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MSI’s Trade Evaluation “From Aid to Trade: Delivering Results” was named as one of five evaluation reports selected for first-ever USAID Excellence in Evaluation distinction. The announcement came at the USAID Mission Director’s conference held in November and was published in the Bureau for Policy, Planning and Learning/ Office of Learning, Evaluation and Research policy newsletter last week.
MSI evaluation experts will brief Administrator Shah on this historic evaluation.
A team of evaluation experts from MSI and the University of Pittsburgh wrote the evaluation and concluded that USAID and U.S. government programs have contributed significantly to trade capacity building (TCB). The report found a link between the delivery of U.S. foreign assistance and increases in the value of recipient country exports.
The study separately examined USAID trade assistance focused on private sector export expansion, trade policy reforms, increased participation in trade agreements, and efficiency gains from trade facilitation assistance. The evaluation determined that each additional $1 invested by USAID increases the value of developing country exports by $42 two years later.
MSI’s “From Aid to Trade: Delivering Results” report was also presented this past summer at the WTO’s Third Global Review of Aid for Trade. USAID’s Deputy Administrator for the Bureau of Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, Eric Postel, lead the U.S. delegation and discussed the evaluation results.
You can find the overall report here, a smaller summary here, and a third report that provides a broader look at aid for trade assistance delivered by U.S. government agencies here.
