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Enhancing Regional Aid for Trade: Challenges and Approaches

Explore the strengths, challenges, and approach to regionally focused assistance in trade, leveraging the economic rationale of regional economies of scale and resource maximization for governance institutions. Discover the benefits of greater expertise and integration in a regionalized economy, along with the challenges of building capacity, securing leadership support, and integrating with national programs.

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Enhancing Regional Aid for Trade: Challenges and Approaches

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  1. Regionally Focused Aid-for-Trade Brinton Bohling Senior Trade Advisor USAID Washington

  2. Overview

  3. Regional Aid-for-Trade • 1) Strengths of regionally focused assistance. • 2) Challenges to working regionally. • 3) Our approach to regional assistance.

  4. Economic rational of regional economies of scale. Resource maximization governances institutions. Greater depth of expertise. Strengths

  5. A regionally integrated economy needs harmonization and an institutional infrastructure that is regional. Sovereignty is national, so a regional organization must have the commitment of member governments. Coordination with more people, institutions, and larger geography. Challenges

  6. Build capacity in regional counter part institutions. Look for issues with regional leadership and Member support. Work to integrate with national programs, and with other donor and bilateral programs. Approaches

  7. Approaches

  8. Regional Value Chains

  9. Regional Trade Corridors

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