Assessing World Bank support for trade, 1987-2004 : an IEG evaluation / Yvonne Manu Tsikata.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsikata, Yvonne M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Bank.

Developing countries--Commerce.

Developing countries.

Commerce.

Developing countries--Commercial policy.

Commercial policy.

World Bank--Developing countries.

Physical Description:

x, 246 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2006.

Summary:

An independent evaluation of the World Bank's extensive support to developing countries on trade issues between 1987 and 2004. The study assesses the development effectiveness of World Bank trade-related advocacy, capacity-building, lending and research. It examines the extent to which the Bank's policies and assistance have met its stated objectives in the area of trade and makes recommendations to strengthen the effectiveness of future Bank trade assistance.

Contents:

Rationale for Bank Involvement 3

Objective of the Evaluation 5

Conceptual Framework and Methodology 6

2 Lessons from the Literature 9

Trade Policy Reform and Economic Growth 9

Lessons from Past IEG Evaluations 11

3 Inputs, Trends, and Evolution of World Bank Trade Assistance 15

Lending Inputs to Trade 15

Nonlending Inputs 24

4 Outcomes and Results 31

Project Outcomes 31

Economic Outcomes for the Sample Countries 35

Lessons at the Country Level 42

5 Trade Returns to the Agenda, 2001-04 49

Research 50

Bank Participation in Global Policy Discussions and Advocacy 53

Building Trade Capacity 55

Mainstreaming Trade into Country Work 60

6 Findings and Recommendations 67

Findings 67

Recommendations 70

A1 Timeline of Major Developments in International Trade, 1987-2005 75

A2 Conceptual Framework for the Evaluation 83

B1 Trade and Development-The State of the Debate 85

B2 Lessons from Previous IEG Evaluations 95

C1 Defining Trade in the Bank Portfolio 99

C2 Portfolio Data for Trade-Related Projects 101

C3 Changes in the Focus of Trade Conditionality 111

C4 Implementation of Conditions 113

D1 Core and Non-core Trade Projects 115

D2 IEG Portfolio Ratings 117

D3 Trade-Related Investment Projects 119

D4 Probit Estimation of the Determinants of Project Outcomes 131

D5 Aggregate Economic Analysis 133

D6 Sources of Growth Decomposition 145

D7 Case Country Profiles 147

E1 Organizational Chart for the International Trade Department 157

E2 Establishment of the Trade Department 159

E3 World Bank Advocacy on Industrial Country Trade Policies 161

E4 Distribution of Trade Capacity Building Components, 2001-04 165

E5 Geneva Survey Results 181

E6 Staff Survey Results 185

E7 Trade in Country Assistance Strategies 191

E8 Trade Note Series 213

F Management Response 215

G Chairman's Summary: Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) 221

3.1 Elements of Trade Policy Reform Are Varied and Diverse 19

3.2 Conditionality May Be Neither Necessary nor Sufficient 25

3.3 High-Quality ESW Supports Policy Dialogue 26

3.4 Regional Reports on Trade-Strategic and Nontraditional 28

4.1 Trade Finance-A Continued Struggle to Be Effective for Some 33

4.2 Failure to Implement Complementary Policies Can Be Costly 45

5.1 Do Regional Trading Arrangements Help Liberalize Trade? 52

5.2 What Is Trade-Related Capacity Building? 56

5.3 Independent Evaluations of the Integrated Framework 58

5.4 Effective and Timely Leverage of Knowledge-WTO-Related Trade Capacity Building 59

5.5 Minimizing the Effects of Commodity Shocks 61

5.6 Trade in Country Assistance Strategies: Mixed and Uneven 62

5.7 Intellectual Leadership Plus Collaboration Yield Operational Relevance in Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards 64

ES.1 Opening Economies xiii

1.1 Declining Import Tariffs, But Some Regions Still Significantly Protected 4

1.2 Conceptual Framework for the Evaluation 7

3.1 Trade-Related Bank Lending Has Varied But Trended Downward Overall 16

3.2 The Thematic Focus of Bank Lending for Trade: Trade Liberalization and Direct Lending to Exporters Gave Way to Trade Facilitation 17

3.3 Focus of Trade Conditions in Adjustment Loans Shifted over 1987-2004 20

3.4 Maximum Tariff Recommendations Covered a Wide Range 21

3.5 Number of Lending Conditions Declined over 1987-2004 24

3.6 New Diagnostic Studies and Trust Funds Catalyzed Increased Economic and Sector Work 27

4.1 Stated Objectives of Trade-Related Projects, 1987-2004 32

2.1 Summary of Policy Design Issues 12

3.1 Trade Adjustment Loans-Sample Characteristics, 1987-2004 19

3.2 Trade Loan Conditions Most Often Addressed Both Imports and Exports, But a Third of Loans Focused Solely on Imports 22

3.3 Trade Adjustment Loans Featured Strong Implementation 22

3.4 Meeting Lending Conditions Did Not Necessarily Improve Economic Performance 23

4.1 Factors Underlying Poorly Performing Projects 34

4.2 Indicators of Protection 37

4.3 Bank Trade Clients Differed from Other Developing Countries 38

4.4 Economic Indicators: With and without Bank Assistance and Before and After Trade Reform 39

4.5 Changes in Export Concentration-Half-Full or Half-Empty? 41

4.6 Factors behind Change in Exports: By Country Groups 42

4.7 Export Growth and Increased Value Added, 1983-2003 43

5.1 Trade in CASs by Region 63

5.2 Trade Mainstreaming Lags behind Other Thematic Areas and Organizations 64.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246).

ISBN:

0821365916

OCLC:

65538746

Publisher Number:

9780821365915