Monitoring Aid for Trade U.S. and USAID Experience Bhavani Pathak Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade Bureau

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Monitoring Aid for TradeU.S. and USAID
ExperienceBhavani PathakEconomic Growth,
Agriculture and Trade Bureau
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Progression of US Aid For Trade

• Historic Targeted annual survey
• Recent changes Reorganization of U.S. foreign
  assistance

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Framework for Monitoring Aid for Trade Programs

• Foreign Assistance Framework key features
• Comprehensive framework
• Partner demands incorporated
• Trade Capacity Building
• Direct
• Indirect

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Evaluation of Trade Capacity Building Programs

• Challenges
• Umbrella of programs trade capacity building,
  physical infrastructure, improved communications
  networks, improved energy services
• Developing effective and efficient ways to look
  across range of program activities

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Evaluation of Trade Capacity Building Programs

• Phase I Opening Analysis
• Phase II Collect Additional Project Information
• Phase III Focused Data Collection on Evaluation
  Questions
• Phase IV Selected Field Visits
• Phase V Report Writing and Vetting

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Lessons Learned From Our Experience

• Shared effort of donors and partners critical for
  success
• Mainstreaming trade into national development
  programs
• Monitoring Evaluation
• joint effort
• integrated across range of activities