WT/COMTD/AFT/W/54  
 
21 October 2014  
(14-6067)  Page: 1/4  
Committee on Trade and Development 
Aid for Trade    
   
LAUNCH OF THE  
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.  The Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade, "Reducing Trade Costs for Inclusive, Sustainable 
Growth", will be held at the WTO in Geneva on 30 June to 2 July 2015.  
1.2.  Underpinning the Global Review is a monitoring exercise. This 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 Fifth Global Review event by participating actively in this monitoring exercise.   
1.3.  The monitoring exercise for the Fifth Global Review is being undertaken using online, 
electronic formats. Delegations are formally reques ted to circulate the electronic formats to their 
national authorities and national private sector associations. To assist delegations in this task, this document includes: 
 A letter signed by WTO Director-General, Roberto Azevêdo, and OECD Secretary-General, 
Angel Gurría, announcing the date of the Fifth Global Review and launching the Aid-for-Trade monitoring exercise.  
 
 Suggested text that Delegations may use to transmit the monitoring questionnaires, 
including electronic links to monitoring questionnaires and to the case story template.  
Each monitoring format is also being circulated in PDF format as an addendum to this 
document. This information is also available at: http://www.wto.org/aftmonitoring . 
 
1.4.  Please note that the deadline for submission  of completed questionnaires and case stories is 
31 December 2014 .  WT/COMTD/AFT/W/54 
 
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Joint letter from WTO Director-Gen eral and OECD Secretary-General 
 
 
 WT/COMTD/AFT/W/54 
 
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  Suggested text for transmission of the mo nitoring questionnaires and case story 
templates 
 
FIFTH GLOBAL REVIEW OF AID FOR TRADE: REDUCING TRADE COSTS FOR INCLUSIVE, 
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH 
 
Your Excellencies, 
 
The Fifth Global Review of Aid for Trade will take place in June 2015. Underpinning the Review is the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) exercise. The aim of the M&E exercise is to survey how trade 
costs affect developing countries' competitiveness and ability to connect to regional and global 
value chains, what is being done to address this  issue, and how Aid for Trade can help reduce 
trade costs and the associated impacts to deliver inclusive, sustainable growth.  
To collect this information, self-assessment questionnaires and requests for case stories are being 
circulated to donors (bilateral and multilateral ag encies), regional economic communities/transport 
corridors, 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 in 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: 
Reducing Trade Costs for Inclusive, Sustainable Growth". The publication will be launched and 
discussed at the Fifth Global Review of Aid for Tr ade on 30 June-2 July 2015. The Global Review 
event is influential in galvanizing support and directing strategies to help developing countries 
derive the maximum development benefit from trade.    
 We thank you in advance for your contribution  and ask you to please submit the completed 
monitoring information by 31 December 2014 . We request that you complete only those formats 
which are relevant; it is not necessary to complete all the formats.  Links to the self-assessment questionnaires and case story templates: 
 
Partner Country Questionnaire (English, French, Spanish) 
 
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  
 
PDF format: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/54/Add.1  Regional Economic Community/Transport Corridor Questionnaire (English, French, 
Spanish) 
 
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  
 
PDF format: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/54/Add.2 
 Donor Questionnaire (English, French, Spanish)  
 
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  
 
PDF format: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/54/Add.3  WT/COMTD/AFT/W/54 
 
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  South-South Partner Questionnaire (English, French, and Spanish) 
 
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  
 
PDF format: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/54/Add.4 
 
Public Sector Case Story Templa te (English, French, Spanish) 
 
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  
 
PDF format: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/54/Add.5 
 Private Sector Case Story Templa te (English, French, Spanish) 
 
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  
 
PDF format: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/54/Add.6  
Academia/NGO Case Story Templa te (English, French, Spanish) 
 
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  
 
PDF format: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/54/Add.7 
 
  
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