How will global Aid for Trade flows be assessed?
Global AFT flows will be assessed with the help of the OECD-DAC database and its Creditor Reporting System (CRS). This assessment has required further work on clarifying definitions of the Aid for Trade (AFT) categories and adapting the database. For the reporting on the first AFT category, i.e. trade policy and regulations, the definition of the Joint WTO/OECD Trade Capacity-Building Database (TCBDB) will be followed. Data from the TCBDB on the two first categories of AFT will be incorporated into the CRS. The TCBDB will be folded into the CRS and as a result it will be discontinued as an independent tool. The CRS will also be updated to include the other three categories referred to by the Task Force. The category “trade-related adjustment” will be created in the CRS and subsumed under “trade policy and regulations”. The other two, i.e. trade-related infrastructure and productive capacity building will be matched with aggregates existing in the database. The revised CRS, as described
