Recommendations made by the task force require the scope of A4T to be:
“defined in a way that is broad enough to reflect the diverse trade needs identified by countries, and clear enough to establish a border between A4T and other development assistance of which it is part of.”
The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness was recommended to guide the principles of A4T. These principles are applicable to all parties involved (i.e. donors, agencies and beneficiaries) and include, mutual accountability, alignment of aid to national development strategies, donor coordination and harmonisation of donor procedures among others.
There is also recognition that developing countries need to benefit from increased trade opportunities multilaterally, regionally, bilaterally and unilaterally through A4T, which at the same time should not substitute but be a complement to the successful completion of the Doha Round.
The successful completion of the Doha Round has become uncertain after the suspension a week prior to the task force's submission of the recommendations.
tralac is a not-for-profit organisation, building trade law capacity inthe southern Africa region; in governments, the private sector and civil society.
tralac was established in February 2002, with the financial support of seco, the Swiss Department of Economic Development, and consists of a core of trade lawyers and economists with high-level expertise in a range of trade and trade-related.
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