31 January 2007|update 54|url
The World Bank has drawn criticism from developing countries, trade economists and NGOs over a paper on the poverty impacts of the use of 'special products' measures. read article...
“Over-optimistic about trade liberalisation”: World Bank trade evaluation News|Bretton Woods Project|8 April 2006|update 50|url
In the most comprehensive evaluation ever conducted of the World Bank's work in trade, the Bank's evaluation unit has found that the Bank neither fully understood the implications of its "narrow focus on trade liberalisation", nor did enough to strengthen trade capacity on the ground. read article...
Aid for trade: “distraction” from a bad deal News|Bretton Woods Project|23 January 2006|update 49|url
The consensus among civil society observers was that the agreement struck at the December Hong Kong WTOtrade ministerial was a bad deal for developing countries, with IFI-backed 'aid for trade' used as a "major distraction". read article...

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