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  V. AID FOR TRADE 
(1) OVERVIEW  
1. Already in 2002-2005, Guinea was one of the countries of the West African region that 
received the smallest amounts of official devel opment assistance (ODA), in its case US$20.4 per year 
per capita, as compared with, for example, US $47.4 for Guinea-Bissau;  US$34.6 for Gambia;  
US$42.2 for Burkina Faso;  and US$75 for Mauritania.1  The situation deteriorated further during the 
period 2006-2009, with the amount falling to US$13 pe r capita in 2009 (Chart V.1), whereas in most 
of the other countries it increased.  The largest amount was raised in 2007, in particular because of the financing facility granted by the donor community following the establishment of a new post-crisis 
government and designed to meet the essential need s of the population.  Problems of governance and 
outbreaks of violence in 2009 resulted in the almost total interruption of economic aid from the international community. 
05101520253035
050100150200250300350
2002-2005
(annual average)2006 2007 2008 2009Total AFT
Total ODA
AFT/per cap. (r.h. scale)
ODA/per cap. (r.h. scale)Chart V.1
Trend in commitments under Official Development Assistance (ODA) andAid for Trade (AFT), 2002-2009
Millions of dollars per year at constant prices
Source :O C D E .Dollars  per year
 
 
2. In these circumstances, Aid for Trade (AFT) has been unable to play its role as a catalyst of 
economic growth, the amounts having declined fro m an average of US$7 per capita in 2002-2005 to 
less than US$4 in 2009.  Despite the restrictions stemming from the political crisis, the transport and 
energy infrastructure received the bulk of total AFT of US$38 million committed in 2009.  According to the statistics of the Aid Activities database of the OECD's Creditor Reporting System (CRS) 
(Table V.1).  AFT accounted for about 30 per cent of ODA in Guinea. 
                                                      
1 The figures relate to commitments, not to disburse ments, expressed in US dollars at 2009 constant 
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  Table V.1 
Aid-for-Trade flows:  CRS auxiliary dataa, 2006-2009 
(US$ thousand, 2009 constant prices) 
 Commitments  Expenditure 
CRS purpose codes 2006 2007 2008 2009  2008 2009 
Trade policy and 
regulations and 
trade-related adjustment 1,193 459 2,198 327  1,017 657 
Trade policy and 
administrative 
management 655 289 74 249  250 589 
Trade facilitation n.a. n. a. n.a. 78  36 24 
Regional trade agreements 
(RTAs) 405 n.a. n.a. n.a.  n.a. 20 
Multilateral trade 
negotiations n.a. n.a. 2,100 n.a.  707 21 
Trade-related adjustment n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.  n.a. n.a. 
Trade education/training 132 170 24 n.a.  24 5 
Economic infrastructure 44,598 107,521 2,375 31,489  41,246 29,519 
Transport and storage 36,575 100,695 623 12,971  34,609 28,565 
Communications 59 95 1,729 18  118 142 
Energy generation and 
supply 7,964 6,731 22 18,500  6,519 811 
Building productive 
capacity 17,626 41,481 7,665 6,398  20,740 26,127 
Business support services and institutions 156 588 1,390 459  1,940 490 
Banking and financial 
services 3 n.a. 164 712  366 1,797 
Agriculture 11,003 32,435 2,143 3,654  12,891 16,554 
Forestry n.a. n.a. n.a. 634  642 710 
Fishing 5,712 7,321 3,925 303  4,302 5,925 
Industry 752 1,137 43 514  279 415 
Mineral resources and 
mining n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.  320 216 
Tourism n.a. n.a. n.a. 122  n.a. 20 
Trade developmentb  0 1,109 1,478  1,331 1,489 
Principal objective n.a. n.a. 556 855  779 792 
Significant objective n.a. n.a. 553 623  552 696 
Total Aid for Trade 63,417 149,461 12,237 38,214  63,003 56,303 
Share of total ODA (%) 223,750 314,577 158,568 130,908  215,090 180,201 
Population  9.4 9.6 9.8 10.1  9.8 10.1 
n.a. Not available. 
a AFT commitments may differ from actual disbursements fo r various reasons such as the disbursement time-frame. 
b Trade development activities are identified in the CRS via the "trade developm ent" policy marker introduced in 2007.  The 
amounts shown represent productive capacity building activities regard ed as contributing principally or significantly to trade 
development.  It should be noted, however, that these amounts can only be regarded as, at best, approximations.  
Source : See OECD and WTO (2011), Aid for Trade to the LDCs :  Starting to Show Results.  Viewed at:  
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/53/47706423.pdf. 
3. Moreover, Guinea has not yet fulfilled the cond itions that would enable it to reach the 
"completion point" under the Heavily Indebted Poor  Countries (HIPC) Initiative and reduce its debt 
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  of which 365 million was owed under the heading of development assistance, a relatively large sum as 
compared with other countries.2  In 2010, debt represented almost 70 per cent of GDP on account of 
the decline in ODA and the increase in the prices of the principal strategic products such as rice and 
petroleum.  The cost of servicing the debt in 2010 amounted to 32 per cent of fiscal revenue.  The 
debt is thus making it very difficult for the State to participate in the budgetary financing of its 
poverty reduction programmes. 
4. According to the authorities, out of the ten crite ria used to trigger the completion point of the 
HIPC Initiative, six have been met:  improvement  of the poverty database;  establishment of a 
regulatory framework for microfinance institutions;  publication of the annual report of the National 
Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Agency (ANB GLC);  improvement of the primary school 
gross enrolment ratio;  annual recruitment of 1,500 teachers;  and better vaccination coverage.  The 
four criteria that have not been met concern the satisfactory implementation of the PRSP, the auditing 
of major public contracts, improvement of the pr enatal consultation rate, and the Poverty Reduction 
and Growth Facility (PRGF), which could not be finalized because of the coup d'état  of 
December 2008.  From now on, it is a question not  only of consolidating the progress made with 
respect to the six triggers already met but more esp ecially of meeting the four others still outstanding. 
5. In fact, because of its political past, in May 2011 Guinea found itself back at the starting point 
for the implementation of its nati onal development strategy, with r espect to both the mobilization of 
external resources and the definition of priorities. 
(2) INTEGRATION OF TRADE INTO THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY  
(i) National development strategy 
6. Despites the weaknesses in governance, the Guinean administration has succeeded in 
integrating trade more closely into the count ry's development programmes.  Following the 
first Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), which covered the period 2002-2005, the authorities 
published PRSP II for the period 2007-2010.  This w as extended to 2011, as it could not be properly 
implemented due to institutional and political instability.  An "interim" two-year PRSP III 
(2011-2012) appeared as this report was being prepared;  it is intended to serve as a frame of 
reference for all Guinea's development policies and strategies and as a platform for dialogue between 
the Government and its technical and financial partners (TFPs). 
7. The general objective of Guinea's poverty reduction strategy, as formulated by the 
Government, is to increase incomes and improve the health, level of educati on and, more generally, 
the living conditions and development opportunities of  the population, particularly the poorest, thanks 
to high-quality and effective governance that aims to promote the wellbeing of all.  Three target areas 
have been identified:  (i) good go vernance and an appropriate institu tional framework;  (ii) strong, 
environmentally friendly economic growth that creates decent jobs and incomes, particularly for the 
poorest in society;  and (iii) improved access to a good diet, drinking water, quality education and 
health services, and decent housing fo r as many Guineans as possible. 
8. Where trade is concerned, the priorities of PRSP II, broadly incorporated into PRSP III, are 
the promotion and modernization of trade procedures.3  PRSP III recognizes that trade has a vital role 
to play in combating poverty, insofar as it provid es a livelihood for a substantial proportion of the 
                                                      
2 Online information.  Viewed at:  http://www.c lubdeparis.org/sections/donnees-chiffrees/encours- 
du-club-paris3756. 
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  population (42.2 per cent).4  The PRSP also recognizes that trade activities can promote food security.  
As noted in Chapter III(2), the lower the taxes on imports and other import barriers, the lower the prices for consumers. 
9. The current objective for international trade is  to develop "agribusiness", especially food and 
export crops.  The priorities of PRSP II, to a large ex tent incorporated into PRSP III, are to reduce the 
size of the informal sector;  to strengthen integration with the other countries of the 
West African subregion, Africa and the rest of the wo rld;  and to regain the share of the international 
market formerly held by Guinean products, wh ile promoting high value-added processed goods.  The 
priority sectors identified are therefore:  fishing,  agriculture, traditional crafts, small-scale mining, 
tourism and trade.  PRSP II identifies several priorities for achieving these objectives: 
- The development of Guinean product standards and quality; 
- the provision of reliable trade statistics; 
- the establishment of dynamic and functiona l national private-sector promotion and 
management institutions and structures; 
- improvements in the competitiveness of the products; 
- the creation of appropriate supporting structures for trade-promotion activities, such 
as fairs and exhibitions, a national interest  market (MIN), and product sorting and 
packaging centres, including for perishables; 
- improved integration between urban markets and Guinea's less accessible areas;  and 
- reduced transport costs and less police harassment through the continued 
implementation of the action plan stemming from the transport sector strategy 
formulated in 1999. 
(ii) Integrated Framework 
10. As an LDC, Guinea has benefited from the out set from the Integrated Framework (IF) for 
trade-related technical assistance.  One of the important stages in the implementation of this 
mechanism was the Diagnostic Trade Integration Study (DTIS) conducted by the World Bank with 
financing from the IF Trust Fund.  This study was validated by the Governme nt in 2003.  There have 
been plans to update the DTIS since 2007;  for l ack of financial resources, however, updating did not 
take place according to schedule, and it is e xpected to start in the last quarter of 2011. 
11. This study analysed Guinea's trade policy an d drew attention to the obstacles that have 
impeded the development of foreign trade, while id entifying the various sectors of the economy with 
strong export potential.  The recommendations stemming from the DTIS are contained in the matrix, 
which identifies a series of priority actions for im plementation, together with the technical assistance 
sought for financing.
5  The action matrix was then revised in 2006.6  It identifies a hundred or so 
                                                      
4 Ministry of the Economy and Finance (2011). 
5 The action matrix is available on the Inte grated Framework website.  Viewed at:  
http://www.enhancedif.org/document s%20FR/DTIS%20french%20documents/french/Guinea_Matrice_Actualis
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  priority actions grouped in seven categories:  (1 ) trade policy and regional action;  (2) competitiveness 
and institutional framework;  (3) strengthening of custom s;  (4) infrastructure;  (5) agriculture;  (6) sea 
and freshwater fishing and fish farming;  and (7 ) tourism and small-scale mining and other craft 
activities.  The reforms concern:  (i) trade facilitation;   (ii) continuation of trade liberalization within 
ECOWAS;  and (iii) the application of competition law.  Among these reforms, trade facilitation is 
the most urgent.  It is backed by an array of measures to be implemented in order to improve the 
quality of port services, port infrastructure, the customs administration and good governance within the customs administration. 
12. In July 2010, Guinea also submitted a first Tier  1 project proposal to strengthen the national 
EIF implementation structures
7 in the country, particularly the institutional capacity of the Ministry of 
Trade.  National structures of this type must be set up in each LDC beneficiary of the EIF and 
generally comprise the focal point, the donor fac ilitator, the national implementation unit and the 
national steering committee.  The implementation un it, which should be operational towards the end 
of 2011, will be the Ministry's operational arm for launching matrix  projects and coordinating them 
with the other ministries and the donors.  This un it will be located in the Ministry of Trade. 
(iii) Supply-side constraints 
13. The various chapters of this report reveal  the following principal constraints on the 
development of Guinea's economy and trade:  (i) the inadequacy and high costs of the basic economic 
infrastructure (transport, telecommunications, ener gy, port, road network, water and sanitation);  
(ii) the heavy dependence of the economy on mining products;  and (iii) the deficiencies in 
agricultural production capacity.  These aspects are discussed in Chapter IV.  Chapter II describes 
Guinea's burdensome administrative procedures;  th e shortcomings of the regulatory and judicial 
systems;  and the omnipresent corruption and the unc ertainty of contracts and land titles.  Chapter III 
deals more specifically with the impediments to domestic and foreign trade facilitation;  the high level of import taxation;  and the lack of accredited qualit y control and product standardization laboratories, 
which is preventing SME-SMIs from meeting the requ irements of international markets with respect 
to standards and quality. 
14. The national agricultural development policy doc ument for the period up to 2015, adopted by 
the Guinean Government in July 2007
8, also identified the specific constraints that are preventing the 
agricultural sector, which has huge potential, from ma king as substantial a contribution as it should to 
economic growth.  These constraints include, in partic ular, the lack of an agricultural marketing and 
export system;  the insufficient use of agricultura l inputs (fertilizers, phytosanitary products, improved 
seeds);  the difficulties faced by those engaged in th e various branches of agriculture in obtaining 
access to credit;  and the low levels of public and private investment in the sector. 
(iv) Aid-for-Trade needs 
15. Given the extent of the above-mentioned cons traints, there is a substantial need for 
Aid for Trade to build Guinea's trade capacity and remove the bottlenecks choking trade development.  
                                                                                                                                                                     
6 The revised matrix is available on the In tegrated Framework website.  Viewed at:  
http://www.enhancedif.org/document s%20FR/DTIS%20french%20documents/french/Guinea_Matrice_Actualis
ee_fr.pdf. 
7 National Implementation Arrangement s (NIA), national EIF implementa tion structures in each of the 
LDCs to benefit from the EIF, generally comprising the focal point, the donor facilitator, the national 
implementation unit and the national steering committee. 
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  In its replies to the joint Questionnaire on Aid for Trade9, the Guinean Government identified trade as 
an essential priority in the fight against poverty.  It  also confirmed that the DTIS, in particular, the 
revised action matrix, is an important st rand of the Government's trade strategy. 
16. WTO technical assistance in this respect is indispensable, for there is a need to improve 
understanding of the WTO Agreements both among officials from the ministries involved and in the 
private sector, so that the rules of the multilatera l trading system become second nature and the 
benefits derived serve to promote Guinea's more active participation in global trade in assets and 
goods.  In particular, the country could also benef it from participation in workshops, both at national 
level and abroad, based on specific themes that meet its current concerns with regard to 
implementation of the agreements on preshipme nt inspection, customs valuation, and SPS and 
TBT measures. 
17. In addition, institutions of a technical and scientif ic nature have also indicated their need for 
new modern equipment and access to new agricu ltural and industrial pr oduction technologies.  
Likewise, the trade promotion institutions would be nefit from assistance with the design of websites 
for putting trade information online. 
(3) AID-FOR-TRADE ASSISTANCE  
18. As pointed out, for the social and political reasons mentioned above (Table V.1), ODA for 
Guinea has been derisory.  By way of comp arison, total ODA was US$828 million over the 
period 2006-2009, which amounts to less than one third of the assistance granted to a country such as 
Benin with a smaller population.  A fortiori , total AFT commitments for Guinea amounted to 
US$263 million during the period 2006-2009 (Table V.1). 
19. In 2011, the four main priority areas with regard to Aid for Trade are:  transport and storage;  
power generation and distribution;  agriculture;  a nd fishing (Table V.1).  These aid concentration 
sectors generally correspond to the priority acti on areas identified by Guinea in the Questionnaire on 
Aid for Trade.  Such aid has two essential aims:  restoration of the production infrastructure and 
institutional and human capacity building. 
(i) Technical assistance for institutional and human capacity building 
20. The WTO Secretariat is at the origin of most  of Guinea's institutional and human capacity 
building technical assistance activities with a view to facilitating the country's more active participation in the multilateral trading system .  Since 2006, Guinean representatives have been 
invited to a hundred or so training or technical assi stance activities wholly or partially financed by the 
WTO.  However, altogether, Guinean officials partic ipated in only about 70 of them, i.e. a much 
lower level of participation than that of other countries in the region.  Because of the political 
situation, no activity has been held in Guinea since September 2009.  Officials of the Guinean 
Government have participated in  30 regional seminars, ten online training courses, three introduction 
courses on the WTO, four regional trade pol icy courses, 16 regional training seminars, 
11 SPS/TBT seminars or workshops, three three-month Geneva-based trade policy courses and 
two ten-month Netherlands internship programmes. 
21. Since 2006, Guinea has benefited from the EC OWAS trade negotiation capacity-building 
project.  According to the authorities, this project has enabled Guinea to benefit from training in trade policy and trade negotiation techniques.  Sin ce then, Guinea has also benefited from the 
                                                      
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  Hub & Spokes Project of the International Organisat ion of La Francophonie (OIF), financed by the 
European Union (EU), the OIF and the Commonwealth  Secretariat, which has similar objectives.  
Designed by the OIF, the Commonwealth Secretaria t and the EU, this project was drawn up in 
concertation with the General Secretariat of th e ACP Group and the regional economic organizations 
of the countries concerned (ECOWAS, CEMAC, SADC, etc.).  It is divided into several chapters 
concerning, in particular:  (i) technical assistan ce, including the secondment of a National Adviser;  
(ii) training, aimed at the parties involved in tr ade policies and negotiations (ministries, negotiating 
committees, public, private sector, universities, etc.);  and (iii) the dissemination of information about 
economic development in general a nd international trade, and trade negotiations in particular.  The 
initial cost of the project for all the ACP countries is estimated at €17 million.  A second phase is 
planned for 2012. 
(ii) Technical assistance for export capacity building 
22. Between 2005 and the present, Guinea has bene fited from a number of projects intended to 
build export capacity, mainly for the agricultural sector.10  Most of these projects relate to 
hydro-agricultural development and improved access for outlying villages. 
23. Window II of the former Integrated Framework fi nanced three projects, two of which related 
to export development, including a project for the development, promotion, marketing and export of 
agricultural products.  This project made it possible:  (i) to finance a study of Guinea's agricultural export potential;  (ii) to s upport about 12,000 producers of chillis and pineapples by supplying 
equipment and agricultural inputs;  and (iii) to fina nce study trips and the organization of trade weeks 
on the markets of the Maghreb (Tunisia and Mo rocco) for the representa tives of eight village 
communities.  The aim of the second project, relati ng to the strengthening of the institutional set-up 
for export development, was to design and set up a new trade information system.  Within the context 
of the EIF Tier 2 projects, Guinea is planning  to submit various expor t development support 
programmes. 
24. Guinea is one of the 13 countries to benefit from the Trade Capacity Building Programme 
(PRCC1 and PRCC2) financed by the French Deve lopment Agency (AFD), which is aimed at 
improving export capacity and providing produ cers with institutional technical assistance.
11  In its first 
phase, this project made it possible to triple pot ato production in Fouta Djallon, with 74 per cent 
exported to the countries of the subregion.  PRCC1 also facilitated the promotion of six agricultural 
products (coffee, cocoa, fonio, shea butter, pinea pples and chillis) within the fair trade framework, in 
collaboration with the Max Havelaar Foundation.  PRCC2, which was implemented by UNCTAD and 
the ITC, made it possible to identify and support ni ne Guinean enterprises activ e in the processing and 
export of agricultural products. 
25. The EU has financed a project to improve the customs services, thereby making it possible to 
purchase the equipment needed to upgrade from the old ASYCUDA customs clearance system to the 
new and more efficient ASYCUDA++ (Chapter III(2)). 
26. In general, however, budgetary implementa tion of aid programmes is still poor due, among 
other things, to failures in project management  and delays in disbursement as a result of 
non-compliance with the conditions imposed by th e donors.  One of the priorities of the new 
Government is therefore to improve budgetary performance. 
                                                      
10 Information contained in the Tier 1 project submitted by Guinea to the EIF Trust Fund. 
11 Online information from the French Deve lopment Agency (AFD).  Viewed at.  
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  27. The Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF)12 has also financed a food safety 
monitoring system in the tropical fruit export sector a nd formed a group of experts to help enterprises 
install internal monitoring systems. 
28. The EU is in the process of financing, for Guin ea, a study on the determination of the impact 
on the Guinean economy of the future Economic  Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the 
West Africa Region and the EU. 
(4) MATCHING NEEDS AND ASSISTANCE  
(i) National coordination mechanisms 
(a) Official Development Assistance 
29. Overall, coordination between the authorities a nd the development partners appears to be 
regular and effective.  Since 2007, ODA in Guinea has all been coordinated by Ministry of the 
Economy and Finance (MEF), which is also the nati onal authorizing body for the resources of the 
European Development Fund (EDF).  At operational level, the Technical Secretariat for the emergency minimum programme and aid c oordination was established by Order 
No. A/2007/4392/MEFP, thanks to sup port from UNDP and French Cooperation.
13  It has created a 
database on the management of aid in Guinea a nd produced implementation reports.  Likewise, a 
National Debt and Development Assistance Directorate has been established for the purpose of reaching the HIPC completion point. 
30. The coordination of donor interventions is agai n beginning to take shape and the development 
partners are once again involving Guinea's government services in the definition of technical 
assistance priorities.  Following the Forum of Guin ea's partners in Paris in July 2007, organized 
jointly by the European Commission and the Worl d Bank to discuss the Poverty Reduction Strategy 
(PRSP 2007-2010), an Assistance for Guinea Group was set up to improve the level of dialogue with the development partners.  This group, preside d over by the MEF, included all Guinea's donors and 
partners, together with the technical ministries.  For reasons of institutional instability, the group 
functioned for only a few months.  With the end of the political crisis following the latest presidential 
elections, the assistance group will perhaps be revi ved, considering the large amounts of financing 
that Guinea needs to revitalize its economy. 
31. A donor matrix was drawn up in July 2010.  It  shows that the deve lopment partners are 
organized around four large thematic groups:  the PR SP;  governance;  economic growth;  and social 
services.  Each group or subgroup is coordinated by a lead agency.  Thus, the World Bank is the lead 
agency of the business environment, private sector , trade, microfinance and regional integration 
group, as well as the donor facilitator for the Enhan ced Integrated Framework (EIF) programme in 
Guinea (see Annex). 
(b) Aid for Trade 
32. The Ministry of Trade, as Guinea's main trad e policy management body, plays an important 
part in Aid for Trade but does not appear to ha ve an official coordinating role.  Although it is 
responsible for integrating trade into Guinea's Poverty Reduction Strategy , AFT coordination forms 
                                                      
12 Online information from the Standards and Trade Development Facility.  Viewed at:  
www.standardsfacility.org/. 
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  part of the coordination of development assistan ce, for which the Ministry of the Economy and 
Finance is responsible within the Government. 
33. The EIF National Steering Committee, presided over by the Ministry of Trade and including 
the other ministerial departments and representatives of the private sector, examines and approves 
trade-related projects, in particular those im plementing the priority recommendations of the 
DTIS action matrix, before they are submitted to the EIF Trust Fund or some other bilateral or 
multilateral donor for financing.  The Committee bri ngs together all the sectoral ministries;  the 
private sector (Chamber of Commerce and Industry, National Employers Council, Chamber of Agriculture);  and the representatives of the developm ent partners.  It could evolve with time and set 
up its own Aid for Trade committee, as in other countries. 
34. The Guinean Government says that it maintain s a dialogue with the private sector on the 
conception, formulation and implementation of trad e policy and its integration into the development 
strategy.  In future, it would like this dialogue to be  formalized and institutionalized and to involve all 
the stakeholders concerned. 
(ii) Monitoring and evaluation 
(a) Aid monitoring 
35. Given the new political situation in the country , significant improvements have begun to be 
recorded in the area of coordination and monitori ng of AFT actions in Guinea.  The Report on the 
Implementation of Official Develo pment Assistance in Guinea 2007-2008
14 identified the measures to 
be taken to improve the monitoring and evaluation of foreign aid and made recommendations to that 
effect.  These measures concern, among other things:  (i) the activation and training of focal points in 
the ministerial departments and the use of data colle ction sheets;  (ii) the facilitation of improved data 
analysis and planning consistent with the Povert y Reduction Strategy;  (iii) the creation of a link 
between the database set up by the Ministry of the Economy and Finance within the context of the implementation of official development assistan ce, on the one hand, and the State budget for 
monitoring, on the other;  (iv) the incorporation in to the database of the indicators of achievement of 
the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), by project and sector;  and (v) the quarterly publication 
of sectoral data in order to actuate the project monitoring and evaluation process in coordination with 
the ministerial departments and donors concerned. 
(b) Evaluation of development instruments 
36. The last Growth Strategy for Poverty Reduction 2007-2009 formed the subject of an 
evaluation report by the Ministry of the Economy and Finance and UNDP.  In general, although the 
main strands of this development strategy were deem ed to be relevant with respect to growth and 
poverty reduction, the strategy could not be op erationalized because of the weakness of its 
Priority Actions Programme (PAP), which was not sufficiently tied in with the priorities of the Poverty Reduction Strategy and the annual State budge t.  Similarly, the PA P projects and programmes 
were not costed, and the PAP lacked precise financ ing arrangements.  In view of these shortcomings, 
the objectives recommended in the Poverty Re duction Strategy could not be achieved. 
                                                      
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  (5) OUTLOOK FOR AID FOR TRADE  
37. The year 2011 marks a turning point for Guinea in many respects, including Aid for Trade, 
since cooperation with its devel opment partners, previously suspended on account of the political 
crisis, is gradually picking up.  AFD flows, almost in terrupted for the same reason, should be larger in 
coming years than those received during the last five years, considering the huge needs of the 
population.  Guinea remains very dependent on official development assistance for the implementation of its social and economic progr ammes.  The robust mobilization of long-term 
resources is important for ensuring the effectiveness of its PRSP III. 
38. To ensure the effectiveness of Aid for Trade a nd its impact on capacity building, the Ministry 
of Trade should remain the key ministry for the AFT programme and the Integrated Framework, not 
only by building its human and tec hnical capacities but also by associating it more broadly with the 
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