Aid for trade: global and regional perspectives : 2007 world report on regional integration

Aid for Trade (AfT) has become a major item in the international trade and development discourse. This is in response to concerns expressed by developing countries in the aftermath of the formation of the WTO over their capacities toimplement the WTO agreements and undertake necessary adjustments to benefit from emerging trade opportunities. The transformation of that concern into the aid for trade initiative became salient during the course of the Doha round ofmultilateral trade negotiations over adjustment and competitiveness challenges facing developing countries, arising from, inter alia, preference erosion, textile quota elimination, implementing existing and future WTO Agreements, as well as their inherent lack of supply capacity and trade-related infrastructure deficits and deficiencies. Presents a number of concrete proposals and policy recommendations Contributions from within the UN system are complemented with contributions from the academic world INDICE: Endorsements. Acknowledgements. Introduction.- Part I: Aid for Trade: Global Perspectives. 1. Aid for Trade and Development. 2. Perspectives on Aid for Trade. 3. Aid for Trade, Aid Effectiveness and Regional Absorption Capacity. 4. What does the European Experience tell us on Aid for Trade? 5. Aid for Trade for Sustainable Development. 6. Aid for Trade: Supporting the Use of Standards. 7. Building Productive Capacities for Trade Competitiveness: Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and UNIDO’s Response.- Part II: Aid for Trade: Regional Perspectives. 8. Aid for trade and Public-Private Partnerships in the Asian and Pacific Region. 9. Promoting Aid for Trade in Western Asia. 10. Building Africa’s Supply Capacities and Competitiveness through Aid for Trade. 11. Aid for Trade: Strengthening Latin American and Caribbean International Linkages and Regional Cooperation. Statistical Annex. Index.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-9454-5
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 215
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés