Report – Aid for Trade? An Evaluation of Trade-Related Technical Assistance

What are the views and objectives of the Netherlands government on this? The Netherlands government does not subscribe to the extreme view of ‘trade, not aid’ nor to the opposite view of ‘aid, not trade’. It considers aid and trade to be two major intervention strategies, each of which can contribute to poverty alleviation. It also believes that aid can be essential to help developing countries to profit from trade and trade liberalisation. For that reason the Netherlands actively supports policies and instruments that enable poor countries and poor people to profit from international trade.