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原文传递 Evaluating Aid for Trade : A Survey of Recent Studies

题名：	Evaluating Aid for Trade : A Survey of Recent Studies
责任者：	Cadot, Olivier<=>Fernandes, Ana<=>Gourdon, Julien<=>Mattoo, Aaditya<=>de Melo, Jaime
关键词：	International Economics and Trade；Free Trade；Transport Economics Policy and Planning；Economic Theory and Research；Transport and Trade Logistics；Industry；Common Carriers Industry；Macroeconomics and Economic Growth；Transport
学科分类：	交通运输规划与管理
摘要：	The demand for accountability in aid-for-trade is increasing but monitoring has focused on case studies and impressionistic narratives. The paper reviews recent evidence from a wide range of studies, recognizing that a multiplicity of approaches is needed to learn what works and what does not. The review concludes that there is some support for the emphasis on reducing trade costs through investments in hard infrastructure (like ports and roads) and soft infrastructure (like customs). But failure to implement complementary reform -- especially the introduction of competition in transport services -- may erode the benefits of these investments. Direct support to exporters does seem to lead to diversification across products and destinations, but it is not yet clear that these benefits are durable. In general, it is difficult to rely on cross-country studies to direct aid-for-trade. More rigorous impact evaluation is an underutilized alternative, but situations of clinical interventions in trade are rare and adverse incentives (because of agency problems) and costs (because of the small size of project) are a hurdle in implementation.
出版机构：	World Bank
报告类型：	咨询报告
详细地址：	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18769480/evaluating-aid-trade-survey-recent-studies
资源类型：	科技（咨询、行业）报告
初始创建时间：	2014-01
最新修改时间：	2017-12-14T04:01:00Z