ABSTRACT

This study investigates the effects of Aid for Trade (AfT) on the sophistication level of recipient countries’ export baskets. The results indicate that total AfT inflows do not benefit the export sophistication. AfT for trade policy and regulations seems to be the only type of AfT that are found to be effective in low-income countries with a real GDP per capita of less than USD 3047.72 and the poorer the recipient country the greater the positive impact on export sophistication. In contrast, the effect of AfT for economic infrastructure seems to be increasing in per capita income. The positive and negative significant effects of AfT for economic infrastructure are observed for countries with real GDP per capita above USD 29,542.64 and below USD 2558.02, respectively. Otherwise, there are no significant impacts of these two categories on export sophistication. AfT dedicated to building productive capacity exerts a negative impact on the export sophistication at the sectoral level.

摘要

这项研究调查了贸易援助（AfT）对受援国出口篮子的复杂程度的影响。结果表明，总的贸易援助流入量并没有使出口复杂化。在实际人均GDP低于3047.72美元的低收入国家中，贸易政策和法规的贸易援助似乎是唯一有效的贸易援助，受援国越穷，对出口复杂性的积极影响就越大。相反，AfT对经济基础设施的影响似乎正在增加人均收入。在实际人均GDP分别高于29,542.64美元和低于2558.02美元的国家中，观察到AfT对经济基础设施的正面和负面显着影响。除此以外，这两类产品对出口的复杂程度没有重大影响。致力于提高生产能力的贸易援助对部门一级的出口复杂性产生负面影响。