Aid for Trade Task Force - Recommendations of the Task Force on AId for Trade

World Trade Organization WT/AFT/1 27 July 2006 (06-3617) Aid for Trade Task Force Recommendations of the TASK FORCE ON AId FOR TRADE Mandate The Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration invited the WTO Director-General to create a Task Force to provide recommendations "on how to operationalize Aid for Trade" and "on how Aid for Trade might contribute most effectively to the development dimension of the DDA". It states that "Aid for Trade should aim to help developing countries, particularly LDCs, to build the supply-side capacity and trade-related infrastructure that they need to assist them to implement and benefit from WTO Agreements and more broadly to expand their trade. Aid for Trade cannot be a substitute for the development benefits that will result from a successful conclusion to the DDA, particularly on market access." Rationale Aid for Trade is about assisting developing countries to increase exports of goods and services, to integrate into th