A further methodological difficulty is understanding how aid for trade interacts with other financing flows, particularly foreign direct investment (FDI). This preliminary analysis of financing for ICT and e-commerce development highlights three particular needs: the first is to refine the reporting definitions so that it more accurately captures financing flows to the sector, the second is to consider financing in a broader sense, and, the third is to study how concessional funding is interacting with private sector investment. Self-assessment questionnaires and the call for case stories were addressed to partner countries (developing and least developed Members), regional economic communities (RECs) and transport corridors (TCs), donors (bilateral and multilateral), and providers of South-South trade-related assistance.