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BD receives 3rd highest AfT commitment

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Bangladesh received the third highest amount of Aid for Trade (AfT) commitment in 2015.

The amount was $2,424.30 million while the actual disbursement stood at $910.10 million.

The report titled ‘Aid for Trade at a Glance 2017: Promoting Trade, Inclusiveness and Connectivity for Sustainable Development’ revealed the information.

WTO, in association with Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), prepared and released the report.

It also showed that India received the highest amount of AfT commitment worth $2,804.8 million in 2015 followed by Philippines which received the commitment worth $ 2,648.9 million.

In 2015, global donors committed $53, 878.8 million as AfT of which 55.8 per cent was for top 20 countries.

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