Berrittella, MariaZhang, Jian2012-12-072012-12-072012-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11952Recent global initiatives on debt relief and development assistance call for increasing aid for trade to the poorest countries. The paper applies a multi-country computable general equilibrium model to measure the effectiveness of alternative aid for trade categories. The findings show that aid for trade policies expand trade and alleviate international income inequalities in the recipient countries, that will benefit mainly from aid for trade adjustment and technical assistance.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCEADJUSTMENT COSTSAGRICULTUREALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCYBENCHMARKCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL GOODSCAPITAL MARKETSCOMMODITIESCOMMODITYCOMPARATIVE ANALYSISCONSTANT ELASTICITYCONSTANT RETURNSCONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALECONSUMER DEMANDCROSS-COUNTRY PANELCROSS-SECTION DATADATA SETDEBTDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT AGENCIESDEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCEDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDIMINISHING RETURNSDYNAMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC COOPERATIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INCENTIVESECONOMIC INDICATORSECONOMIC POLICYECONOMIC REVIEWECONOMIC WELFAREELASTICITIESELASTICITYELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTIONEMPIRICAL ANALYSISEMPIRICAL APPROACHESEMPIRICAL LITERATUREEMPIRICAL STUDIESENDOGENOUS GROWTHENDOGENOUS GROWTH MODELENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTEQUILIBRIUMEQUIVALENT VARIATIONEXPENDITURESEXPORTSEXTERNAL TRADEFACTOR MARKETSFACTORS OF PRODUCTIONFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL LIBERALIZATIONFOREIGN AIDFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTSFULL EMPLOYMENTFUNCTIONAL FORMGENERAL EQUILIBRIUMGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELGLOBAL ECONOMYGLOBAL MARKETGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROWTH PROCESSGROWTH RATEINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME INEQUALITIESINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME SHOCKSINCOME TAXINCOME TRANSFERINEQUALITY INDEXINEQUALITY MEASURESINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINTERMEDIATE INPUTSINTERNATIONAL BUSINESSINTERNATIONAL TRADELABOR SUPPLYLABOURLABOUR FORCELABOUR SUPPLYLAFFER CURVELAND PRODUCTIVITYLIVING STANDARDSLOW INCOMELOW-INCOME COUNTRIESMACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMACROECONOMICSMARKET ACCESSMARKET EQUILIBRIUMMARKET INFORMATIONMARKET PRICEMEAN INCOMENATIONAL INCOMENATURAL RESOURCESNEGATIVE RELATIONSHIPOPEN ECONOMYOPEN MARKETSOPTIMIZING BEHAVIOROUTPUTPERFECT COMPETITIONPOLICY DESIGNPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY ENVIRONMENTPOLICY INTERVENTIONPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY VARIABLESPOPULATION GROWTHPOSITIVE EFFECTSPOSITIVE RELATIONSHIPPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRIVATE CONSUMPTIONPRIVATE PROPERTYPRIVATE SECTORPRODUCERSPRODUCTION PROCESSPRODUCTION PROCESSESPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGYPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC SECTORRATE OF RETURNREAL GDPREAL WAGERELATIVE PRICESRENT SEEKINGSAVINGSSENSITIVITY ANALYSISSTATIC ANALYSISSUPPLY CURVESUSTAINABILITY IMPACTSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTAX REVENUESTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNOLOGY TRANSFERSTERMS OF TRADETRADE BALANCETRADE BARRIERSTRADE DEFICITTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE POLICIESTRADE POLICYTRADE REFORMSTRANSACTION COSTTRANSACTION COSTSUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUTILITY FUNCTIONWELFARE EFFECTSWORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORSWTOWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6126