analyze whether Aid for Trade (AfT) has helped recipient countries upgrade and diversify their exports. Estimating an … asymmetric and aggregated gravity model, we find that AfT has been effective in promoting recipient exports of manufactures …

Recent studies offer an ambiguous picture on the effectiveness of foreign aid in strengthening the export capacity of … have promoted the exports of recipient countries. We simultaneously estimate and compare the effects of AfT on trade in … both directions. We find that AfT increases recipient exports to donors as well as recipient imports from donors. The first …

countries: the imposition of export restrictions and actions to facilitate imports. Weekly data on the use of trade policy … size, government effectiveness and economic factors, the analysis finds that use of export restrictions targeting medical …