WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/COMTD/AFT/W/18/Add.2 
14 July 2010 
 (10-3841) 
Committee on Trade and Development 
Aid for Trade  
 
 
 
PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2010-2011  
AID-FOR-TRADE WORK PROGRAMME 
 
Background Note prepared by the Secretariat1 
 
Addendum  
  
I. INTRODUCTION 
1. This background note has been prepared to  update Members on the progress that has been 
made in implementation of the 2010-2011 Aid-fo r-Trade Work Programme since the Committee on 
Trade and Development's (CTD) Session on Aid-for-T rade which was held on 27 May 2010.  The 
note follows the same structure as the Work Progr amme found in document WT/COMTD/AFT/W/16.   
2. The background note is not a comprehensive an alysis of ongoing Aid-for-Trade actions.  It 
covers only the activities of international organizati ons, as reported to the WTO, which are in support 
of the implementation of the 2010-2011 Aid-for-Trade Work Programme.
2  Members are encouraged 
to complement this note by reporting on th eir activities at the CTD's Sixteenth Session on 
Aid-for-Trade to be held on 19 July 2010.   
II. RESOURCE MOBILIZATION  
3. Preliminary Aid-for-Trade figures for 2008 were  provided by the Organisation for Economic 
Co-operation and Developm ent (OECD) at the 15th CTD Session on Aid for Trade and the Workshop 
on Aid for Trade and Development Finance held on 27  May 2010.  After validation of the information 
supplied to its Creditor Reporting System (CRS), these figures have been updated and the OECD has 
prepared a paper – "Aid-for-Trade in 2008"3 – which provides a detailed overview of the 2008 Aid for 
Trade flows, including information on global flows,  distribution of Aid for Trade commitments and 
disbursements by region and by recipient, the ma in providers of aid, and Other Officials Flows4 
(OOFs).  The OECD paper has been issued as a communication to the Committee on Trade and 
Development in document WT/COMTD/AFT/W/21. 
                                                      
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and without prejudice to 
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. 
2 As such, the note omits many of the Aid-for-Trade activities of international organizations and 
excludes the activities of bila teral donors.  It should be  noted that bilateral Aid-fo r-Trade activities accounted for 
75 per cent of Aid for Trade in 2007.  
3 The paper is available, in English only, on the OECD website at 
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/45/17/45468870.pdf  
4 Other Official Flows are transactions  by the official sector with c ountries on the OECD/DAC List of 
Aid Recipients which do not meet th e conditions for eligibility as ODA eith er because they are not primarily 
aimed at development, or because they have  a grant element of le ss than 25 per cent. WT/COMTD/AFT/W/18/Add.2 
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  4. At the 2010 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the African Development Bank 
(AfDB) and the African Development Fund (ADF) held in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, from 27 to 
28 May 2010, AfDB shareholders endorsed a thre efold increase in the Bank's capital resources to 
nearly US$100 billion.  This increase will allow th e AfDB to sustain a higher level of lending, 
including to the private sector.  Consultations we re also held on the replenishment of the African 
Development Fund (ADF-12).  Further consultations  on ADF replenishment are expected to be held 
in September 2010.
5   
5. The Group of Eight6 (G-8) held its 2010 Summit in Tor onto, Canada on 25 and 26 June.  
Discussions focused on the key challenges relate d to development and international peace and 
security as well as on the process towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 
2015.  In the Summit Declaration7, G-8 leaders reiterated their support for development, based on 
mutual responsibility, and a strong partnership with developing countries, particularly in Africa.  They 
will pursue their comprehensive approach to de velopment aiming at sustainable outcomes, and 
reaffirmed their commitments, including on ODA a nd enhancing of aid effectiveness.  They also 
called on developing country governments to meet  their primary responsibilities for social and 
economic development and good governance.   
6.  The Group of 208 (G-20) held its Fourth Summit in  Toronto, Canada on 26 and 27 June 
2010.  Discussions focused on recovery from the global economic and fina ncial crisis and the 
implementation of commitments from previous G-20 summits, while laying the foundation for 
sustainable and balanced growth.  In the Summit  Declaration, G-20 leaders committed to maintain 
momentum on Aid for Trade and asked internatio nal organizations, including the World Bank and 
other multilateral development banks, to step up their capacity and support trade facilitation which 
will boost world trade.9   
7. The World Bank International Development Asso ciation (IDA) provides financial support to 
the poorest countries through support to projects that have an impact on growth and living conditions of the population.  The replenishment of IDA fund s takes place every three years.  The sixteenth 
round of IDA replenishment negotiations (IDA-16 ) are taking place during four meetings held 
between March and December 2010 to decide on the financial contributions of donors for the period 
2011-2014.  For the last two replenishments, donors have agreed on special themes with regard to 
their commitments and for IDA-16 have agreed that  these themes will be aid effectiveness, fragile 
states, climate change, and gender.  The most recent replenishment meeting took place in Bamako, 
Mali on 16-18 June 2010.
10   
                                                      
5 Consultations on replenishment of ADF-12, which began in Helsinki, Finland during the ADF-11 
Mid-Term Review in October 2009, were also held in Cape Town, South Africa on 22 and 23 February 2010.  Further information can be found on the AfDB website at http://www.afdb.org/en/.
 
6 Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russ ia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 
7 The G-8 Declaration can be found at http://g8.gc.ca/g8-summit/summit-documents/g8-muskoka-
declaration-recovery-and-new-beginnings/  
8 Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, 
Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom,  the United States, and the 
European Union.  
9 The G-20 Declaration can be found at  http://g20.gc.ca/toronto-summ it/summit-documents/the-g-20-
toronto-summit-declaration/  
10 For more information on the IDA- 16 replenishment exercise, see: 
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXT ABOUTUS/IDA/0,,contentMDK:22495227~menuPK:68
27445~pagePK:51236175~piPK:437394~theSitePK:73154,00.html   WT/COMTD/AFT/W/18/Add.2 
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  8. At the Annual General Meeting of the Europ ean Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
(EBRD), held in Zagreb, Croatia on 14-15 May 20 10, EBRD Governors approved a capital increase 
of €10 billion.11   
III. MAINSTREAMING  
9. Analysis of Aid for Trade within the Trade Po licy Review (TPR) process, as specified in the 
2010-2011 Aid-for-Trade Work Programme, is continui ng.  Work is approaching completion on the 
six pilot TPRs that had been identified in the Work  Programme (Belize, China, Honduras, Malawi, the 
United States, and the joint review of Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali).12  Work is also progressing on 
integrating an Aid-for-Trade analysis into TPRs for non-pilot Members including Paraguay, the Gambia, and Sri Lanka.  
10. The second in a series of regional workshops under the Enhanced Integrated Framework 
(EIF) Capacity Building Programme was held for Asian countries in Kathmandu, Nepal from 21-
23 June 2010.  The workshop clarif ied how Asian EIF countries can be nefit from the support offered 
by the EIF and leverage funding available under Aid for Trade.  Two additional workshops – for 
Western and Central Africa and East ern and Southern Africa – will be he ld before the end of 2010.  In 
addition to these regional events, country-specific modules (starting with project cycle development 
and trade mainstreaming) are being developed.  Ot her activities that are currently under development 
or already being implemented include:  a five-year strategic plan for the EIF programme;  the finalization of the EIF "Compendium of Guidelines" ;  roll-out of the EIF monitoring and evaluation 
framework;  treatment of graduating EIF LDC countri es;  and an interim communications work plan 
to support EIF partners in stak eholder outreach, advocacy and awareness-raising.  The EIF is also 
actively involved in the Trade Policy Review process providing a vital link to the wider Aid-for-Trade 
agenda. 
11. Funding for the multi-donor Trust Fund of the EIF programme has continued to increase with 
the number of donors reaching 23, and the total am ount received in the Trust Fund currently amounts 
to just over US$103 million.  It still remains importa nt that donors continue  their active engagement 
and support the programme to ensure that the grow ing number of beneficiary countries (now at 47) 
and growing demand for the EIF through upcoming projects can be actively supported.   
IV. IMPLEMENTATION 
12. The third meeting of the AsDB's Regional Tec hnical Group (RTG), co-hosted by the Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs, Japan and the Asian Developm ent Bank, took place in Tokyo, Japan on 10 and 
11 May 2010.  The Group agreed that the RTG co-Chair 's report – "Aid for Trade in the Asia-Pacific:  
Its Role in Trade-Driven Growth" – will examine the following key elements:  the historic links 
between trade-led growth, foreign direct investment and official development assistance that have contributed to the region's transformation and growth ;  the need for additional and better targeted Aid 
for Trade flows for the Asia-Pacific region;  and the need for an integrated regional approach backed 
by national development strategi es to operationalize Aid for Trade for the medium term and to 
maximize the impact and effectiveness of flows.  The RTG aims to finalize the report by the third 
quarter of 2010. The report is expected to be s ubmitted at the Committee on Trade and Development 
Session on Aid for Trade in October 2010.  A fourth RTG meeting is expected to take place in the 
first quarter of 2011.
13 
                                                      
11 Further information on the EBRD is available at  http://www.ebrd.com/  
12 See WT/TPR/251/Rev.3 for the programme of reviews for 2010. 
13 For further information see http://www.aric.adb.org/aid-for-trade-asia/  WT/COMTD/AFT/W/18/Add.2 
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  13. An Eastern African Community (EAC) High-Level Workshop, organized and funded by the 
Commonwealth Secretariat, the EAC Secretariat and the ACP Geneva Office, was held in Dar es Salaam on 14 and 15 June 2010.  Discussion at the Wo rkshop focused on an assessment of the state of 
play on Aid for Trade in the EAC countries, identif ication of Aid-for-Trade needs in the EAC region 
and at the national level, and on how to assist EAC countries mainstream trade in their national 
development strategies. 
14. A preparatory meeting organized by the Africa n Development Bank, in cooperation with the 
WTO, UNECA, CEMAC and ECCAS, to discuss the pl anning and organization of an Aid-for-Trade 
regional review in Central Africa14 was held in Douala, Cameroon on 30 June and 1 July 2010.  A 
roadmap for the regional Aid-for-Trade review was adopted which envisaged the following steps:  a 
stocktaking of regional integration processes (i.e . CEMAC (Monetary and Economic Community of 
Central Africa) and ECCAS (Economic Community of Central African States)) and the various 
projects underpinning them (i.e. transport infrastructure, agricultural development);  a stocktaking of 
the obstacles encountered at national level in im plementing regional integration strategies (e.g., 
mainstreaming Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), dependence on tariff revenue, informal 
barriers) and identification of actions needed by  governments and developm ent partners to support 
implementation of these agenda;  and matching of priority regional projects with interest from 
development partners.  The African Development Ba nk will now seek to develop this strategy further 
with a view to organizing a regiona l Aid-for-Trade review in late 2010.   
15. Preparations are continuing for the Ministerial meeting to be organized in the context of the 
Aid-for-Trade Roadmap for the United Nations Spec ial Programme for the Economies of Central Asia 
(SPECA).15  The meeting is scheduled to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 1 to 2 December 2010. 
A steering committee with representatives from the ITFC, ITC, UNIDO, UNDC and UNDP has been 
established to prepare for the Ministerial meeting.16    
16. Work in relation to the sensitization and an alytical phase of the preparation of an 
Aid-for Trade Roadmap for the ESCWA region is contin uing.  A Ministerial Meeting is likely to be 
held on 3 and 4 November 2010. 
17. The United Nations Conference on Trade a nd Development (UNCTAD) organized a 
High-level Meeting on Trade Capacity-Building an d Competition Policy for African LDCs in Lusaka, 
Zambia on 10-12 May 2010 to identify strategies to  promote growth and development in African 
LDCs and explore the features and benefits of dut y-free, quota-free (DFQF) trade schemes and related 
Aid-for-Trade support..  Recommendations from the even t included:  the need to review existing trade 
policy regimes of African LDCs to elaborate new generation trade and development frameworks, the 
need to elaborate trade and related policies to strengthen the productive capacity of African LDCs, 
and the need for better implementation of Africa n LDCs in regional integration processes.  A 
follow-up regional ministerial meeting is expected to take place to deliberate on the trade issues 
identified and how to harness competitiveness th rough value-added producti on and inter-regional 
trade and investment.  A recommendation that th e DFQF scheme is complemented with Aid-for-
Trade support was also made.   
                                                      
14 The AfDB's operational definition of Central Africa covers both CEMAC (Cameroon, Central 
African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon) and ECCAS (Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Sao Tome and Principe).  
15 SPECA economies include Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. 
16 Further information can be found at http://www.itfc-id b.org/node/216   WT/COMTD/AFT/W/18/Add.2 
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  V. MONITORING AND EVALUATION 
18. A workshop on Aid for Trade and Monitoring and Evaluation is being organized on 
19 July 2010 to examine a selection of existing evaluation activities undertaken in the field by and to showcase the ongoing work on monitoring and evaluati on at the regional level in Africa.  Discussion 
will be based, inter alia , on WTO/OECD papers which outline the monitoring and evaluation 
framework and recommend a case-study approach  to the evaluation of Aid for Trade.  
 
19. As part of the monitoring and evaluation mech anism being put in place for its Aid-for-Trade 
Strategic Fund, which aims to help the Latin Amer ican and Caribbean region  to integrate into the 
global economy and benefit from liberalized trade and increased market access, the Inter-American 
Development Bank is preparing a document setting out  a results-based approach to be followed in 
relation to the evaluation of activities financed by the Fund.17   
20. The United Nations Economic Commission for A frica (UNECA), in cooperation with the 
AfDB and the WTO, organized an Expert Gr oup Meeting and Workshop on Aid for Trade and 
Africa's Trading Capacity:  Supply, Demand and Performance which was held in Addis Ababa, 
Ethiopia from 31 May to 2 June.  Discussion focused on financial flows to Africa, the evaluation of 
Aid for Trade and how Aid for Trade can support regi onal integration and intra-African trade.  The 
workshop provided a forum for a dialogue between donors, African countries, and Africa's regional 
economic and an opportunity to examine selected c ase studies that have used different methodologies 
to assess the effectiveness of Aid for Trade.18   
VI. PRIVATE SECTOR 
21. The ITC is continuing to promote the role of small- and medium-sized enterprises and 
micro-enterprises within the Aid-for-T rade initiative.  Its strategy in this respect focuses on engaging 
the private sector in Aid for Trade at regional even ts as well as on engaging them at an operational 
level through its technical assistance activities aimed at building institutional capacity and enterprise 
competitiveness for exports.  An African Pr ivate Sector Forum on Creating new business 
opportunities in the aftermath of the global economic and financial crisis will be held in Kampala, 
Uganda on 22 and 23 July 2010.  The forum will provide business leaders with an opportunity to 
discuss ways of enhancing competitiveness by ex changing views on issues such as Aid for Trade.19   
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17 More information on IaDB's Aid-for-Trade related activities can be found at 
http://www.iadb.org/topics/trade/int/index.cfm?artid=6901&lang=en  
18 Further information on UNECA's Aid-for-Trade related activities can be found at 
http://www.u neca.org  
19 Information on ITC's Aid-for-Trade related activities can be found at 
http://www.intracen.org/AidforTrade/   For more details on the African Private Sector Forum see 
http://www.unglobalcompact.org/newsandevents/upcoming_events_2010.html#jul