D2.1. Report on the quantitative assessment of FTAs contribution to SDGs

The aim of D2.1. is to assess empirically the extent to which the EU’ FTAs have impacted on selected SDGs, in particular with regard to agriculture, building upon existing work as Horizon 2020 RESPECT. The underlying methodology will be, first, to econometrically estimate the relationship between the “SDG-content” of FTAs and the realization of the selected SDGs, and second, the relationship between SDGs and trade (i.e. how trade impacts on SDGs). It will apply state of the art gravity model and explore the possibility of alternative techniques based on propensity score matching and a control function approach in order to identify the causal link between FTAs, trade and the realization of SDGs. Detailed information on the measures included in respective FTAs will be obtained by the recently compiled World Bank database Deep Trade Agreements.