WT/COMTD/AFT/W/55/Add.1  
 
6 March 2015  
(15-1273)  Page: 1/7  
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 
Addendum 
1.1.  This document provides a list of responses that have been received in response to the 2015 
monitoring and evaluation exercise. This information will serve to inform the Fifth Global Review of 
Aid for Trade that will take place on 30 June – 2 July 2015.  
1.2.  An analysis of these responses will be included in the publication "Aid for Trade at a Glance 
2015: Reducing Trade Costs for Inclusive, Sustaina ble Growth" which will be presented at the Fifth 
Global Review of  Aid for Trade. 
1.3.  A total number of 111 completed self-assessment questionnaires have been received: 62 
from partner countries (including 30  least developed countries), ten from regional economic 
communities/transport corridors, 36 from donors (including international governmental 
organizations), and three from South-South partners. In addition, 116 case stories have also been 
submitted. 
1.4.  A list of respondents to the self-assessment questionnaire is provided in Annex 1. This list 
compares those responses received from delegations for the 2013 monitoring and evaluation 
exercise. A list of case story submissions is provided in Annex 2 (listed in the original language of 
submission). 
1.5.  The monitoring exercise remains open. Info rmation regarding the exercise, including links to 
the questionnaire and case story templates, can be found at: http://www.wto.org/aftmonitoring . 
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  ANNEX 1  
RESPONSES TO AID-FOR-TRADE SELF-ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRES 
 Overall 
Total Partner 
Country LDCs REC/Transport 
Corridors Donors 
(including 
IGOs) South-
South 
Questionnaires 
2015 111 62 30 10 36 3 
Questionnaires 
2013 132 80 36 N/A 43 9 
PARTNER-COUNTRIES 
REGION REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE 
2015 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE 
2013 
AFRICA  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; Sierra Leone; Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; 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; Bhutan; Cambodia; 
Indonesia; Lao PDR;  Nepal; Pakistan; 
Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Thailand; 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; Mongolia Afghanistan; Turkey 
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 
 Antigua and Barbuda; Belize; Colombia; Costa Rica; Dominica; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Grenada; Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras; Mexico; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the 
Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago 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  Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Benin; 
Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Cambodia; 
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; 
Togo; Uganda; 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/Add.1 
 
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  REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITY/TRANSPORT CORRIDOR 
REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE 
2015 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE 
2013 
CARICOM; COMESA; NCTTCA; Pacific Island 
Countries (PICs); OECS; Pacific Island Forum 
Secretariat (PIFS); SADC; SIECA; TradeMark East Africa  N/A 
DONORS 
 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE 
2015 REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE 
2013 
BILATERAL DONORS  Australia; Austria;  Belgium; Canada; 
Czech Republic; Denmark; European Union; Finland; France; Germany; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Korea; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Sweden; Switzerland; Chinese Taipei; United Kingdom; United States Australia; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; 
Canada; Czech Republic; Denmark, European Union; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Korea; Lithuania; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Portugal; Singapore; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Chinese Taipei; United Kingdom; United States 
IGOs  AfDB; AsDB; EBRD; IaDB; IsDB/ITFC; 
ITC; UNCTAD; UNDP; UNECA; 
UNECE; UNESCAP; 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; China; Indone sia Chile; China; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Indonesia; Mauritius; Mexico; Morocco; 
Oman 
 
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  ANNEX 2 
SUBMISSION OF CASE STORIES 
 Overall 
Total Partner 
Country LDCs Donors 
(including 
IGOs) South-
South RECS/ 
Transport 
Corridors Private 
Sector Academia/  
NGO/Other 
Case Stories 
2015 116 36 15 47 4 7 17 5 
PUBLIC SECTOR 
CASE STORY  
SUBMITTED BY CACASE STORY TITLE CASE STORY 
NUMBER  
African Development Bank How well have A frican Development Bank-funded Air Transport 
Projects in Ethiopia pe rformed? Lessons learned 34 
African Development Bank Kenya: Nairobi-Thika Highway Improvement Project – 
Connecting Neighbours, Connecting the Continent 35 
African Development Bank Demo cratic Republic of the Cong o: Nsele-Lufimi and Kwango-
Kenge Roads Rehabilitation Project 36 
Asian Development Bank Hairatan (Northern Uzbekistan) to Mazar-e-Sharif (Afghanistan) 
Railway Project 46 
Asian Development Bank The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program 60 
Asian Development Bank Cambodia: Greater Mekong Subr egion Transmission Project  71 
Australia Trade Development Facility in Lao PDR 48 
Australia Strengthening Public-Private Pa rtnerships in the Philippines 50 
Australia Agriculture, Forestry and Community Development Program in 
Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia 51 
Australia Bringing Banking to the People in Papua New Guinea 52 
Australia Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme (Phase 1) 53 
Australia Pacific Horticultural and Agricultural Market Access (PHAMA) 
Program – Phase One 55 
Austria Black Sea Electricity Transmission Network in Georgia 64 
Belize  Belize George Price Highway (G PH) Rehabilitation (Improving 
Belize's Main Transportation Corridor for further Integration into 
RICAM – The International Network of Mesoamerican Highways) 74 
Canada Canada-Americas Trade-Related Technical Assistance – 
Enhancing Peru Custom's Authoris ed Economic Operator Program 12 
Central African Republic La Facilitation des transits et des transports sur le corridor 
Bangui (Centrafrique)-Douala (Cameroun) 82 
Chile Sistema de Intelige ncia de Mercados Agropecuarios – Triangular 
USAID/USDA 25 
Chile Fortalecimiento de la Vigilancia Epidemiológica en los Servicios 
Veterinarios (FORVE) 28 
Chile Refuerzo de la Unidad da Anális is de Riesgo de Plagas (ARP) y el 
Sistema de Informació n Geográfica (SIG) 30 
Chile Proyecto triangular AGCI-USAID para el Fortalecimiento 
institucional a SENESA Honduras para el establecimiento de un 
Sistema público-privado de inspección y certificación fitosanitaria 
y de inocuidad alimentaria de pr oductos agrícolas de exportación 33 
Comoros Projet d'assistance pour la mise en œuvre du CIR aux Comores 109 
Costa Rica Creación del Consejo de Pu estos Fronterizos Terrestres 58 
Costa Rica Modernización de la Ventan illa Única de Comercio Exterior de 
Costa Rica 111 
Dominica Assistance to Improve Disaster Risk Management Capacities in 
Agricultural Sectors 72 
Dominican Republic Programa Binacional Haití-República Dominicana, Componente 
"Desarrollo del Comercio Bilateral en el marco del EP" Financiado por la Unión Europea bajo el 10mo Fondo Europeo para el Desarrollo (FED) 114 
ECOWAS West Africa Joint Border Post Programme 38 
ECOWAS Processus de mise en œuvre du programme de l'APE Pour le 
Développement (PAPED) – Afrique de l'Ouest 108 WT/COMTD/AFT/W/55/Add.1 
 
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  CASE STORY  
SUBMITTED BY CACASE STORY TITLE CASE STORY 
NUMBER  
Ecuador Proyecto Regional Integrado para el Control Progresivo de la 
Fiebre Aftosa en Perú, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia y Venezuela 18 
Ecuador Estudios y Construc ción CEBAF-Huaquillas 19 
Ecuador Construcción del Nuevo Puente Internacional Rumichaca y 
revisión estructural del Puente Antiguo 20 
Ecuador Desarrollar la Ventanilla Única Ecuatoriana para la simplificación 
y modernización de los procesos  de Comercio Exterior (VUE) 110 
European Union ASEAN TMview: Online Trademark Information Platform 59 
France Programme de renforcement des capacités commerciales (PRCC) 80 
Germany Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration in Indonesia 66 
Germany Support for the EAC Integr ation Process in Indonesia 67 
Indonesia Indonesia's South-South and Triangular Cooperation: Experience 
and on Moving Forward 40 
Inter-American 
Development Bank El conocimiento más allá de las fronteras 113 
Inter-American 
Development Bank Vía rápida y segura para el comercio internacional 115 
International Trade Centre Helping Trade and Investment Support Institutions AIM (Assess, 
Improve and Measure) Higher 49 
International Trade Centre Market intelligence: ITC Market Analysis Tools Help Generate 
over US$126 million in Goods and Services Exports 54 
International Trade Centre US Safety Certificate could Quintuple Peru’s Exports of 
Indigenous Food Products 56 
International Trade Centre Connecting Central and Western Af rica to Mekong Countries to 
Bolster Trade 57 
International Trade Centre Say Cheese: Halal Certification Helps Egyptian Dairy Group 
Quadruple Sales to Malaysia, Find New Markets 61 
International Trade Centre ITC Engagement in the Netherland s Trust Fund to Support IT and 
IT-enabled Services in Bangladesh 68 
Islamic Development 
Bank(IsDB)/International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) ITFC's Financing Gambian Groundnuts 69 
Islamic Development 
Bank(IsDB)/International 
Islamic Trade Finance 
Corporation (ITFC) A Pre-Export Financing for th e Indonesian Coffee Sector 70 
Italy Investment Promotion for Iraq 22 
Japan Capacity Building for the Customs Administrations of the Eastern 
African Region (Phase 2) an d Capacity Development for 
International Trade Facilitation in the Eastern African Region 
(Phase 3) 7 
Kenya The Kenyan Environment and Implementation of the National 
Single Window 24 
Korea The Modernization of Tanzania Customs Administration 14 
Lesotho Technical Assistance on Trade Facilitation Lesotho 5 
Lesotho Customs Modernisation Programme – Lesotho Revenue Authority 21 
Madagascar Impact de l'aide au commer ce dans le domaine des négociations 
commerciales sur le secteur Agriculture et Pêche à Madagascar 39 
Madagascar Appui à la filière litchi de Madagascar 45 
Madagascar Updating of Socio-Economic Indicators for Transport Projects in 
Madagascar 81 
Madagascar Appui à la maitrise de la maladie des abeilles (varroase) à 
Madagascar par l'ICIPE/IBAR-UA 104 
Madagascar Programme for Implementation  of Regional Fisheries Strategy for 
the ESA-IO Region (IRFS)  (Programme Smartfish) 105 
 
Madagascar Amélioration de la qualité de produits agricoles à travers la 
certification biologique et éq uitable (Fairtrade Labelling 
Organization) des groupements des producteurs des Régions 
Atsinanana et Analanjirofo 106 
Madagascar Mise en place du Guichet Un ique à l'Exportation à Madagascar 107 
Netherlands  CBI Case stories on Trade Cost Reducing Initiatives 73 
Nigeria Implementation of Trade Facilitation for Nigeria  79 WT/COMTD/AFT/W/55/Add.1 
 
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  CASE STORY  
SUBMITTED BY CACASE STORY TITLE CASE STORY 
NUMBER  
Northern Corridor Transit 
and Transport 
Coordination Authority 
(NCTTCA) Northern Corridor Performance Mo nitoring through the Transport 
Observatory Portal (TOP) 2 
Pacific Island Countries PACER Plus – An Oppo rtunity for the Pacific Island Countries to 
Enhance their Partic-ipation in International Trade 41 
Papua New Guinea European Union Provides Training to Papua New Guinea's 
Customs to Benefit from the EU–PNG Free Trade Agreement 44 
Peru Facilitando el Comercio Exteri or en el Perú a través de la 
Ventanilla Única de Comercio Exterior-VUCE 112 
SIECA Implementación del Sistema para el Intercambio Electrónico del 
Formulario Aduanero Único Centroamericano (FAUCA) 23 
South Pacific Tourism 
Organization Small Micro-Enterprise e-Marketing Support – 2013-2014 Across 
11 Pacific ACP Countries 76 
South Pacific Tourism 
Organization Port Preparedness Programme 77 
South Pacific Tourism 
Organization Financing Projects for Training an d Investing in Energy Efficiency 
and Renewable Energy 78 
Standards and Trade 
Development Facility Implementing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Facilitate 
Safe Trade in Southeast Asia an d Southern Africa: Conclusions 
and Recommendations from STDF Research Work 17 
Chinese Taipei ICT Technical Cooperation Project in Belize 8 
Tajikistan D e v e l o p m e n t  o f  t h e  S i n g l e  W i n d o w  ( S W )  F a c i l i t y  f o r  
Export/Import and Transit Procedures 37 
Tanzania Formation of Joint Border Committee Project in Tanzania 1 
The Gambia The Gambia Growth and Competitiveness (GCP) Sponsored 
Mango Out growers Scheme 62 
The Gambia Business Environment Refo rm Program – Single Window Business 
Registration System 63 
Togo Trade Facilitation in Togo 43 
TradeMark East Africa Trade Facilitation through the Uganda Revenue Authority 
Customs Business Systems Enhancement Project (CBSEP) 9 
TradeMark East Africa Rwanda Electronic Single Window 13 
Tunisia Guichet Unique des Techno logies de l'Information et des 
Communications 11 
Tunisia Centre d'Études et de Rech erche des Télécommunications 
Laboratoires d'essais CERT LABs 10 
UK/DFID Trade Facilitation through the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) 
Customs Business Systems Enhancement Project (CBSEP) 6 
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 3 
UNIDO Ensuring Quality and Sustaina bility along the Coffee Value Chain 
in Burundi. 4 
UNIDO TBT and SPS Compliance: Reducing Costs to Enhance Trade 
Opportunities in Pakistan 75 
USAID Borderless Alliance: From Camp aign to Network, A Demand Drive 
Project 65 
Vanuatu Interchange Cable Network – Connecting Vanuatu to the World  47 
World Bank Group Increasing the Comp etitiveness and Expanding Exports of 
Cambodian Rice: Results from Collaboration by the Royal Government of Cambodia, the Domestic Private Sector, and the World Bank Group 15 
World Bank Group Former Yugoslav Republic of Ma cedonia: Pioneering Risk-Based 
Border Inspections in the Western Balkans 16 
World Bank Group Non-Tariff Measures Raise Food Prices and Hinder Regional 
Integration in Central America 26 
World Bank Group Reducing Trade and Transportation Costs, Boosting 
Competitiveness, and Increasing Regional Integration in Haiti 27 
World Bank Group The Rwanda Invest ment Climate Reform Program 29 
World Bank Group Lao PDR Trade Program to Buil d Export Competitiveness and 
Facilitate Closer Regional Integration 31 
World Bank Group Global Trade Supplier Finance (GTSF) Program 32 
Yemen Success Story of Implementing ASYCUDA++ in the Republic of 
Yemen 42 WT/COMTD/AFT/W/55/Add.1 
 
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PRIVATE SECTOR 
CASE STORY 
SUBMITTED BY  CASE STORY TITLE  CASE STORY 
NUMBER  
Agrobase-Logigram SARL, 
France Global Plant Protection Database to Resolve Trade Barriers Based 
on Chemical  Residues 91 
Aquatest, Czech Republic Manual and Database Design for Geohazard Identification and 
Risk Assessment for Infrastru cture and Human Protection 84 
Brown Cotton Outreach, 
Trinidad and Tobago Sally's Way Film Production and Distribution 93 
Dubai Ports World, United 
Arab Emirates Dakar Container Terminal 94 
Paypal EMEA, Switzerland Micro-Multinationals , Global Consumers, and the WTO: Towards a 
21st Century Trade Regime 97 
European Business 
Chamber, Trinidad and 
Tobago EUROCHAMTT Tobago Good Foods Project 92 
Gambia Horticultural 
Enterprises, Ltd., The Gambia New Life for MP Farm 85 
GraphicPeople Limited, 
Bangladesh  Working With Microsoft: Windows 8 Digital Launch Campaign 87 
International Air Transport 
Association  (IATA), 
Switzerland Implementation of the New Customs Systems Modernization 
Program in South Africa 96 
Nascenia Limited, 
Bangladesh Branding – A Major Challenge to Connect with Global Value Chain 88 
National Confederation of 
Industry (CNI), Brazil Brazil's Foreign Trade Mapping Process through Business and 
Government cooperation in Brazil to Reduce Time and Costs to Export and Import 95 
Private Infrastructure 
Development Group Kalangala (Uganda) Infrastructure Services and Renewables 
Projects - Transforming Buga la Island's infrastructure 99 
Structured Data Systems 
Limited, Bangladesh Exploring European Outsourcin g Market Opportunities for 
Bangladeshi Companies 90 
Trade Facilitation Office, 
Canada Peru Canada Trade and Branding Initiative (PCTBI) 89 
Vanderlande, Netherlands ONE0company Concept 86 
Vítkovice Machinery 
Group, Czech Republic Ethiopia: Trade Development Support in Machinery Field through 
Czech Know-How Transfer 83 
WTI Advisors Ltd. 
(Oxford/Geneva) Approche régionale de la mise en  œuvre des obligations de l'OMC 
en matière de facilitation des échanges: Étude d'auto-évaluation 
des besoins et priorités nationaux et régionaux en matière de facilitation des échanges dans l'espace (UEMOA) 98 
ACADEMIA/NGO 
CASE STORY 
SUBMITTED BY CASE STORY TITLE CASE STORY 
NUMBER 
CUTS International, India Trade Facilitation , Trade Costs and Inclusive Development: A 
Case Story of Attari-Wagah Border of India and Pakistan  100 
Overseas Development 
Institute The Benefits of Reducing Trade Co sts in an Interdependent World 116 
Trade Facilitation Office, 
Canada Economic Empowerment through Trade: Empowering Peruvian 
Mango Exporters in Export Readin ess; Building capability to 
Access the Canadian Market and to Build and Maintain Importer Relationships. The Export of Organic Peruvian Mangoes to Canada 101 
University Academic 
Teacher, El Salvador The Customs Unification in Central America, based on the 
Mesoamerica Region Project  102 
Uruguay's Ambassador to 
the WTO National Trade Intelligence  Platform for Uruguay 103 
 
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