Trade capacity building : analyses of U. S. assistance to developing / Richard T. Royce, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Royce, Richard T., editor.

Series:

Trade Issues, Policies and Laws

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Export marketing--Quality control.

Export marketing.

Export marketing--Standardization.

Developing countries--Commerce.

Developing countries.

United States. Agency for International Development.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Trade capacity building (TCB) is a form of development assistance provided by the United States and other countries to help developing countries participate in and benefit from global trade. Congress and the executive branch have identified TCB assistance as an important tool for U.S. trade and development policy based on evidence of the effectiveness of trade in reducing poverty and generating economic development and growth. From 2005 to 2010, 24 U.S. agencies provided more than 9 billion in trade capacity building assistance to help more than 100 countries reduce poverty, increase economic

Contents:

""TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING: ANALYSES OF U.S. ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES""; ""TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING: ANALYSES OF U.S. ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: THE UNITED STATES PROVIDES WIDE-RANGING TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING ASSISTANCE, BUT BETTER REPORTING AND EVALUATION ARE NEEDED""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""USAID AND STATE CONDUCT TCB ACTIVITIES ALIGNED WITH THEIR PRIMARY GOALS

TCB IS SECONDARY TO GOALS OF OTHER AGENCIES""""THE TCB DATABASE DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OF REPORTED TCB ACTIVITIES""; ""USAID HAS IMPROVED ITS ASSESSMENT OF TCB, BUT HAS NOT MADE PLANS TO MAKE USE OF INSIGHTS FROM A RECENT MULTICOUNTRY EVALUATION, OR TO CONDUCT ADDITIONAL EVALUATIONS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY""

""APPENDIX II: USAID PLANS TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING-RELATED ACTIVITIES IN-COUNTRY, OFTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH RECIPIENT GOVERNMENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS""""APPENDIX III: COORDINATION OF U.S. TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING ASSISTANCE AMONG AGENCIES""; ""APPENDIX IV: RECIPIENT COUNTRIES OF BILATERAL U.S. TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING ASSISTANCE AND FUNDING LEVELS, FISCAL YEARS 2005�2010""; ""APPENDIX V: MCC AND THE ARMY ASSESSMENTS OF TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING-RELATED ACTIVITIES""; ""Chapter 2: FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: USAID SHOULD UPDATE ITS TRADE CAPACITYBUILDING STRATEGY""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""

""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""USAID�S TCB STRATEGY DOES NOT GUIDE TCB ACTIVITIES AND PARTS OF IT ARE NO LONGER CURRENT""; ""USAID USES VARIOUS METHODS TO COORDINATE TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIESWITH OTHER AGENCIES""; ""USAID HAS TAKEN STEPS TO USE EVALUATIONS IN ITS MANAGEMENT OF TCB ACTIVITIES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""RECOMMENDATIONFOR EXECUTIVE ACTION""; ""AGENCY COMMENTSAND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I: USAID AND STATE TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING FUNDING DATA, FISCAL YEARS 2011THROUGH 2012""

""APPENDIX II: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY""""APPENDIX III: U.S. GOVERNMENT TRADECAPACITY BUILDING DATABASEAND DEFINITIONAL CATEGORIES""; ""Chapter 3: USAID STRATEGY: BUILDING TRADE CAPACITY IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK: PARTICIPATION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND ECONOMIC RESPONSIVENESS""; ""USAID�S STRATEGY""; ""TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""NEW OPPORTUNITIES CREATED BY INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS""; ""USAID TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS""; ""CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK""; ""AN AGENCY-WIDE STRATEGY""; ""COUNTRY-LEVEL STRATEGIES""

""SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 12, 2014).

ISBN:

1-63463-761-5

OCLC:

898892932