WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/COMTD/AFT/W/11/Rev.1 
1 May 2009 
 (09-2109) 
Committee on Trade and Development 
Aid for Trade  
 
 
 
ANNOTATED 
2009 AID-FOR-TRADE ROADMAP1 
 
Revision  
 
 
I. OBJECTIVES 
• Ensure that the current momentum on Aid fo r Trade is maintained during the economic 
downturn. 
• Increase developing country ownership of Aid for Trade. 
• Move from commitment to implementation of Aid for Trade. 
• Monitor implementation - with a focus on country, regional and sectoral priorities. 
• Finalize the work on the performance indicator s and further strengthen the self evaluation 
process. 
 
II. GLOBAL MONITORING – QUESTIONNAIRES 
 The 2006 report of the Aid-for-Trade Task Force (WT/AFT/1) calls for strengthened 
monitoring at all levels – multilatera l, regional and national – and for th e various inputs to be reflected 
in periodic global reviews of Aid for Trade.  Three levels of monitoring were  identified by the Task 
Force:  (1) global monitoring, carried out by the OECD (using the OECD DAC Creditor Reporting 
System (CRS));  (2) donor monitoring, in the form of self-evaluations;  and (3) in-country monitoring, 
also in the form of self-assessments (using the resu lts of the responses to partner (recipient) country 
questionnaires).  In the context of the third elemen t of this monitoring, the donor and partner-country 
questionnaires used for the 2007 monitoring exerci se were revised to improve the quality, the 
timeliness and the usefulness of the information that  partner (recipient) countries can provide for the 
monitoring exercise.  
• Ensure that responses to the questionna ire are received in a timely manner. 
 
o The number of responses received to th e partner-country questionnaire was 88, 
including 31 least-developed countries.  
o The number of responses received to the donor questionnaire was 52, including 17 
from international organizations. 
o Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and China completed the South-South questionnaire. 
o The UNDP, Regional Development Banks, ITC, and other Aid-for-Trade Advisory 
Group members, as well as the Enhanced  Integrated Framework Executive 
Secretariat provided assistance to developing countries in completing the 
partner-country questionnaire.  
 
                                                     
 
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  • Analyse the responses to the donor and partner-country questionnaires. 
 
o Information received in the questionnaires is  being processed to elicit information on 
trade development strategies, gaps betw een needs, and actual support, and 
transaction costs.   
o The analysis of the data collected from the responses to the questionnaires which is 
being carried out by the OECD will be published in a joint OECD/WTO 
"Aid-for-Trade At-A-Glance 2009" report to be presented at the Second Global 
Review. 
 
• Build on existing work to include Aid-for-Trade sections in Trade Policy Reviews. 
 
o Trade Policy Reviews (TPRs) relating to  both donor and beneficiary countries and 
economies include chapters on Aid for Trade within Section II of the reports.  Discussions are ongoing within the WTO on how Aid-for-Trade can be more substantively integrated into the TPR mechanism.  
 
III. GLOBAL MONITORING – INDICATORS  
 At the first Global Review of Aid for Trade in November 2007 it was suggested, inter alia , 
that future monitoring should tr ack progress in the implementation and the impact of Aid for Trade.  
A "Symposium on Monitoring and Evaluation – Identif ying Indicators for Monitoring Aid for Trade" 
was held on 15 and 16 September 2008 to help identif y a suitable cluster of indicators to benchmark 
progress in building trade capacity and monitor the WTO work programme on Aid for Trade 
(WT/COMTD/AFT/W/9). 
 
o Informal consultations were held with Members of the Committee on Trade and 
Development (CTD) to refine a preliminary draft mock-up table of indicators. 
o A revised template (country fact sheet) wh ich includes a set of macro and micro 
indicators, general economic data, figures s howing Aid-for-Trade flows, statistics on 
merchandise and services trade, and priority areas identified by individual governments was presented at the CTD meeting of 2 April 2009. 
o Two-page fact sheets are being prepared for the 87  partner-countries that replied to 
the questionnaire and will be included in th e joint OECD/WTO "Aid-for-Trade At-A-
Glance 2009" report to be presented at the Second Global Review. 
 
• Establish an Aid-for-Trade "knowledge network"  using information technologies to establish 
contact points, highlight activities, share best practices, etc. 
 
o Consultations are continuing between th e OECD, UNDP and ITC regarding the host 
for the Aid-for-Trade knowledge network.  A draft proposal for a multi-agency 
knowledge network prepared by UNDP has been circulated for comments to members 
of the Aid-for-Trade Advisory Group, donors, and the coordinators of the ACP, LDC and African Groups.  The concept paper has been prepared on the basis of an initiative launched by the OECD in 2008 and builds on the work done by the OECD 
regarding a feasibility study for such a network.  
 
IV. NATIONAL AND SUB-REGIONAL REVIEWS 
 In the last Aid-for-Trade Roadmap (WT/COMT D/AFT/W/6), it was proposed that a series of 
selected national and sub-regional Aid-for-Trade Re views should be held in Africa, Latin America 
and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Pacific.  The Reviews are to be focused, technical, and  WT/COMTD/AFT/W/11/Rev.1 
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  results-oriented, with the aim of assisting in adva ncing – and then monitoring – the implementation of 
concrete national and sub-regiona l strategies.  The objective of the Reviews is to showcase 
Aid-for-Trade strategies and to creat e incentives for others to follow.   
 
• The following reviews have been held , or are scheduled to be held:   
 
 Inter-American Development Bank 
 
o National Review was held in Lima, Peru on 3 March 2009. 
o National Review to be held in San Pedro Sula, Honduras on 4 May  2009. 
o Latin America and the Caribbean Review to be held  in Montego Bay, Jamaica on 7 
and 8 May 2009. 
 
 Asian Development Bank 
 
o First meeting of the AsDB Regional Technical Group was held in Manila on  
3 March 2009 at which inputs for the Second Global Review and plans for Aid-for-Trade events in 2009 were discussed. 
o A high-level dialogue on Aid for Trade entitle d “Global Financial Crisis, Export-Led 
Growth and Aid for Trade: Focus on the ASEAN Experience” to be held in 
Siem Reap, Cambodia on 29 May 2009
. 
 
 African Development Bank 
 
o Second meeting of the AfDB Technical Working Group was held in Tunis on 
30 January 2009 at which plans for Aid- for-Trade events in 2009 were discussed.  
o COMESA-EAC-SADC North-South Corridor Aid-for-Trade Conference was held in 
Lusaka, Zambia on 6 and 7 April 2009. 
o Discussions are on-going with regard to an ECOWAS High-Level Dialogue on Aid 
for Trade to be held in Abuja, Nigeria in June 2009 and to other sub-regional events 
to be held in Central and North Africa. 
 
 Islamic Development Bank 
 
o Preparatory and consultative meeting to discuss an Aid-for-Trade Roadmap for 
SPECA countries2 was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic on 25 and 26 March 2009.  
o Briefing meeting with senior management o fficials of the Islamic Development Bank 
was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 28 April 2009. 
o Discussions are on-going with regard to s ub-regional events for IsDB members (to 
begin with for the Central Asia, and Arab and Middle East countries).  
o Briefing session regarding the Aid-for-Trade  SPECA Initiative, organized by UNECE 
with the support of the United Nations CEB Trade and Productive Capacity Cluster, 
to be held for UNECE member countries in Geneva on 5 May 2009. 
 
V. GLOBAL REVIEW 
 In the 2008 Aid-for-Trade Roadmap, it was also proposed that the Second Global Review be 
held in 2009 to provide political guidance, moment um and the "big picture" on implementation and 
evaluation of Aid for Trade. 
 
                                                      
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  • Dates fixed for 6 and 7 July 2009. 
 
o A draft outline of the programme for th e Review has been posted on the WTO 
Aid-for-Trade Website.  The programme  will be updated on a regular basis. 
o A convening notice for the Review will be sent out shortly to WTO Members and 
Observers. 
 
• Committee on Trade and Development 
 
o Formal meeting of the CTD tentatively scheduled for 11 June 2009 to provide an 
update on preparations for the Second Gl obal Review, an update on responses to the 
questionnaires and indicators, and to discuss progress in national/regional reviews.  
  
• Aid-for-Trade Advisory Group  
 
o The next meeting of the Aid-for-Trade Ad visory Group is tentatively scheduled for 
10 June 2009 and will take place back-to-back with the formal meeting of the Committee on Trade and Development tenta tively scheduled on 11 June 2009. 
 
• A meeting of the Joint OECD DAC-Trade Committ ee Working Party (TCWP) will be held on 
20 May 2009 to, inter alia , discuss and approve the draft OE CD/WTO "Aid-for-Trade At-a-
Glance" report to be prepared in advance of the Review.   
 
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