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Effectiveness of aid-for-trade: Are there strings attached? Empirical evidence and the case of Vietnam
- Title
- Effectiveness of aid-for-trade: Are there strings attached? Empirical evidence and the case of Vietnam
- Authors
- Kim, Chanyou; Chae, Joo Eun; Oh, Jinhwan
- Ewha Authors
- 오진환
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 오진환
- Issue Date
- 2020
- Journal Title
- POST-COMMUNIST ECONOMIES
- ISSN
- 1463-1377
1465-3958
- Citation
- POST-COMMUNIST ECONOMIES vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 113 - 124
- Keywords
- Official development assistance; aid for trade; aid for trade initiative; aid effectiveness; pre-conditions for aid effectiveness
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR &
FRANCIS LTD
- Indexed
- SSCI; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- This paper tests empirically whether Aid-for-Trade has been working since its launch in the early 2000s. Using panel data consisting of 102 developing countries from 2002 to 2017, this paper finds that the Aid-for-Trade (AfT) initiative has been working conditionally. Specifically, AfT itself turns out to be effective in export promotion in developing countries, but more so only in a few countries with high growth rates. That is, AfT has greater effects in recipients with high state capacity and a sound economic environment. Additionally, the WTO-led AfT initiative, launched in 2005, has contributed to export promotion by aid recipients, indicating that more commitments from donor sides are essential for the effectiveness of AfT. These empirical findings are supported with evidence from the case of Vietnam, one of the largest recipients of both ODA and AfT, which illustrates the importance of the economic environment in which AfT initiative is implemented. Strategic economic policies implemented by the Vietnamese government have moved its centrally planned economy to a market-based economy, thus promoting integration with the global economy and creating a compatible environment for AfT.
- DOI
- 10.1080/14631377.2019.1640993
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- 국제대학원 > 국제학과 > Journal papers
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