Market Access of OECD Donor Countries and Their Supply of Aid for Trade

摘要

This paper assesses the impact of the tariffs faced by Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) donors' exports on their supply of Aid for Trade (AfT). The analysis is conducted on the basis of both a donor/year framework and a bilateral donor-recipient framework over the period 2002-2009. Results suggest that donors as a whole could reduce AfT budget supply when they face higher tariffs on their exports. However, low-income and lower-middle-income countries appear to be protected by donors from AfT decline, even if they impose higher tariffs on donors' exports. Further multilateral tariff liberalization would certainly be conducive to higher AfT.