Essay About Trade Increase Trade Flows And Empirical Evidence

Does Aid for Trade Increase Trade Flows in Tanzania?
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Chair of International Economics
Prof. Dr. Matthias Busse
Seminar “Economic Reforms, Income and Poverty”
Does Aid for Trade Increase Trade Flows in Tanzania?
Authors:
Meike Benker (Matriculation number: 108008203422)
Catherine Makinson (Matriculation number: 108012253387)
Closing date: 24.06.2013
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Aid for Trade Theory
2.1 Relationship between Trade and Growth
2.2 Development of Aid to Aid for Trade
2.3 Effects of Aid for Trade on Trade
3 Empirical Evidence on the Effects of Aid for Trade in Tanzania
3.1 Aid for Trade and Trade Flows in Tanzania
3.2 Influence of Aid for Trade
3.2.1 Influence of Aid for Trade on the Exchange Rate
3.2.2 Influence of Aid for Trade on Trade Costs
3.3 Policy Implications
4 Conclusion
List of Acronyms
AINF Aid to economic Infrastructure
AfT Aid for Trade
ATF Aid for Trade Facilitation
ATPR Aid for Trade Policy and Regulations
COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
CRS Creditor Reporting System
EAC Eastern African Community
LDC Least Developed Country
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
ODA Official Development Assistance
PPF Production Possibility Frontier
SSA Sub-Saharan Africa
TCBDB Trade Capacity Building Database
WTO World Trade Organization
List of Tables