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Aid for trade used to be a very straightforward concept. Today, aid for trade has a broader definition although it is not quite clear how broad. Aid has helped to increase domestic export supply capacity and enhance enterprise competitivity. But supporting facilitation and infrastructure is arguably part of more general development assistance. Aid is still donor-driven. Some analysts have compared the current aid system to the "central planning" syndrome of former socialist countries. Currently, aid (supply) is allocated by bureaucrats and is not well matched to demand because there are not enough market signals. The suppliers pay but the consumers often do not get what they want, because they did not ask for it. These "consumers" would have their own procedures. Making aid more effective is all about turning recipients into consumers. Let developing countries make their own choices with more of their own resources.
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Aid for Trade: We Can Do Better
"We in the developing countries must own the development agenda, and our partners have to align their support to our agenda, our priorities and the sequencing we have set for ourselves. Development cannot be imposed, it can only be facilitated."
President Benjamin Mkapa of Tanzania, 2004"Aid for Trade" is the new frontier of develop...Voir le contenu complet de ce document
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