WT/COMTD/AFT/W/69  
 
28 October  2016 
(16-5939) Page: 1/8 
Committee on Trade and Development  
Aid for Trade    
 
AID-FOR-TRADE MONITORING EXE RCISE  
JOINT COMMUNICATION BY THE WTO AND OECD SECRETARIATS  
SIXTH GLOBAL REVIEW OF AID FOR TRADE:  
PROMOTING CONNECTIVI TY 
1.1.  At the 38th session of the Committee on Trade and Development of Aid for Trade  held on 
17 October 2016 , the Chair extended the  deadline for responses to the  Aid-for-Trade monitoring 
and evaluation exercise  to 30 November  2016. 
1.2.  Members will recall that the Aid -for-Trade monitoring and evaluation exercise was joint ly 
launched by WTO Director -General Roberto Azevê do and OECD Secretary -General Ange l Gurrí a on 
27 July 2016 (WT/COMTD/AFT/W/62 , provided in Annex 1 ). 
1.3.  This document serves as a reminder to delegations , and other Aid -for-Trade stakeholders , to 
submit responses to the self -assessment questionnaire and case story template  – and to 
delegations to publicize this exercise with their national private sector, academic and 
non-governmental organizations. Links to the electronic questionnaires  and case story formats for 
the S ixth Global Review monitoring exercise are reproduced in Annex 1 below.  
1.4.  A list of respondents to the self -assessment questionnaire is provided in Annex  2. This list 
compares those responses received from delegations for the 201 5 monitoring and evaluation 
exercise. A list of case story subm issions is provided in Annex  3. WT/COMTD/AFT/W/69  
 
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  ANNEX 1  
   
  
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/62  
 
27 July 2016  
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Committee on Trade and Development  
Aid for Trade    
 
LAUNCH OF THE  
AID-FOR-TRADE MONITORING EXE RCISE  
 
JOINT COMMUNICATION BY THE WTO AND OECD SECRETARIATS  
SIXTH GLOBAL REVIEW OF AID FOR TRADE  
PROMOTING CONNECTIVI TY 
 
 
The Sixth Global Review of Aid for Trade, "Promoting Connectivity", will be held at WTO in 
mid-2017.  
 
Attached is a letter signed by WTO Director -General, Roberto Azevêdo, and OECD 
Secretary -General, Angel  Gurría, launching the Aid -for-Trade monitoring exercise. It is requested 
that Delegations transmit the joint letter and the monitoring formats to their national authorities.   
 
Underpinning the Sixth Global Review is a monitoring exercise. Th is exercise is based on 
self-assessment questionnaires and a call for case stories. Previous monitoring exercises have 
enjoyed high rates of participation. You are encouraged to contribute to the success of the Sixth 
Global Review event by participating ac tively in this monitoring exercise. A background document 
explaining the monitoring exercise has been issued in document WT/COMTD/AFT/W/63.   
 
The monitoring exercise for the Sixth Global Review is being undertaken using online, electronic 
formats. Delegat ions are requested to circulate the electronic formats to their national authorities 
and national private sector associations. Each monitoring format is also being circulated in PDF 
format. Links to these documents are included in annex to the joint letter . This information is also 
available at: http://www.wto.org/aftmonitoring . 
 
Please note that the deadline for submission of completed questionnaires and case stories is 
31 October  2016.  WT/COMTD/AFT/W/69  
 
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27 July 2016  
SIXTH GLOBAL REVIEW OF AID FOR TRADE:  
PROMOTING CONNECTIVI TY 
 
Your Excellencies,  
 
The Sixth Global Review of Aid for Trade will take place in mid -2017. Underpinning the Review is a 
monitoring and evaluation (M&E) exercise. The aim of the M&E exercise is to survey: Aid -for-Trade 
priorities and how these have changed since the last monitoring exercise; the status of Trade 
Facilitation Agreement implementation and support; engagement in, and support to the 
development of e -commerce; and infrastru cture investment, the development of related services 
markets and related investment climate reforms.   
 
One cross -cutting theme that will be examined by the M&E exercise is how Aid -for-Trade support 
is contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable De velopment Goals, notably the targets on 
poverty eradication and women's economic empowerment.  
 
To collect this information, self -assessment questionnaires and requests for case stories are being 
circulated to donors (bilateral and multilateral agencies), r egional economic communities, South -
South partners and developing and least developed countries. In addition, a call for case stories is 
being circulated to the private sector, academia and NGOs.   
Responses to the questionnaires and information provided i n the case stories will be analysed and 
conclusions drawn in a joint publication by the Organisation for Economic Co -operation and 
Development (OECD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO): "Aid for Trade at a Glance: 
Promoting Connectivity". The publicati on will be launched at the Sixth Global Review of Aid for 
Trade. The Global Review event is influential in galvanizing support and directing strategies to help 
developing countries derive the maximum development benefit from trade.    
 
We ask that you plea se complete the relevant monitoring questionnaire and submit it by 
31 October 2016 . We thank you in advance for your contribution.  
 
 
   
  
 
 
Roberto Azevêdo     Angel  Gurría  
Director -General     Secretary -General  
WTO      OECD  
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  MONITORING FORMATS  
 
Links to the background document, electronic questionnaires and PDF formats:  
 
Background document explaining the monitoring exercise:  
 
English:  WT/COMTD/AFT/W/63  
French:  WT/COMTD/AFT/W/63  
Spanish:  WT/COMTD/AFT/W/63  
 
Partner Country Questionnaire  
 
English:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PARTNER_COUNTRY_QUESTIONNAIRE_2017  
French:  https://www.surveymonkey.co m/r/QUESTIONNAIRE_PAYS_PARTENAIRE_2017  
Spanish:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CUESTIONARIO_PAIS_ASOCIADOS_2017  
 
PDF format: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/64  
 
Regional Economic Community/Tra nsport Corridor Questionnaire  
 
English:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r /REC -TC_QUESTIONNAIRE_2017  
French:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r /QUESTIONNAIRE_CER -CT_2017  
Spanish:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CUESTIONARIO_CER -CT_2017  
 
PDF format: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/65  
 
Donor Questionnaire  
 
English:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DONOR_QUESTIONNAIRE_2017   
French:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QUESTIONNAIRE_DO NATEUR_2017  
Spanish:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CUESTIONARIO_DONANTE_2017  
 
PDF format: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/66  
 
South -South Partner Questionnaire  
 
English:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SOUTH_SOUTH_QUESTIONNAIRE_2017  
French:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QUESTIONNAIRE_SUD -SUD_2017  
Spanish: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CUESTIONARIO_SUR -SUR_2017  
 
PDF format: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/67  
 
Case Story Template  
 
English:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CASE_STORY_2017  
French:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CAS_EXPERIENCE_2017  
Spanish:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CASO_EXPERIENCIA_2017  
 
PDF format: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/68  
 
 
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  ANNEX  2 
RESPONSES TO AID-FOR-TRADE SELF-ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRES  
(As at 28 October  2016) 
 Overall 
Total  Partner 
Country  LDCs  REC/T ransport 
Corridors  Donors 
(including 
IGOs)  South -
South  
Questionnaire  
2017 22 13 8 2 7  
Questionnaire  
2015  111 62 30 10 36 3 
PARTNER -COUNTRIES  
REGION  REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE  
2017 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE  
2015 
AFRICA  Benin; Chad; Comoros;  Guinea;  
Madagascar; Mauritius; Senegal  
 Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; 
Cameroon; Central African Republic; 
Congo, Dem.  Rep. of; Côte  d'Ivoire; 
Chad; Comoros; The Gambia; Guinea; 
Guinea -Bissau; Lesotho; Madagascar; 
Malawi; Mali; Mauritius; Nigeria; 
Rwanda; Senegal; São Tomé and 
Principe; S ierra Leone; Swaziland; 
Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; 
Zimbabwe  
ARAB AND MIDDLE EAST  Yemen  Yemen  
ASIA AND PACIFIC  Indonesia; Lao PDR ; Samoa ; Tonga  Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; 
Indonesia; Lao PDR; Nepal; Pakistan; 
Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Solomon 
Islands; Thailand; Tonga; Vanuatu  
CENTRAL AND EASTERN 
EUROPE AND 
CENTRAL  ASIA   Afghanistan; Mongolia  
LATIN AMERICA AND 
THE CARIBBEAN  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Antigua and Barbuda; Belize; 
Colombia; Costa  Rica; Dominica; 
Dominican Republic; El Salvador; 
Grenada; G uatemala; Haiti; Honduras; 
Mexico; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; 
St. Lucia; St.  Vincent and the 
Grenadines ; Trinidad and Tobago  
LDCs  Benin; Chad; Comoros; Guinea; Lao 
PDR; Madagascar; Senegal ; Yemen  
 Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Benin; 
Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Cambodi a; 
Central African Republic; Chad; 
Comoros; Congo, Dem. Rep. of; The 
Gambia; Guinea; Guinea -Bissau;  Haiti; 
Lao PDR; Lesotho; Madagascar; 
Malawi; Mali; Nepal; Rwanda; São 
Tomé and Principe ; Senegal; Sierra 
Leone; Solomon Islands; Tanzania; 
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  REGIONAL ECONOMIC CO MMUNITY/TRANSPORT CO RRIDOR  
REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE  
2017 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE  
2015 
SIECA; Walvis Bay Corridor Gro up CARICOM; COMESA; NCTTCA; Pacific Island Countries 
(PICs); OECS; Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS ); 
SADC; SIECA ; TradeMark East Africa  
DONORS  
 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE  
2017 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE  
2015 
BILATERAL DONORS  Austria; Chinese Taipei ; Ireland; 
Norway; Switzerland  Australia; Austria; Belgium; Canada; 
Czech  Republic; Denmark;  European 
Union ; Finland; France; Germany; 
Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Korea, 
Rep. of ; Netherlands; New Zealand; 
Norway; Sweden; Switzerland; Chinese 
Taipei; United Kingdom; United States  
IGOs  UNDP; UNECE  AfDB; AsDB; EBRD; IaDB; IsDB/ITFC ; 
ITC; UNCTAD; UNDP; UNECA; UNECE; 
UNESCAP; UNIDO; World Bank Group  
SOUTH -SOUTH PARTNERS  
REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE  
2017 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE  
2015 
 Chile; China; Indonesia  
 
 
 
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  ANNEX  3 
SUBMISSION OF CASE S TORIES  
(As at 28 October 2016 ) 
PUBLIC SECTOR  
CASE STORY SU BMITTED  
BY CASE STORY TITLE  
African Development Bank  Connect Africa Initiative  
African Development Bank  Impact of mobile payments and banking on the unbanked in African 
countries  
Asian Development Bank  Going digital in the Pacific: l essons from Samoa’s  online firms  
Asian Development Bank  A snapshot of e -commerce in Central Asia  
Broadband Commission for 
Sustainable Development / 
ITU Where does the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable 
Development believe broadband can drive significant progress in 
sustainable development?      
Chinese Taipei  
 Project for strengthening farmers' o rganizations and improving fruit 
and vegetable production technology in Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines  
Chinese Taipei  Belize City House of Culture and Downtown Rejuvenation  Project  
Chinese Taipei  Repair and u pgrade of Bonriki International Airport (Kiribati)  
Enhanced Integrated 
Framework  Study of trade facilitation on the functioning of the first one stop 
border post  
HUB & SPOKESSII 
OIF/MCEC  Case study on the facilitatio n of trade between Congo and its 
neighbors  
International Trade Center  Moroccan businesses boost exports of processed food, seafood and 
leather goods  
ITU ICTs for Sustainable Development      
ITU Standardization enabling trust in cyberspace  
Pakistan  Pakistan's digital e conomy: national perspectives on bridging the 
digital divide 
Samoa  Samoa Submarine Cable Project  
PRIVATE SECTOR  
CASE STORY SUBMI TTED  
BY CASE STORY TITLE  
1Point Commerce  Global commerce made easy, simple, and almost l ocal for buyers to 
buy better and sellers to se ll more; enable businesses to expand  
into new markets at minimal costs and risk  
Alibaba Group  E-commerce in rural China  
Alibaba Group  The life of Taobao couriers  
Alibaba Group  About the "Rural Taobao" I nitiative  
Intel Corpor ation Connection equals o pportunity  
Intel Corporation  Intel® She Will Connect  
Mace Promotions, Ltd.  Sustainability and Empowerment I nitiative  
ACADEMI A/NGO  
CASE STORY SUBMI TTED  
BY CASE STORY TITLE  
Alliance for Affordable 
Internet (A4AI)  Nigeria : how Africa's largest economy is prioritising affordable 
internet   
Alliance for Affordable 
Internet (A4AI)  Delivering affordable internet in Myanmar  
Alliance for Affordable 
Internet (A4AI)  Affordable Internet in the Dominican Republic  
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  CASE STORY SUBMI TTED  
BY CASE STORY TITLE  
Alliance for Affordabl e 
Internet (A4AI)  Affordable internet in Ghana: the status quo and the path ahead  
Alliance for Affordable 
Internet (A4AI)  Affordability Report 2015/16    
The Internet Society  Promoting Content i n Africa  
 
 
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