Aid for trade : progress on the initiative and report on mandate to ECA

Abstract

This paper discusses the progress so far made on the AFT initiative. It also highlights the role the ECA and its partners have played in moving the agenda of the initiative forward for the benefit of African countries. A key highlight on developments in 2007 was the African and Global Reviews of the Aid for Trade. The ECA with the support of the Canadian Government to the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC), Royal Danish Government, and the UNDP, and in collaboration with the WTO and the AfDB brought together African Ministers (Finance and Trade portfolios), private sector, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and international development partners to chart out the priorities for the continent on Aid for Trade. The paper concludes by providing the strategic framework that the ECA has defined with respect to the ongoing and future implementation and monitoring of the AFT initiative.