2024	Aid	for	Trade	Donor	Questionnaire
INTRODUCTION
2024	AID	FOR	TRADE	DONOR	QUESTIONNAIRE
MAINSTREAMING	TRADE
This	self-assessment	questionnaire	is	part	of	the	2023-2024	monitoring	and	evaluation	exercise.	It	is
designed	 to	 gather	 information	 on	 your	 development	 cooperation	 priorities	 and	 Aid-for-Trade
programming	as	outlined	in	your	development	cooperation		plans	or	strategies.	The	information	you
provide	will	be	consulted	by	partner	countries*	and	contribute	to	the	alignment	of	support	with	Aid-for-
Trade	needs.
By	 completing	 the	 questionnaire,	 you	 will	 be	 supporting	 eﬀorts	 led	 by	 the	 WTO	 to	 promote
transparency	with	respect	to:the	 supply	 side	 and	 trade-related	 infrastructure	 constraints	 of	 developing	 countries,	 and	 in
particular	least	developing	countries;
the	provision	of	Aid-for-Trade	support	by	development	partners;
how	Aid-for-Trade	support	is	aligned	with	priority	needs;
the	impact	and	outcomes	of	Aid-for-Trade	support;	and
future	needs	for	Aid-for-Trade	support.
Responses	will	be	made	publicly	available	on	the	 WTO/OECD	Aid	-for	-Trade	website ,	analysed	and
discussed	in	the	next	set	of	Aid-for-Trade	publications	and	at	the	Global	Review	in	2024.
Respondents	are	encouraged	to	submit	a	"single	response",	meaning	that	they	need	to	consult	policy
documents	or	liaise	with	colleagues	in	other	ministries	or	departments	to	reach	a	common	response.
For	further	information,	please	contact	us	via	email	at	 aft.wto@wto.org .	The	deadline	for	submission	is
30	November	2023 .
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* Partner	countries	are	WTO	developing	countries	Members	and	countries	or	customs	territories	in	the
process	of	accession.
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ABOUT	YOU
1.	Respondent	
Name 	
Position 	
Organization 	
Email	Address 	
Phone	Number 	*	2.	About	you	
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SECTION	A:	DEVELOPMENT	COOPERATION	PRIORITIES
*	3.	Do	you	have	development	cooperation	strategy(ies)	or	policy(ies)?	
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify)
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If	yes,	please	provide	further	details	including	hyperlinks	to	relevant	documents	containing	trade
priorities.
4.	If	yes,	does	your	development	cooperation	strategy(ies)	or	policy(ies)	include
trade	priorities?
Explanatory	notes:	For	example,	the	 UK's	policy	paper	on	international	development 	published	in
May	2022	states	that	the	UK	will	support	countries	to	increase	their	exports,	increase	trade	with	the
UK,	build	sustainable	and	resilient	global	supply	chains	that	beneﬁt	all,	and	tackle	market	distorting
practices	and	economic	policies.	The	policy	paper	outlines	various	ways	in	which	these	trade
priorities	will	be	advanced. 	
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify)
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*	5.	Does	your	development	cooperation	strategy(ies)	or	policy(ies)	have	a
thematic	focus?	
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	A:	DEVELOPMENT	COOPERATION	PRIORITIES
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  - 8 -Additional	information	on	thematic	issues:
6.	If	yes,	please	choose	options	from	the	non-exhaustive	list	of	thematic	options	of
key	strategic	objectives	below.
(If	an	objective(s)	do	not	appear	in	the	drop-down	list,	please	tick	other	and	add	details	in	the	text
box.	Please	tick	all	relevant	boxes.) 	
DEVELOPMENT	WITH
SPECIFIC	ECONOMIC
CHARACTERISTICS:
Food	security
Economic	diversiﬁcation
Enhancing	exports	in	non-
traditional	sectors
Export	diversiﬁcation
Trade	integration
Expansion	of	the	extractive
sector	(minerals	and
mining)
Expansion	of	the
agriculture	sector
Expansion	of	the	forestry
sector
Expansion	of	the	ﬁsheries
sector
Expansion	of	the
manufacturing	sector
Expansion	of	the	services
sector
Expansion	of	the	digital
economy
Infrastructure	developmentInnovation	and
technological	development
Expansion	of	the	formal
economy
Expansion	of	the	MSME
sector
Expansion	of	public-private
partnerships
DEVELOPMENT	WITH
SPECIFIC	SOCIAL
CHARACTERITICS:
Human	capital
development	(e.g.
education	through	skills,
training	and	health)
	Higher	labour	productivity
Employment	creation
Women's	economic
empowerment	and	gender
equality
Youth	employment	and
skills
Inclusive	growth,	including
(historically)	disadvantaged
groups	(e.g.	including
people	with	disabilities).
Institutional	strengthening
(e.g.	good	governance,
transparency	and
accountability)
Social	protection
Promotion	of
peace/security	and
developmentDEVELOPMENT	WITH
SPECIFIC
ENVIRONMENTAL
CHARACTERISTICS:
Climate	change	mitigation
Climate	change	adaptation
Preventing	desertiﬁcation
Protection	of	biodiversity
Environmental	protection
Sustainable	resource
management
Waste	management	and
pollution	control
Circular	economy
Improved	environmental
governance
Pollution	control	targets
Oceans	and	blue	economy
Other,	(please	specify)
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SECTION	A:	DEVELOPMENT	COOPERATION	PRIORITIES
*7.	Do	the	trade	priorities	found	in	your	development	plan	or	strategy	include
pa
rtner	country	speciﬁc	development	objectives	or	targets 	?
Exp
lanatory	notes:	For	example,	the	International	Trade	Centre's	 Strategic	Plan 	for	the	period	2022-
2025	contains	several	targets,	including:	to	support	75,000	micro,	small	and	medium	sized
enterprises,	1,200	business	support	organizations	and	develop	at	least	400	trade-related	policies,
strategies	and	regulations	(depending	on	the	level	of	funding	received). 	
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	A:	DEVELOPMENT	COOPERATION	PRIORITIES
Additional	information	on	key	strategic	objectives:
8.If	yes,	choose	options	from	the	non-exhaustive	list	of	options	of	key	strategic
obj
ectives	found	in	your	development	strategies/plans.
(If	an	objective(s)	or	target*	do	not	appear	in	the	list	below,	please	tick	other	and	add	details	in	the
text	box.	Please	tick	relevant	boxes). 	
Helping	partner	countries	with	smooth	graduation	from	LDC	status
Helping	partner	countries	achieve	Middle	Income	Status
Helping	partner	countries	achieve	Upper	Middle-Income	Status
Helping	partner	countries	achieve	Developed	Country	status
Economic	growth	targets
Poverty	reduction	targets
Other	targets	(e.g.	digital	connectivity,	gender	equality,	renewable	energy,	circular	economy	etc.)
*(Add	value	in	the	comment	box	if	a	target	is	cited,	e.g.	%	growth	rate	of	absolute	value)	
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SECTION	B:	TRADE	 PRIORITIES	IN	OTHER	DEVELOPMENT	CO-
OPERATION	STRATEGIES
Additional	information	on	the	presence	of	a	separate	trade	and	development	policy	or	strategy,	such	as
an	Aid	for	Trade	strategy:
If	yes,	please	provide	further	details,	including	dates	the	strategy	covers	and	hyperlinks	to	relevant
documents.
If	no,	please	indicate	if	there	is	another	development	cooperation	strategy	or	policy	that	includes	trade
targets	(e.g.	a	multiyear	strategic	plan	issued	by	a	development	ﬁnance	institution).
*9.	Do	you	have	a	separate	trade	and	development	policy	or	strategy	(e.g.	an	Aid
for	Trade	strategy)	?
Explanatory	notes:	For	example,	the	European	Union	published	an	updated	 Aid-for-Trade	strategy 	in
2017	and	has	published	 annual	progress	reports 	on	the	strategy's	implementation. 	
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify:	e.g.	strategy	expired,	new	strategy	under	discussion	etc.)
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SECTION	B:	TRADE	 PRIORITIES	IN	OTHER	DEVELOPMENT	CO-
OPERATION	STRATEGIES
Additional	information	on	the	alignment	between	the	priorities,	themes,	and	sectoral	objectives	found	in
your	Aid-for-Trade	programming	and	the	trade	priorities	in	your	development	strategy(ies):
10.Do	the	priorities,	themes	and	sectoral	objectives	found	in	your	Aid-for-Trade
pr
ogramming	align	with	the	trade	priorities	found	in	your	development
strategy(ies)?
Y
es,	in	full
Yes,	in	part
No
Other	(please	provide	more	information)
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OPERATION	STRATEGIES
*11.	Does	your	development	cooperation	policy	or	Aid-for-Trade	strategy	include
obj
ectives	or	targets	for	partner	countries ?
Y
es
No
Other	(please	specify:	e.g.	strategy	expired,	new	strategy	under	discussion,	etc.)
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cooperation	policy	or	Aid-for-Trade	strategy.	Please	include	hyperlinks	to	relevant	documents:
12.	If	yes,	please	tick	relevant	boxes	and	provide	further	details,	including
hyperlinks	to	relevant	documents.
If	no,	please	indicate	in	the	text	box	under	the	question	choices	whether	there	is
another	trade	and	development	cooperation	strategy	or	policy	that	includes
speciﬁc	objectives	or	targets.	
OBJECTIVES:
Better	export	performance
Security	of	supply
Improved	balance	of	payments	situation
Increased	competitiveness
Expansion	of	mineral	and	mining	exports
Expansion	of	agricultural	exports
Expansion	of	exports	of	forestry	products
Expansion	of	exports	of	ﬁshery	products
Expansion	of	manufactured	exports
Expansion	of	services	exports
Expansion	of	e-commerce	and/or	digitally
delivered	services	exports
Expansion	of	MSME	sector	exports
Protection	of	intellectual	property
Growth	in	the	number	of	export	markets
reached
Improvements	in	trade	facilitation
Climate	change	related	objectives	(e.g.
reduction	in	emissions	associated	with
trade)
Export-related	environmental	protection
objectives
TARGETS*:
Export	growth	targetsExport	diversiﬁcation	in	terms	of	number	of
markets	reached
Export	diversiﬁcation	in	terms	of	number	of
goods	and	services	exported
Access	to	essential	goods
Reduction	in	import	targets
Competitiveness	ranking	in	global	index
Mineral	and	mining	export	growth	target
Agricultural	export	growth	target
Forestry	product	export	target
Fishery	products	export	target
Manufactured	export	target
Services	trade	export	target
E-commerce	export	target
MSME	sector	growth	targets
Revenue	targets	from	diﬀerent	forms	of	IP
rights	(e.g.	copyright,	trademarks	etc)
Export	markets	diversiﬁcation	targets
Trade	facilitation	targets	(e.g.	time	taken	to
release)
Emissions	reduction	targets	found	in
nationally	determined	contributions**
Trade-related	targets	to	reduce	certain	trade
ﬂows	(e.g	illicit	wildlife	trade)
Other	(please	specify)
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**	Information	on	nationally	determined	contributions	can	be	found	in	the	UNFCCC	registry	available
at:	https://unfccc.int/NDCREG 	
Additional	information	on	whether	you	have	targets	in	other	development	strategies	that	may	have
trade	priorities	or	inﬂuence	your	Aid-for-Trade	ﬁnancing:
13.	Do	you	have	targets	in	other	development	strategies	that	may	have	trade
priorities	or	inﬂuence	your	Aid-for-Trade	ﬁnancing?
Explanatory	notes:	For	example,	 USAID's	climate	strategy 	for	the	period	2022-2030	includes	six
targets	that	have	relevance	for	overall	trade	cooperation	and	development	policy.	These	targets
include:	mitigating	6	billion	tons	of	CO2	equivalent;	conserving,	restoring	or	managing	100	million
hectares	or	natural	ecosystems;	enabling	improved	climate	resilience	for	500	billion	people;
mobilizing	USD	150	billion	in	public	and	private	climate	ﬁnance;	supporting	80	countries;	increasing
equitable	engagement	with	40	country	partnerships. 	
Yes
No
Other	(please	speciﬁy:	e.g.	strategy	expired,	new	strategy	under	discussion,	etc.)
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SECTION	C:	SECTORAL	AND	REGIONAL	OBJECTIVES
*	14.	Does	your	development	cooperation	or	Aid-for-Trade	strategy	include
sectoral	objectives?	
Explanatory	notes:	For	example,	one	sectoral	focus	of	 Korea's	International	Cooperation	Agency
development	cooperation	strategy 	is	promoting	the	mainstreaming	of	science,	technology	and
innovation	in	ODA	projects	by	establishing	its	Science,	Technology	and	Innovation	Mid-Term	Strategy
(2021-2025).	The	goal	to	support	inclusive	growth	based	on	science	and	technology	by	improving	the
innovation	system	of	partner	countries.	Korea's	strategy	also	focuses	on	education,	health,
governance,	agriculture	and	rural	development,	energy,	water,	transportation,	climate	change	and
gender	equality.	
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	C:	SECTORAL	AND	REGIONAL	OBJECTIVES
Additional	information	on	sectoral	objectives	included	in	your	development	cooperation	or	Aid-for-Trade
strategy:
15.	If	yes,	please	tick	relevant	boxes	and	provide	further	details,	including
hyperlinks	to	relevant	documents.
If	no,	please	indicate	if	there	is	another	development	cooperation	strategy	or
policy	that	includes	speciﬁc	objectives	or	targets.
(Please	tick	relevant	boxes.) 	
Agriculture
Forestry
Fisheries
Mining	and	minerals
Oil	and	gas
Renewable	energy
Manufacturing	sector
MSME	sector	development
Services	(general)
Banking	and	ﬁnancial	services
Business	and	professional	services
Communication	services,	including	ICTConstruction	services
Culture	and	creative	industries
Distribution	services
Education	services
Energy	services
Environment	services
Science,	technology	and	innovation
Recreation	and	sport
Tourism
Transport	services	(air,	land	and	maritime)
Cross-sectoral	e-commerce	and	digital	trade
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	C:	SECTORAL	AND	REGIONAL	OBJECTIVES
*	16.	Does	your	development	cooperation	or		Aid-for-Trade	strategy	include
regional	objectives?	
Explanatory	notes:	For	example,	the	 New	Zealand's	Aid	Programme 	has	a	particular	focus	on	the
Paciﬁc	Islands	region. 	
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	C:	SECTORAL	AND	REGIONAL	OBJECTIVES
Additional	information	on	relevant	economic	communities:
17.	If	yes,	please	identify	the	relevant	economic	community(ies):
(Please	tick	relevant	boxes.) 	
African	Continental	Free	Trade	Area
(AfCFTA)
Arab	Maghreb	Union	(UMA)
Common	Market	for	Eastern	and	Southern
Africa	(COMESA)
Community	of	Sahel–Saharan	States	(CEN–
SAD)
East	African	Community	(EAC)
Economic	Community	of	Central	African
States	(ECCAS),
Economic	Community	of	West	African	States
(ECOWAS)
Intergovernmental	Authority	on
Development	(IGAD)
Southern	African	Development	Community
(SADC)
Association	of	Southeast	Asian	Nations
(ASEAN)South	Asian	Association	for	Regional
Cooperation	(SAARC)
Gulf	Cooperation	Council	(GCC)
Bay	of	Bengal	Initiative	for	Multi-Sectoral
Technical	and	Economic	Cooperation
(BIMSTEC)
Regional	Comprehensive	Economic
Partnership	(RCEP)
Andean	Community
Mercosur
Paciﬁc	Alliance
Central	American	Integration	System
(SIECA)
Caribbean	Community	(CARICOM)
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	D:	FINANCING	TRADE	AND	DEVELOPMENT	CO-OPERATION
*	18.	Do	you	have	priority	areas	in	which	you	provide	Aid-for-Trade	support?	
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	D:	FINANCING	TRADE	AND	DEVELOPMENT	CO-OPERATION
19.	If	yes,	please	identify	the	priority	areas	of	Aid	for	Trade	in	which	you	are
actively	providing	support*.
(Please	tick	relevant	boxes.)
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*	If	you	would	like	to	indicate	climate	change	related	priorities,	please	tick	related	boxes	below	(e.g.
energy	supply	and	generation	infrastructure)	and	add	relevant	notes	in	the	text	box.	Likewise	for
gender	equality,	please	tick	the	relevant	boxes	(e.g.	trade	development)	and	add	a	note	in	the
comment	box.	
TRADE	POLICY	AND	REGULATIONS	 (Including	training	of	trade	oﬀicials,	analysis	of
proposals	and	positions	and	their	impact,	support	for	stakeholders	to	articulate	commercial
interest	and	identify	trade-oﬀs,	dispute	issues,	institutional	and	technical	support	to	undertake
trade	reform/facilitate	implementation	of	trade	agreements	and	to	adapt	to	and	comply	with
rules	and	standards)
Trade	policy	and	administrative	management
Trade	facilitation
Regional	trade	agreements	(RTAs)
Multilateral	trade	negotiations
Trade	education/training
TRADE-RELATED	INFRASTRUCTURE 	(Including	physical	infrastructure)
Trade-related	transport	and	storage	infrastructure	(e.g.	port,	dry	port,	inland	container	port,
inland	container	depot,	etc.)
Trade-related	communications	infrastructure
Trade-related	energy	supply	and	generation	infrastructure
TRADE	DEVELOPMENT	 (Including	investment	promotion,	analysis	and	institutional	support
for	trade	in	services,	business	support	services	and	institutions,	public-private	sector
networking,	e	commerce,	trade	ﬁnance,	trade	promotion,	market	analysis	and	development)
Business	support	services
Banking	and	ﬁnancial	services
Building	productive	capacity
Agriculture
Forestry
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support:
Fishing
Industry
Mineral	resources	and	mining
Travel	and	tourism
Digital	trade	and	e-commerce
TRADE-RELATED	ADJUSTMENT 	(Including	supporting	developing	countries	to	put	in	place
accompanying	measures	that	assist	them	to	beneﬁt	from	liberalized	trade)
OTHER	TRADE-RELATED	NEEDS
Unsure
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SECTION	D:	FINANCING	TRADE	AND	DEVELOPMENT	CO-OPERATION
20.	Which	ﬁnancing	instruments	do	you	use	to	implement	your	trade	and
development	cooperation	(i.e.	Aid-for-Trade)	priorities?	
For	example,	the	 Swiss	economic	development	cooperation	strategy	for	2021-24 	promotes	innovative
private-sector	initiatives	and	the	mobilisation	of	private	resources.	In	this	regard,	the	Swiss
Investment	Fund	for	Emerging	Markets	(SIFEM)	is	a	central	instrument	and	focuses	on	four	business
lines:	access	to	ﬁnance	(including	ﬁntech,	MSMEs	and	gender),	infrastructure	ﬁnancing,	integration
in	value	chains	and	corporate	social	responsibility.		For	example,	 Development	Alliance	Korea	(DAK)is	Korea's	ﬁrst	and	largest	innovation	Public-Private	Partnership	platform	joined	by	government,	the
private	sector,	civil	society,	and	academia,	with	aim	of	achieving	Sustainable	Development	Goals
(SDGs).
Please	provide	information	in	the	box	below:	
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SECTION	D:	FINANCING	TRADE	AND	DEVELOPMENT	CO-OPERATION
Additional	information	on	forms	of	aid,	ﬁnance,	or	other	ﬁnancial	assistance	for	trade	that	you	are
seeking	to	expand,	and	on	accompanying	strategies	to	leverage	ﬁnance:
*	21.	Is	there	a	form	of	aid,	ﬁnance	or	other	ﬁnancial	assistance	for	trade	that	you
are	seeking	to	expand?	If	so,	is	there	an	accompanying	strategy	to	leverage	this
source	of	ﬁnance	?
For	example,	the	 U.S.	International	Development	Finance	Corporation	(DFC) 	is	the	newest	U.S.
government	agency,	launched	in	December	2019	with	a	mandate	to	partner	with	the	private	sector	to
ﬁnance	solutions	to	the	most	critical	challenges	facing	the	developing	world	while	advancing
America's	foreign	policy	goals	abroad.	The	DFC	oﬀers	loans,	loan	guarantees,	equity	investments,
political	risk	insurance,	technical	assistance,	and	feasibility	studies	to	drive	signiﬁcant	amounts	of
private	capital	into	challenging	developing	markets	to	address	local	needs. 	
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	D:	FINANCING	TRADE	AND	DEVELOPMENT	CO-OPERATION
Additional	information	on	the	diﬀiculties	you	encounter	in	mobilizing	ﬁnancing	to	implement	your	Aid
for	Trade	and	development	cooperation	objectives:
22.	What	diﬀiculties	do	you	face	in	mobilizing	ﬁnancing	to	implement	your	Aid	for
Trade	and	development	cooperation	(i.e.	Aid-for-Trade)	objectives?	
(Please	tick	relevant	boxes.) 	
High	cost	of	borrowing
Diﬀiculties	approving	grant	ﬁnance
Insuﬀiciency	of	grant	ﬁnancing
Conditions	attached	by	ﬁnancing	partners	to	access	aid-for-trade
Inter-ministerial	coordination	challenges
Weak	ﬁnancial	systems
Challenges	engaging	in	public-private	partnerships
Domestic	oversight	constraints
Limited	ability	to	develop	"bankable"	projects
Length	approval	processes	related	to	loans
Lack	of	coordination	between	development	partners
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	D:	FINANCING	TRADE	AND	DEVELOPMENT	CO-OPERATION
*	23.	Are	you	providing	an	increasing	share	of	Aid	for	Trade	in	the	form	of	loans
and	a	declining	share	of	grants?	
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	D:	FINANCING	TRADE	AND	DEVELOPMENT	CO-OPERATION
Additional	information	the	challenges	of	increasing	share	of	loans	and	decreasing	share	of	grants:
24.	If	yes,	does	this	situation	present	a	challenge	for	your	partner	countries?	
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	D:	FINANCING	TRADE	AND	DEVELOPMENT	CO-OPERATION
Additional	information	on	plans	to	stop	foreign	aid	or	Aid	for	Trade:
25.	Do	you	plan	to	stop	providing	Aid	for	Trade?	Has	a	date	been	set	to	achieve
this	objective	?	(e.g.	a	date	to	stop	providing	foreign	aid?)	
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	E:	ALIGNMENT	OF	AID-FOR-TRADE	SUPPORT
Please	specify	if	this	is	an	oﬀicial	perspective	or	the	personal	opinion	of	the	respondent:
*	26.	How	well	aligned	is	the	Aid-for-Trade	support	you	provide	with	the	trade
priorities	of	partner	countries	and	regional	organizations?	
Not	at	all	aligned
Somewhat	aligned
Moderately	aligned
Mostly	aligned
Completely	aligned
Other	(please	specify)
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provide	with	the	sectoral	ﬁnancing	needs	of	partner	countries	and	regional	organizations:
27.	What	challenges	do	you	encounter	in	aligning	the	Aid-for-Trade	support	you
provide	with	the	sectoral	ﬁnancing	needs	of	partner	countries	and	regional
organizations?
(Please	tick	relevant	boxes.) 	
Diﬀiculties	associated	with	cross-sectoral	approaches	(e.g.	e-commerce	development)
Lack	of	donor	coordination
Lack	of	South-South	partner	coordination
Limited	knowledge	of	recipient	(i.e.	developing	country)	needs	and	economic	situation
Conditions	required	by	development	partners	to	access	support
Length	of	project/programme	funding	cycles
Human	capacity	constraints	to	developing	bankable	projects
Lack	of	partner	country	ownership
Weak	institutional	capacity	(e.g.	lack	of	coordination	at	domestic	level)
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	F:	OUTCOMES	AND	IMPACTS	OF	AID-FOR-TRADE	SUPPORT
Additional	information	on	whether	your	development	cooperation	strategy	includes	a	monitoring	or
results	framework:
28.	Does	your	development	cooperation	strategy	include	a	monitoring	or	results
framework?	
Yes,	for	the	development	cooperation	strategy
Yes,	for	the	Aid-for-Trade	strategy
No
Other	(please	specify)
Additional	information	on	whether	you	align	your	monitoring	and	evaluation	activities	with	the
monitoring	or	results	framework	of	partner	countries:
29.	Do	you	align	your	monitoring	and	evaluations	activities	with	the	monitoring	or
results	framework	of	partner	countries?	
Yes,	with	partners'	development	strategies
Yes,	with	partners'	trade	strategies
No
Other	(please	specify)
*30.	Do	you	measure	the	impacts	of	the	Aid-for-Trade	support	you	provide?
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	F:	OUTCOMES	AND	IMPACTS	OF	AID-FOR-TRADE	SUPPORT
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  - 33 -Additional	information	where	Aid	for	Trade	is	having		a	measurable	impact:
31.	If	yes,	where	is	Aid	for	Trade	having	a	measurable	impact	in	your	opinion?
(Please	select	relevant	boxes.) 	
TRADE	POLICY	AND	REGULATIONS	 (Including	training	of	trade	oﬀicials,	analysis	of
proposals	and	positions	and	their	impact,	support	for	stakeholders	to	articulate	commercial
interest	and	identify	trade-oﬀs,	dispute	issues,	institutional	and	technical	support	to	undertake
trade	reform/facilitate	implementation	of	trade	agreements	and	to	adapt	to	and	comply	with
rules	and	standards)
Trade	policy	and	administrative	management
Trade	facilitation
Regional	trade	agreements	(RTAs)
Multilateral	trade	negotiations
Trade	education/training
TRADE	RELATED	INFRASTRUCTURE	 	(Including	physical	infrastructure)
Trade-related	transport	and	storage	infrastructure	(e.g.	port,	dry	port,	inland	container	port,
inland	container	depot,	etc.)
Trade-related	communications	infrastructure
Trade-related	energy	supply	and	generation	infrastructure
TRADE	DEVELOOPMENT 	(Including	investment	promotion,	analysis	and	institutional	support
for	trade	in	services,	business	support	services	and	institutions,	public-private	sector
networking,	e	commerce,	trade	ﬁnance,	trade	promotion,	market	analysis	and	development)
Business	support	services
Banking	and	ﬁnancial	services
Building	productive	capacity
Agriculture
Forestry
Fishing
Industry
Mineral	resources	and	mining
Travel	and	tourism
Digital	trade	and	e-commerce
TRADE	RELATED	ADJUSTMENT 	(Including	supporting	developing	countries	to	put	in	place
accompanying	measures	that	assist	them	to	beneﬁt	from	liberalized	trade)
OTHER	TRADE-RELATED	NEEDS
Unsure
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SECTION	F:	OUTCOMES	AND	IMPACTS	OF	AID-FOR-TRADE	SUPPORT
Additional	information	on	Aid-for-Trade	projects	or	programmes	that	you	would	like	to	highlight	as
examples	of	best	practice:
32.	Is	there	an	Aid-for-Trade	project	or	programme	that	you	would	like	to
highlight	as	an	example	of	best	practice?	
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	G:	FUTURE	AID-FOR-TRADE	NEEDS
Additional	information	on	whether	you	foresee	a	continuing	need	to	provide	for	Aid-for-Trade	ﬁnancing:
*	33.	Do	you	foresee	a	continued	need	to	provide	Aid-for-Trade	ﬁnancing	?	
Yes,	to	address	all	development	priorities	linked	to	trade
Yes,	to	address	some	sectoral	priorities
Yes,	to	address	some	speciﬁc	thematic	objectives	(e.g.	sustainable	development,	climate
transition,	etc.)
No
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	G:	FUTURE	AID-FOR-TRADE	NEEDS
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  - 37 -Additional	information	on	the	categories	of	Aid-for-Trade	support	in	which	you	foresee	future	needs:
34.	If	yes,	please	identify	the	categories	of	Aid-for-Trade	support	in	which	you
foresee	future	needs.
(Please	select	relevant	boxes.) 	
TRADE	POLICY	AND	REGULATIONS	 (Including	training	of	trade	oﬀicials,	analysis	of
proposals	and	positions	and	their	impact,	support	for	stakeholders	to	articulate	commercial
interest	and	identify	trade-oﬀs,	dispute	issues,	institutional	and	technical	support	to	undertake
trade	reform/facilitate	implementation	of	trade	agreements	and	to	adapt	to	and	comply	with
rules	and	standards)
Trade	policy	and	administrative	management
Trade	facilitation
Regional	trade	agreements	(RTAs)
Multilateral	trade	negotiations
Trade	education/training
TRADE-RELATED	INFRASTRUCTURE 	(Including	physical	infrastructure)
Transport	and	storage	infrastructure	(e.g.	port,	dry	port,	inland	container	port,	inland	container
depot,	etc.)
Communications	infrastructure
Energy	supply	and	generation	infrastructure
TRADE	DEVELOPMENT 	(Including	investment	promotion,	analysis	and	institutional	support
for	trade	in	services,	business	support	services	and	institutions,	public-private	sector
networking,	e	commerce,	trade	ﬁnance,	trade	promotion,	market	analysis	and	development)
Business	support	services
Banking	and	ﬁnancial	services
Building	productive	capacity
Agriculture
Forestry
Fishing
Industry
Mineral	resources	and	mining
Travel	and	tourism
Digital	trade	and	e-commerce
TRADE-RELATED	ADJUSTMENT	 (Including	supporting	developing	countries	to	put	in	place
accompanying	measures	that	assist	them	to	beneﬁt	from	liberalized	trade)
OTHER	TRADE	RELATED	NEEDS
Unsure
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SECTION	G:	FUTURE	AID-FOR-TRADE	NEEDS
Additional	information	on	whether	you	foresee	a	future	need	for	Aid	for	Trade	to	support	the
achievement	of	trade-related	aspects	of	the	2030	Sustainable	Development	Goals	Agenda:
*	35.	Do	you	foresee	future	need	for	Aid	for	Trade	to	support	the	achievement	of
trade-related	aspects	of	the	2030	Sustainable	Development	Goals	Agenda	?
Explanatory	notes:	For	example,	the	 Government	of	Canada 	works	with	partners	and	stakeholders	to
advance	the	2030	Agenda	through	concrete	actions	on	the	17	Sustainable	Development	Goals
(SDGs).	
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify)
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SECTION	G:	FUTURE	AID-FOR-TRADE	NEEDS
Additional	information	on	SDGs	referenced	in	your	development	cooperation	or	Aid-for-Trade	strategy:
36.	If	yes,	please	indicate	which	SDGs	are	referenced	in	your	development
cooperation	or	Aid-for-Trade	strategy.
(Please	select	relevant	boxes.) 	
GOAL	1:	No	Poverty
GOAL	2:	Zero	Hunger
GOAL	3:	Good	Health	and	Well-being
GOAL	4:	Quality	Education
GOAL	5:	Gender	Equality
GOAL	6:	Clean	Water	and	Sanitation
GOAL	7:	Aﬀordable	and	Clean	Energy
GOAL	8:	Decent	Work	and	Economic	Growth
GOAL	9:	Industry,	Innovation	and
InfrastructureGOAL	10:	Reduced	Inequality
GOAL	11:	Sustainable	Cities	and
Communities
GOAL	12:	Responsible	Consumption	and
Production
GOAL	13:	Climate	Action
GOAL	14:	Life	Below	Water
GOAL	15:	Life	on	Land
GOAL	16:	Peace	and	Justice	Strong
Institutions
GOAL	17:	Partnerships	to	achieve	the	Goal
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SECTION	G:	FUTURE	AID-FOR-TRADE	NEEDS
Additional	information	on	whether	you	anticipate	future	needs	for	Aid-for-Trade	to	support	trade-
related	aspects	of	climate	change:
37.	Do	you	foresee	future	needs	for	Aid-for-Trade	to	support	the	trade-related
aspects	of	climate	change	?	
Yes
No
Other	(please	specify)
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