Aid for Trade in Services: Definition, Magnitude and Effects
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Anirudh Shingal, Aid for Trade in Services:
Definition, Magnitude and Effects
12(1) TRADE L. & DEV. 342 (2020)
AID FOR TRADE IN SERVICES: DEFINITION, MAGNITUDE
AND EFFECTS
ANIRUDH SHINGAL*
This paper reviews findings from recent literature on the trade effects of Aid-
for-Trade (Af) which has now begun to examine the impact of this aid on
services trade in a signficant departure from only looking at merchandise trade
and investment. The paper also discusses the major transmission channels for
the trade-enhancing effects of AfT and considers both direct and spill-over
effects of AfT on services trade. Recent vork suggests that AfT allocated to
services activities may be effective in enhancing services exports of small value
exporting countries, which is a signficant finding from the perspective of the
objective of AfT disbursement. It also provides scope for export diversification,
global value chain (GVC) integration and enhancing firm productivity in
recipient countres.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION
II. WHAT IS SERVICES AFT?
III. THE MAGNITUDE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SERVICES AFT
IV. AFT AND TRADE: WHAT ARE THE CHANNELS?
V. DIRECT EFFECT OF SERVICES AFT ON TRADE
VI. AFT AND SERVICES TRADE: SPILLOVER EFFECTS
VII.CONCLUSION
* The author is a Senior Fellow at the Indian Council for Research on International
Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, a Programme Associate of the Global
Governance Programme at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence, and a
Fellow of the World Trade Institute, University of Bern. This article is based on joint work
with Prof. Bernard Hoekman. The author may be contacted at
anirudh. shingal[at]gmail.com.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/traladpt12&div=15&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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