WT/COMTD/AFT/W/55  
 
12 January 2015  
(15-0200)  Page: 1/6  
Committee on Trade and Development 
Aid for Trade    
 
AID-FOR-TRADE MONITORING EXERCISE 
JOINT COMMUNICATION BY THE WTO AND OECD SECRETARIATS 
FIFTH GLOBAL REVIEW OF AID FOR TRADE:  
REDUCING TRADE COSTS FOR INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH 
1.1.  Following a number of requests from delegations, the deadline for the Aid-for-Trade 
monitoring and evaluation exercise has been extended to 31 January 2015 . 
1.2.  Members will recall that the Aid-for-Trade monitoring and evaluation exercise was jointly 
launched by WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo and OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría on 
21 October 2014 (WT/COMTD/AFT/W/54). 
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 Fifth Global Review monitoring exercise are reproduced in Annex 1 below. 
1.4.  To date, 61 completed self-assessment questionnaires have been received: 37 from partner 
countries (including 18 least developed countries), three from regional economic communities/transport corridors, 20 from donors (including international governmental organizations), and one from South-South partners. In addition, 30 case stories have also been 
submitted. 
1.5.  A list of respondents to the self-assessment questionnaire is provided in Annex 2. This list 
compares those responses received from delegations for the 2013 monitoring and evaluation 
exercise. A list of case story subm issions is provided in Annex 3. WT/COMTD/AFT/W/55 
 
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  ANNEX 1  
LINKS TO MONITORING AND EVALUATION TEMPLATES 
This information is also available at: http://www.wto.org/aftmonitoring  
QUESTIONNAIRES 
Partner Country Questionnaire  
 
English: https://www.research.net/s/PARTN ER_COUNTRY_QUE STIONNAIRE_2015  
French: https://www.research.net/s/QUEST IONNAIRE_PAYS_P ARTENAIRE_2015  
Spanish: https://www.research.net/s/CUE STIONARIO_PAIS_ASOCIADOS_2015  
 
Regional Economic Community/Transport Corridor Questionnaire 
 English: https://www.research.net/s/R EC-TC_QUESTIONNAIRE_2015  
French: https://www.research.net/s /QUESTIONNAIRE_CER-CT_2015  
Spanish: https://www.research.net/s/CUESTIONARIO_CER-CT_2015  
 
Donor Questionnaire  
 English: https://www.research.net/s /DONOR_QUESTIONNAIRE_2015  
French: https://www.research.net/s/QUESTIONNAIRE_DONATEUR_2015  
Spanish: https://www.research.net/s/C UESTIONARIO_DONANTE_2015  
 
South-South Partner Questionnaire  
 
English: https://www.research.net/s/SOU TH_SOUTH_QUEST IONNAIRE_2015  
French: https://www.research.net/s/QUESTIONNAIRE_SUD-SUD_2015  
Spanish: https://www.research.net/s/CUESTIONARIO_SUR-SUR_2015  
CASE STORY TEMPLATES 
Public Sector Case  Story Template  
 
English: https://www.research.net/s/P UBLIC_SECTOR_CASE_STORY_2015  
French: https://www.research.net/s/CAS_EX PERIENCE_SECTEUR_PUBLIQUE_2015  
Spanish: https://www.research.net/s/CASO_E XPERIENCIA_SECTO R_PUBLICO_2015  
 
Private Sector Case Story Template 
 
English: https://www.research.net/s/PRI VATE_SECTOR_CASE_STORY_2015  
French: https://www.research.net/s/CAS_ EXPERIENCE_SECTEUR_PRIVE_2015  
Spanish: https://www.research.net/s/CASO_E XPERIENCIA_SECTOR_PRIVADO_2015  
 
Academia/NGO Case Story Template  
 English: https://www.research.net/s/ACA DEMIA_NGO_CASE_STORY_2015  
French: https://www.research.net/s/CAS_EX PERIENCE_ACADEMIQUE_ONG_2015  
Spanish: https://www.research.net/s/CASO_E XPERIENCIA_ACADEMICA_ONG_2015  
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  ANNEX 2 
RESPONSES TO AID-FOR-TRADE SELF-ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRES 
(As at 9 January 2015) 
 Overall 
Total Partner 
Country LDCs REC/Transport 
Corridors Donors 
(including 
IGOs) South-
South 
Questionnaires 
2015 61 37 18 3 20 1 
Questionnaires 
2013 132 80 36 N/A 43 9 
PARTNER-COUNTRIES 
REGION REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE 
2015 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE 
2013 
AFRICA  Botswana; Central African Republic; 
Congo, Dem. Rep. of; Côte d'Ivoire; The Gambia; Guinea; Lesotho; Malawi; Mali; Mauritius; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Togo; Tunisia; Zimbabwe Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; 
Burundi; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Congo, Dem. Rep. of; Côte d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; Niger; Nigeria; Rep. of Congo; Rwanda; Senegal; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe 
ARAB AND MIDDLE EAST  Yemen Jordan; Oman; Yemen 
ASIA AND PACIFIC Bangladesh; Cambodia; Lao PDR; 
Nepal; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Vanuatu Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; Fiji; 
India; Indonesia; Nepal; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Tuvalu
1; 
Vanuatu 
CENTRAL AND EASTERN 
EUROPE AND 
CENTRAL ASIA  Afghanistan; Turkey 
LATIN AMERICA AND 
THE CARIBBEAN  Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; 
Grenada; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; 
Mexico; Panama; Peru; St. Lucia; St. Vincent & the Grenadines Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; 
Barbados; Belize; Colombia; 
Costa Rica; Dominica; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Grenada; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica, Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Uruguay 
LDCs  Bangladesh; Burkina Faso; Central 
African Republic; Congo, Dem. Rep. of; 
The Gambia; Guinea; Haiti; Lao PDR; 
Lesotho; Malawi; Mali; Nepal; Rwanda; 
Senegal; Solomon Islands; Togo; 
Vanuatu; Yemen Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Benin; 
Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Burundi; 
Cambodia; Central African Republic; 
Chad; Comoros; Congo, Dem. Rep. of; 
Djibouti; Ethiopia; Gambia; Guinea; 
Haiti; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; 
Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; 
Nepal; Niger; Rwanda; Samoa; 
Senegal; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; 
Tuvalu2; Uganda; Vanuatu; Yemen; 
Zambia 
                                               
1 Neither WTO Member nor Observer. 
2 Neither WTO Member nor Observer. WT/COMTD/AFT/W/55 
 
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  REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITY/TRANSPORT CORRIDOR 
REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE 
2015 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE 
2013 
NCTTCA; OECS; SIECA N/A 
DONORS 
 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE 
2015 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE 
2013 
BILATERAL DONORS  Canada; Czech Republic; Denmark; 
Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Japan; Korea; Netherlands; Switzerland; Chinese Taipei; United Kingdom Australia; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; 
Canada; Czech Republic; Denmark, EU; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Korea; Lithuania; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Portugal; Singapore; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Chinese Taipei; UK; US 
IGOs  AfDB; EBRD; IsDB; UNDP; UNIDO; 
World Bank Group AfDB; EBRD; EIF; FAO; IaDB; IMF; 
IsDB; ITC; UNCTAD; UNDP; UNECA; 
UNECE; UNIDO; World Bank; WTO 
SOUTH-SOUTH PARTNERS 
 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE 
2015 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE 
2013 
 Chile Chile; China, Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Indonesia; Mauritius; Mexico; Morocco; 
Oman 
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  ANNEX 3 
SUBMISSION OF CASE STORIES 
(As at 9 January 2015) 
 Overall 
Total Partner 
Country LDCs Donors 
(including 
IGOs) South-
South RECS/ 
Transport 
Corridors Private 
Sector Academia/  
NGO/Other 
Case Stories 
2015 30 7 2 10 – 1 7 5 
PUBLIC SECTOR 
CASE STORY SUBMITTED 
BY CASE STORY TITLE 
Canada Canada-Americas Trade-Rela ted Technical Assistance Program  
Chinese Taipei ICT Technical Cooperation Project (Belize) 
Ecuador Studies and Construction of the Bi -National Border Service Center (CEBAF) 
in Huaquillas 
Ecuador Construction of the New Rumichaca International Bridge and Structural 
Overhaul of the Old Bridge 
Ecuador Integrated Regional Project for Progressive Control of Foot-and-Mouth 
Disease in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela 
France Trade Capacity-Building Programme (PRCC) 
Japan The Project on Capacity Building for the Customs Administrations of the 
Eastern African Region (Phase 2) and the Project on Capacity Development 
for International Trade Facilitation in the Eastern African Region (Phase 3) 
Korea The Project for the Modernization of  Tanzania Customs Administration  
Lesotho Technical Assistance on Trade Facilitation - Lesotho 
Northern Corridor Transit and 
Transport Coordination 
Authority (NCTTCA) Northern Corridor Performance Mo nitoring through the Transport 
Observatory Portal (TOP) 
Tanzania Formation of Joint Border Committee Project 
TradeMark East Africa Rwanda Electronic Single Window  
TradeMark East Africa Trade Facilitation throug h the Uganda Revenue Authority Customs Business 
Systems Enhancement Project (CBSEP) 
Tunisia Single Window for Information and Communications Technology 
Tunisia Telecommunications Study and Research Centre Testing Laboratories 
(CERT LABs) 
UNIDO Reducing Trade Costs, Need for Re-Testing, Re-Inspection 
and Re-Certification Abroad through the Development of a Robust National 
Quality Infrastructure (NQI) in Malawi 
UNIDO Ensuring Quality and Sustainability  along the Coffee Value Chain in Burundi 
United Kingdom Trade Facilitation through the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Customs 
Business Systems Enhancement Project (CBSEP) 
World Bank Group FYR Macedonia Pioneering Risk-Based Border Inspections in the Western 
Balkans 
World Bank Group Increasing the Competitiveness and Expanding Exports of Cambodian Rice: 
Results from Collaboration by the Royal Government of Cambodia, 
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  PRIVATE SECTOR 
CASE STORY SUBMITTED 
BY CASE STORY TITLE 
Aquatest, Czech Republic Manual and Database Design for Geohazard Iden tification and Risk 
Assessment for Infrastruct ure and Human Protection 
Gambia Horticultural 
Enterprises Ltd., The Gambia New Life for MP Farm 
GraphicPeople Limited, 
Bangladesh Working With Microsoft: Windows 8 Digital Launch Campaign 
Nascenia Limited, Bangladesh Branding – A Major Challenge to Connect with Global Value Chain 
Trade Facilitation Office, 
Canada The Peru Canada Trade and Branding Initiative (PCTBI) 
Vanderlande, Netherlands ONE-company concept  
Vítkovice Machinery Group, 
Czech Republic Aid for Trade - Czech Republic - Ethi opia: Trade Development Support in 
Machinery Field through Czech Know-How Transfer  
ACADEMIA/NGO 
CASE STORY SUBMITTED 
BY CASE STORY TITLE 
CUTS International, India Trade Facilitation, Tr ade Costs and Inclusive Development A Case Story 
of Attari-Wagah Border of India and Pakistan  
Trade Facilitation Office, 
Canada Economic Empowerment through Trad e: Empowering Peruvian Mango 
Exporters in Export Readiness; Building capability to Access the 
Canadian Market and to Build and Maintain Importer Relationships. 
The Export of Organic Peruvian Mangoes to Canada 
University Academic Teacher, 
El Salvador The Customs Unification in Central America, based on the Mesoamerica 
Region Project  
 
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