SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION AND EMPOWERMENT FOR INCLUSIVE,
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH  AID FOR TRADE
B
y responding to this questionnaire, you will be:
Contributing to policy coherence by providing information about how you are integrating trade
issues into your development policy(ies) and Aid-for-Trade strategy(ies) and programme(s); 
Offering perspectives on the support you are providing in line with your Aid for Trade strategy(ies);
Shedding light on how Aid for Trade can contribute to economic diversification and empowerment
for inclusive, sustainable development. 
Responses to this questionnaire will be published on the  http://www.aid4trade.org  website and will be
analysed in the next edition of the joint OECD-WTO Aid for Trade at a Glance publication. This
publication will be discussed at the 2019 Global Review of Aid for Trade. The theme of the Review is
"Supporting Economic Diversification and Empowerment for Inclusive, Sustainable Development
Through Aid for Trade".
For any question or comment, you may write to us at  aft.monitoring@wto.org INTRODUCTION
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- 3 -OVERVIEW
 
The South-South questionnaire is separated into 3 main sections that examine:
1.    Changes to your South-South Aid‑for‑Trade priorities since 2016;
2.    Aid-for-Trade support provided to fellow developing countries for economic diversification; and
3.    Aid-for-Trade support provided to fellow developing countries for economic empowerment.
 
The questions are phrased so as to allow comparisons with your answers to previous monitoring
exercises. If you do not have a record of previous answers, you can access them online at 
http//www.aid4trade.orgINTRODUCTION
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- 4 -Guidance notes
We request that answers reflect a "whole of government/organization" view. We encourage you to share
the questionnaire with colleagues in other line ministries to arrive at a single coordinated view.
If you wish to view the full questionnaire as a PDF file that can also be shared by email, please follow
this link: http://www.wto.org/aftmonitoring
Please note that only submissions made using this electronic format will be counted in the monitoring
exercise.  
We encourage you to complete answers by using the additional information boxes, but these are
optional.
 
For least developed countries, the Enhanced Integrated Framework and associated in-country national
implementation structures may be a useful forum to collect and coordinate responses.
All responses received will be made publicly available on the website  http://www.aid4trade.orgResponses will be analysed by the OECD and WTO in the publication series: "Aid for Trade at a
Glance".
Please submit the completed questionnaire before the deadline of   31 DECEMBER 2018 .
(Submissions will be accepted up to the cut-off  31 January 2019 ).INTRODUCTION
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- 5 -How to fill in this questionnaire
 
This questionnaire should be filled out  electronically while connected to the Internet. Please note that
once started, the questionnaire should be completed on the same device.
It may not be possible to finish the questionnaire in one attempt. The questionnaire reply are
automatically saved and can be completed in multiple sessions.  Important to note is that you must reopen the questionnaire with the same device you started it on .
To navigate through this questionnaire click:
Next:   (to move to next page);
Prev:   (to move back to previous page);
Exit:  (data is saved when you exit, but only if you use the same computer or other device from which
your initial submission was set); and
Submit questionnaire:  (once completed and submitted, you will still be able to make changes but only if
you are using the same computer or other device).
For questions and/or to obtain a copy of your responses, email us at:
aft.monitoring@wto.org   indicating "Aid for Trade Monitoring exercise" in the subject line of the
message.INTRODUCTION
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- 6 -ABOUT YOU
2019 Aid for Trade - South-South Questionnaire
1. Respondent*
Name  
Position  
Ministry  
Email Address  2. About you*
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/77/Add.4 
- 7 -The objective of the first section is to assess if, and why, your Aid for Trade priorities have
changed since 2016.  It examines the reasons why you may have changed your strategy or priorities
and if those changes were integrated (i.e. mainstreamed) in your national development strategy and
included in your dialogue with donors.
The WTO Task Force on Aid for Trade  states that Aid for Trade is about assisting developing countries
to increase exports of goods and services, to integrate into the multilateral trading system, and to
benefit from liberalized trade and increased market access. Projects and programmes are considered
as Aid for Trade if these activities have been identified as trade related development priorities in the
recipient country's national development strategies.
The Task Force agreed the following benchmarks for global monitoring of Aid for Trade:
   (a) Trade policy and regulations, including: training of trade officials, analysis of proposals and
positions and their impact, support for national stakeholders to articulate commercial interest and
identify trade offs, dispute issues, institutional and technical support to facilitate implementation of trade
agreements and to adapt to and comply with rules and standards.
   (b) 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.
   (c) Trade related infrastructure: transport and storage, energy, and telecommunications.
   (d) Building productive capacity for goods and services.
   (e) Trade related adjustment, including supporting developing countries to put in place accompanying
measures that assist them to benefit from liberalized trade.
   (f) Other trade related needs.SECTION 1: AID-FOR-TRADE PRIORITIES
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- 8 -SECTION 1: AID-FOR-TRADE PRIORITIES (YOUR GOVERNMENT'S AID-FOR-TRADE
PRIORITIES)
2019 Aid for Trade - South-South Questionnaire
3. Do you have an Aid-for-Trade strategy with South-South partners?*
Yes
No
Unsure
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Adjustment costs
Connecting to value chains
E-commerce
Export diversification
Industrialization
International competitiveness
Network and/or transport infrastructure of a cross border nature
Network infrastructure (power, water, telecommunications)
Regional integration
Services development
Trade facilitation
Trade finance access
Trade policy analysis, negotiations and implementation
Transport infrastructure (airport, roads, rail, port)
WTO accession
Other priority areas including: MSMEs, Women's economic
empowerment, Youth, etc. (please specify)
Please specify further the priorities that you selected above as well as the main problems/obstacles encountered in
furthering them and provide a weblink to the relevant strategy. 4. If yes, please indicate your Aid-for-Trade priorities:
Below are listed the most common priority areas grouped according to broad Aid-for-Trade
categories. Please rank the top 5 priority areas among the ones listed below.
(1 being the most important)
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Additional information on whether your development policy includes trade priorities.5. If no or unsure, does your development policy with South-South partners include trade
priorities?*
Yes
No
Unsure
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 1 2 3
Adjustment costs
Connecting to value
chains
E-commerce
Export diversification
Industrialization
International
competitiveness
Network and/or
transport
infrastructure of a
cross border nature
Network infrastructure
(power, water,
telecommunications)
Regional integration
Services development
Trade facilitation
Trade finance access
Trade policy analysis,
negotiations and
implementation6. If yes, please indicate the trade priorities in your development policy.
Below are listed the most common priority areas grouped according to broad Aid-for-Trade
categories. Please rank the top 5 priority areas among the ones listed below.
(1 being the most important)
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- 13 -Transport
infrastructure (airport,
roads, rail, port)
Other areas including:
MSMEs, women's
economic
empowerment, Youth
issues etc. (please
specify) 1 2 3
Please specify further the priorities that you selected above as well as the main problems/obstacles encountered in
furthering them and provide a weblink to the relevant strategy.
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Please specify further and include a weblink to the relevant development strategy.7. Has your Aid-for-Trade strategy, or the trade priorities in your development policy with South-
South partners, changed since 2016?*
Yes
No
Unsure
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 1 2 3
2030 Sustainable
Development Goals
Change of
government
Continental or
regional policy
instruments (e.g.
Agenda 2063: The
Africa We Want)
E-commerce
development
Economic
diversification
Expansion of
domestic services
sectors and/or trade
in services
External factors (e.g.
changes in key
trading Partners
policies)
Green growth
objectives
Industrialization
objectives
Digital or ICT-related
strategy8. If yes, please rank the top 3 drivers of these changes :
(Please choose no more than 3 options)
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- 16 -MSMEs growth and
development
objectives
New investment
strategy
New national
development strategy
New regional
development or
integration strategy
New trade capacity
needs
Poverty reduction
objectives
Regional Trade
Agreements (e.g.
CFTA)
Trade Facilitation
Agreement
Implementation
Trade finance access
Women
empowerment
objectives
Youth empowerment
objectives
Other (please specify) 1 2 3
Additional information on the top 3 drivers of changes in your Aid-for-Trade priorities since 2016.
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- 17 -Additional information on how changes in your Aid-for-Trade priorities have been reflected in your dialogue with South-
South partner countries and development institutions.9. Have these changes been reflected in your dialogue with South-South partner countries and
development institutions?
Yes
No
Unsure
10. Please provide names, titles, references or weblinks to policy documents relevant to Aid for
Trade in your country.
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- 18 -Limited economic diversification in exports and domestic production is a fundamental rationale for the
Aid-for-Trade Initiative. Aid for Trade is about assisting developing countries, and in particular LDCs, to
increase exports of goods and services, to integrate into the multilateral trading system, and to benefit
from liberalized trade and increased market access.
 
Conceptually, economic diversification contains different elements: export diversification, structural
transformation and industrialization. It implies the shift to a more varied production structure, involving
the introduction of new, or the expansion of pre-existing, goods and services, together with
industrialization through manufacturing-value added.
 
Export diversification can be measured through increases in the variety and volume of exports and/or
trading partners (extensive diversification), or through increases in the proportion of product or services
that are exported, and/or through an increase in price (intensive diversification).
 
Structural transformation refers to the reallocation of resources across different sectors and products
and services over time. Where this process is associated with economic growth and development it is
linked to a move to higher productivity at sectoral level (i.e. agriculture, fisheries, forestry, industry or
services) and/or in terms of labour productivity.
Industrialization is a process frequently associated with quality upgrading (i.e. value addition). Producing
a higher quality or a greater variety of existing products (e.g. processing agricultural or other
commodities) can build on existing comparative advantages. It can boost countries' export revenues
(e.g. through the use of more physical, and more human-capital intensive production techniques).
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If yes, please provide additional information about this strategy (including as to how economic diversification is defined
and measured).11. Is economic diversification a priority in your development or Aid-for-Trade strategy with
South-South partners ?*
Yes
No
Unsure
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- 20 -Additional information on the main constraints to economic diversification as identified in your aid-for-trade strategy with
South-South partners.12. What are the main constraints to economic diversification that your development or aid-for-
trade strategy with South-South partners seeks to address?
(You may tick more than 1 box)
High input costs
High tariffs in target markets/products
High trade costs
Inadequate network infrastructure (power, water, telecommunications)
Limited access to trade finance
Limited agricultural production capacity
Limited customs and other border agency capacity
Limited e-trade readiness
Limited inward foreign direct investment
Limited industrial or manufacturing capacity
Limited network and/or transport infrastructure of a cross border nature
Limited services capacity
Limited standards compliance
Low levels of training and skills
Poor international competitiveness
Small domestic market
Transport infrastructure (airport, roads, rail, port)
Unaffordable and/or unreliable electricity access
Unsure
Other, (please specify)
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- 21 -Additional information on which categories of aid-for-trade financing you provide South-South aid-for- trade-support for
economic diversification.13. Please indicate in which category(ies) of aid-for-trade financing you provide South-South aid-
for- trade support for economic diversification.
(You may tick more than 1 box and/or leave boxes unticked if you do receive support)
Trade policy and regulations (Including training of trade officials, analysis of proposals and positions and their
impact, support for national stakeholders to articulate commercial interest and identify trade-offs, dispute issues,
institutional and technical support to 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
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
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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- 22 -Additional information on how the aid-for-trade support you provide for economic diversification aligns with the priorities
established in South-South partners national or regional trade and development strategy(ies).14. Does the aid-for-trade support you provide for economic diversification align with South-
South partners' priorities as established in their national or regional trade and development
strategy(ies)?*
Yes
No
Unsure
Additional information on whether the South-South aid-for-trade support for economic diversification you provide
recorded progress.15. Has the South-South aid-for-trade support you provide for economic diversification recorded
progress in partner countries since the launch of the Aid-for-Trade initiative in 2006?*
Yes
No
Unsure
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Additional information on the progress that your government has recorded in economic diversification since the launch of
the Aid-for-Trade initiative in 2006.16. If yes please specify, in which area(s):
(You may tick more than 1 box)
Export diversification
Structural transformation
Industrialization, including manufacturing value added
Unsure
Other, (please specify)
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- 24 -Additional information on the sector(s) where progress in economic diversification has been made.17. If yes, please also indicate in which sector(s):
(You may tick more than 1 box)
Agriculture
Industry
Services
Fisheries
Forestry
Unsure
Other, (please specify)
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18. In which category(ies) of Aid for Trade is the South-South support you provide impactful for
economic diversification?
(You may tick more than 1 box and/or leave boxes unticked if you do not receive support)
Trade policy and regulations (Including training of trade officials, analysis of proposals and positions and their
impact, support for national stakeholders to articulate commercial interest and identify trade-offs, dispute issues,
institutional and technical support to 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
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
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- 26 -Additional information on the category(ies) of Aid for Trade in which the South-South support you provide is impactful for
economic diversification, including information on which your answer is based.Mineral resources and mining
Travel and tourism
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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Additional information on the factors that contribute to the success of the aid-for-trade support your provide to South-
South partners for economic diversification.19. What factors contribute to the success of the aid-for-trade support you provide South-South
partners for economic diversification?
(You may tick more than 1 box. Please limit your answer to the top five factors)
Alignment of aid-for-trade support with national/regional priorities
Capacity to draft funding applications
Coordination among donors
Country ownership
Donor interest in specific projects/programmes
Good digital and ICT connectivity
Good trade-related infrastructure
Institutional capacity to implement projects
Leveraging of foreign direct investment
Mobilization of domestic private investment
National/regional coordination
Services capacity
Sufficient funding and appropriate implementation timelines
Unsure
Other (please specify)
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- 28 -Additional information on the factors that may limit the success of the aid- for-trade support that you provide to South-
South partners for economic diversification.20. What factors may limit the success of the aid-for-trade support that you provide to South-
South partners for economic diversification?
(You may tick more than 1 box. Please limit your answer to the top five factors.)
Diverging priorities between partner and donor
Inadequate infrastructure
Failure to mobilize domestic private investment
Inability to leverage foreign direct investment
Lack of country ownership
Lack of donor interest in specific projects/programmes
Limited financing for the private sector
Limited services capacity
Poor digital and ICT connectivity
Poor alignment of aid-for-trade received with national/regional priorities
Poor coordination among donors
Poor national/regional coordination
Resources dedicated to the project or programme too low
Time horizon too short
Weak institutional capacity
Unsure
Other (please specify)
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Additional information on how Aid for Trade helps mobilize other forms of development finance for economic
diversification.21. Does the Aid for Trade you provide help mobilize other forms of development finance for
economic diversification in South-South partner countries (i.e. non-concessional financing,
foreign direct investment, remittances, trade finance, etc.).*
Yes
No
Unsure
22. To which to South-South partner country(ies) or territory(ies) do you provide aid-for-trade
financing for economic diversification?
(You may tick more than 1 box)
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
BeninGrenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iran
IraqPanama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
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- 30 -Bolivia, Plurinational State
Bosnia and Herzegoniva
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Cuba
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Eswatini
FijiJamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kyrgyz Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Nauru
Nicaragua
NigerSenegal
Sao T ome and Principe
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Syrian Arab Republic
T ajikistan
T anzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
The former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia
T ogo
T okelau
T onga
Trinidad and T obago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Viet Nam
Wallis and Futuna
West Bank and Gaza Strip
Yemen
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- 31 -Additional information on the South-South partner country(ies), territory(ies) or regional programmes in which you
provide aid-for-trade financing for economic diversification.Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
GhanaNigeria
Niue
Pakistan
PalauZambia
Zimbabwe
NB. This list of aid-for-trade recipients is sourced from the OECD-DAC/CRS aid activity database.
Please provide further details on the channels through which you provide South-South partners with aid-for-trade
financing for economic diversification.23. Through which channels do you provide South-South partners with aid-for-trade financing
for economic diversification?
(You may tick more than 1 box)
Bilateral programmes
Regional programmes
Multilateral institutions
Other, e.g. new institutions or programmes
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- 32 -Additional information the South-South partner(s) you partner with to provide financing for economic diversification.24. With which South-South partner(s) do you partner to offer financing for economic
diversification?
(You may tick more than 1 box or leave all boxes unticked if you do not partner with any)
Algeria
Argentina
Bahrain
Brazil
Chile*
China
Cuba
Egypt
India
IndonesiaIsrael*
Iran
Lybia
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Malaysia
Mexico*
Nigeria
Pakistan
South AfricaSouth Korea*
Chinese T aipei
Qatar
Singapore
Thailand
Turkey
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Venezuela
Other (please specify)
NB. This list is sourced from the United Nations for Development Cooperation. Various of those South-South partners
listed with an asterisk are OECD Member  States, appear on the OECD DAC list and/or report to the OECD CRS.
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Additional information on the sectors that you anticipate will require most support for economic diversification.25. Looking ahead, in which sectors do you anticipate future support for economic
diversification to be required?
 
(You may tick more than 1 box)
Agriculture
Industry
Services
Fisheries
Forestry
Unsure
Other, (please specify)
26. Looking ahead, in which category(ies) of aid-for-trade financing do you anticipate that you
will continue to provide to South-South aid-for-trade support for economic diversification.
(You may tick more than 1 box and/or leave boxes unticked if you do not receive support)
Trade policy and regulations (Including training of trade officials, analysis of proposals and positions and their
impact, support for national stakeholders to articulate commercial interest and identify trade-offs, dispute issues,
institutional and technical support to 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)
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- 34 -Additional information on the categories of aid-for-trade financing in which you will continue to provide South-South aid-
for-trade support for economic diversification.Multilateral trade negotiations
Trade education/training
Trade-related infrastructure  (Including physical infrastructure)
Transport and storage infrastructure
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
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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27. Is there any Aid for Trade project or programme for economic diversification that you would
like to showcase as a South-South example of best practice?
(Please provide additional information and include weblinks as relevant)
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/77/Add.4 
- 36 -Economic empowerment can be defined in different ways, but in simple terms, it combines the concepts
of empowerment and economic advancement. 
Approaches to economic empowerment concentrate on factors that help different groups succeed in the
economy and trade. Factors that may empower include skills and access to productive resources,
improving the enabling and institutional environments, and assisting different groups in their ability to
benefit from economic growth and development. 
For example, the OECD defines economic empowerment as the capacity of women and men to
participate in, contribute to and benefit from growth processes in ways that recognise the value of their
contributions, respect their dignity and make it possible to negotiate a fairer distribution of the benefits of
growth. Economic empowerment increases women’s access to economic resources and opportunities
including jobs, financial services, property and other productive assets, skills development and market
information. Women's economic empowerment is a prerequisite for achieving the Sustainable
Development Goals.
Youth economic empowerment implies also the dimension of moving from dependence on the economic
support of parents or other adults, to being economically productive with the ability to support
themselves or others. 
The focus in this section is on the empowerment dimensions of three groups:
   - Women's economic empowerment;
   - Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises; and
   - Youth empowerment.SECTION 3: AID FOR TRADE IN SUPPORT OF ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
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If yes, please provide additional information on how economic empowerment is prioritized in your aid-for-trade and
development strategy with South-South partners.28. Is economic empowerment a priority in your aid-for-trade or development strategy with
South-South partners?*
Yes
No
Unsure
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Additional information on the groups for which your aid-for-trade strategy with South-South partners is seeking to
promote economic empowerment.29. For which groups does your aid-for-trade strategy with South-South partners seek to
promote economic empowerment?
(You may tick more than 1 box)
Women's economic empowerment
Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Youth economic empowerment
Unsure
Other (please specify)
If yes, please provide additional information the indicators or targets on economic empowerment included in your aid-
for-trade or development strategy.30. Does your aid-for-trade, or do the trade priorities in your development strategy, propose any
indicators to track economic empowerment or include any targets to achieve?*
Yes
No
Unsure
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- 39 -If yes, please provide additional information on how your aid-for-trade or development strategy links economic
empowerment in South-South partners to participation in international trade.31. Does your aid-for-trade or development strategy link economic empowerment in South-South
partner countries to their participation in international trade?*
Yes
No
Unsure
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32. Please indicate in which category(ies) of aid-for-trade financing you provide South-South
partners with support for economic empowerment.
(You may tick more than 1 box and/or leave all boxes unticked if you do not receive support)
Trade policy and regulations (Including training of trade officials, analysis of proposals and positions and their
impact, support for national stakeholders to articulate commercial interest and identify trade-offs, dispute issues,
institutional and technical support to 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
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
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/77/Add.4 
- 41 -Additional information on the categories of aid-for-trade financing in which you provide South-South partners with
support for economic empowerment.Mineral resources and mining
Travel and tourism
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
Additional information on how the South-South aid-for-trade support you provide for economic empowerment aligns with
the empowerment priorities established in partner countries national or regional trade and development strategy(ies).33. Does the South-South aid-for-trade support you provide for economic empowerment align
with the empowerment priorities established in partner countries national or regional trade and
development strategy(ies)?*
Yes
No
Unsure
Additional information on how women's economic empowerment is prioritized in your development aid-for-trade strategy
with South-South partners .34. Is women's economic empowerment a priority in your development or aid-for-trade strategy
with South-South partners ?*
Yes
No
Unsure
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Additional information or examples of projects and programmes on how South-South Aid for Trade can make a
contribution to women's economic empowerment.35. In your view, how best can South-South Aid for Trade make a contribution to women's
economic empowerment? 
(You may tick more than 1 box. Please limit your answer to the top five factors)
Improving access to information
Improving access to foreign markets
Improving access to global value chains
Improving digital connectivity
Improving the provision of services
Improving the flow of goods at borders (Trade Facilitation)
Providing access to finance
Supporting the growth and economic development of women
Supporting rural trade
Supporting the elaboration of gender-sensitive policies
Supporting the growth and economic development of Youth
Upgrading business skills
Upgrading ICT skills
Upgrading the energy infrastructure
Upgrading the transport infrastructure
Other (please specify)
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/77/Add.4 
- 43 -Additional information on the South-South aid-for-trade financing that, in your view, best supports women's economic
empowerment.36. What forms of South-South aid-for-trade financing, in your view, best support women's
economic empowerment?
(You may tick more than 1 box and/or leave all boxes unticked if you do not receive support)
Trade policy and regulations  (Including training of trade officials, analysis of proposals and positions and their
impact, support for national stakeholders to articulate commercial interest and identify trade-offs, dispute issues,
institutional and technical support to 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
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
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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- 44 -Additional information on the factors that contribute to the success of South-South Aid for Trade in promoting women's
economic empowerment.37. What factors contribute to the success of South-South Aid for Trade in promoting women's
economic empowerment?
 
 (You may tick more than 1 box. Please limit your answer to the top five factors)
Alignment of aid-for-trade support with national/regional priorities
Capacity to draft funding applications
Coordination among donors
Country ownership
Donor interest in specific projects/programmes
Good digital and ICT connectivity
Good trade-related infrastructure
Leveraging of foreign direct investment
Mobilization of domestic private investment
Institutional capacity to implement projects
National/regional coordination
Services capacity
Sufficient funding and appropriate implementation timelines
Unsure
Other (please specify):
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Additional information or examples of projects and programmes on how South-South Aid for Trade can make a
contribution to the economic empowerment of MSMEs.38. In your view, how best can South-South Aid for Trade make a contribution to the economic
empowerment of MSMEs. 
(You may tick more than 1 box. Please limit your answer to the top five factors)
Improving access to information
Improving access to foreign markets
Improving access to global value chains
Improving digital connectivity
Improving the provision of services
Improving the flow of goods at borders (Trade Facilitation)
Providing access to finance
Supporting the growth and economic development of women
Supporting rural trade
Supporting the elaboration of gender-sensitive policies
Supporting the growth and economic development of Youth
Upgrading business skills
Upgrading ICT skills
Upgrading the energy infrastructure
Upgrading the transport infrastructure
Other (please specify)
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/77/Add.4 
- 46 -Additional information on the South-South aid-for-trade financing that, in your view, best supports the economic
empowerment of MSMEs.39. What forms of South-South aid-for-trade financing, in your view, best support the economic
empowerment of MSMEs?
(You may tick more than 1 box and/or leave all boxes unticked if you do not receive support)
Trade policy and regulations  (Including training of trade officials, analysis of proposals and positions and their
impact, support for national stakeholders to articulate commercial interest and identify trade-offs, dispute issues,
institutional and technical support to 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
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
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
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/77/Add.4 
- 47 -Additional information on factors that contribute to the success of South-South Aid for Trade in promoting the economic
empowerment of MSMEs.40. What factors contribute to the success of South-South Aid for Trade in promoting the
economic empowerment of MSMEs?
 
 (You may tick more than 1 box. Please limit your answer to the top five factors)
Alignment of aid-for-trade support with national/regional priorities
Capacity to draft funding applications
Coordination among donors
Country ownership
Donor interest in specific projects/programmes
Good digital and ICT connectivity
Good trade-related infrastructure
Leveraging of foreign direct investment
Mobilization of domestic private investment
Institutional capacity to implement projects
National/regional coordination
Services capacity
Sufficient funding and appropriate implementation timelines
Unsure
Other (please specify):
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Additional information on how South-South Aid for Trade can contribute to Youth economic empowerment41. In your view, how best can South-South Aid for Trade contribute to Youth economic
empowerment?
(You may tick more than 1 box. Please limit your answer to the top five factors)
Improving access to information
Improving access to foreign markets
Improving access to global value chains
Improving digital connectivity
Improving the provision of services
Improving the flow of goods at borders (Trade Facilitation)
Providing access to finance
Supporting the growth and economic development of women
Supporting rural trade
Supporting the elaboration of gender-sensitive policies
Supporting the growth and economic development of Youth
Upgrading business skills
Upgrading ICT skills
Upgrading the energy infrastructure
Upgrading the transport infrastructure
Other (please specify)
42. What forms of South-South aid-for-trade financing, in your view, best support Youth
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- 49 -Additional information on the South-South aid-for-trade financing that, in your view, best supports Youth economic
empowerment.economic empowerment?
(You may tick more than 1 box and/or leave all boxes unticked if you do not receive support)
Trade policy and regulations  (Including training of trade officials, analysis of proposals and positions and their
impact, support for national stakeholders to articulate commercial interest and identify trade-offs, dispute issues,
institutional and technical support to 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
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
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
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/77/Add.4 
- 50 -Additional information on the factors that contribute to the success of South-South Aid for Trade in promoting Youth
economic empowerment.43. What factors contribute to the success of South-South Aid for Trade in promoting Youth
economic empowerment?
 
 (You may tick more than 1 box. Please limit your answer to the top five factors)
Alignment of aid-for-trade support with national/regional priorities
Capacity to draft funding applications
Coordination among donors
Country ownership
Donor interest in specific projects/programmes
Good digital and ICT connectivity
Good trade-related infrastructure
Leveraging of foreign direct investment
Mobilization of domestic private investment
Institutional capacity to implement projects
National/regional coordination
Services capacity
Sufficient funding and appropriate implementation timelines
Unsure
Other (please specify):
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Please provide a weblink to the relevant national strategy or policy document in which SDGs are referred to.44. In your view, can South-South Aid for Trade make a contribution to the achievement of the
2030 Sustainable Development Agenda ?*
Yes
No
Unsure
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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- 52 -Additional information on the Sustainable Development Goal(s) that South-South Aid for Trade can help to achieve.45. If yes, please specify the Sustainable Development Goal or Goals (SDGs) that South-South
Aid for Trade can help to achieve.
(You may tick more than 1 box)
Sustainable Development Goals:
1. No poverty
2. Zero hunger
3. Good health and well-being
4. Quality education
5. Gender equality
6. Clean water and sanitation7. Affordable and clean energy
8. Decent work and economic
growth
9. Industry, innovation and
infrastructure
10. Reduce inequalities
11. Sustainable cities and
communities
12. Responsible consumption and
production13. Climate action
14. Life below water
15. Life on land
16. Peace, justice and strong
institutions
17. Partnership for the goals
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46. Which South-South partner country(ies) or custom territory(ies) are the main recipients of the
aid-for-trade financing you provide for economic empowerment?
(You may tick more than 1 box)
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bolivia, Plurinational State
Bosnia and Herzegoniva
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
CambodiaGrenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kyrgyz Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lebanon
LesothoPanama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Senegal
Sao T ome and Principe
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/77/Add.4 
- 54 -Additional information on the South-South country(ies) or custom territory(ies) that are the main recipients of the aid-for-
trade financing you provide for economic empowerment.Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Cuba
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Eswatini
Fiji
Gabon
The Gambia
Georgia
GhanaLiberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Nauru
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Pakistan
PalauSuriname
Syrian Arab Republic
T ajikistan
T anzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
The former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia
T ogo
T okelau
T onga
Trinidad and T obago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Viet Nam
Wallis and Futuna
West Bank and Gaza Strip
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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- 55 -NB. This list of aid-for-trade recipients is sourced from the OECD-DAC/CRS aid activity database.
Please provide further details on the channels through which you provide South-South aid-for-trade financing for
economic empowerment.47. Through which channels do you provide South-South aid-for-trade financing for economic
empowerment?
(You may tick more than 1 box)
Bilateral programmes
Regional programmes
Multilateral institutions
Other, e.g. new institutions or programmes
Additional information on the South-South partner(s) your partner with to provide coherent aid-for-trade financing for
economic empowerment.48. With which South-South partner(s) do you partner with to provide aid-for-trade financing for
economic empowerment?
(You may tick more than 1 box or leave all boxes unticked if you do not partner with any))
Algeria
Argentina
Bahrain
Brazil
Chile*
China
Cuba
Egypt
India
IndonesiaIsrael*
Iran
Lybia
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Malaysia
Mexico*
Nigeria
Pakistan
South AfricaSouth Korea*
Chinese T aipei
Qatar
Singapore
Thailand
Turkey
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Venezuela
Other (please specify)
NB. This list is sourced from the United Nations for Development Cooperation. Various of those South-South partners
listed with an asterisk are OECD Member  States, appear on the OECD DAC list and/or report to the OECD CRS.
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/77/Add.4 
- 56 -Additional information on which category(ies) of Aid for Trade you think further South-South aid-for-trade support for
economic empowerment will be required.49. Looking ahead, in which category(ies) of aid-for-trade financing do you anticipate that you
will continue to provide South-South aid-for-trade support for economic empowerment.
(You may tick more than 1 box and/or leave boxes unticked if you do not receive support)
Trade policy and regulations  (Including training of trade officials, analysis of proposals and positions and their
impact, support for national stakeholders to articulate commercial interest and identify trade-offs, dispute issues,
institutional and technical support to 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
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
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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50. Is there any South-South Aid for Trade project or programme for economic empowerment
you would like to showcase as particularly important or as an example of best practice?
(Please provide any relevant additional information and include weblinks as relevant)
WT/COMTD/AFT/W/77/Add.4 
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(Please reference in the form or weblinks, document symbols, including to evaluations of
projects or programmes)
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