this is why governments need policies for propoor growth and to reach subgroups that growth does not otherwise reach furthermore since the incidence of poverty is countryspecific any propoor policy including trade policy must first identify who the poor are where they live how they earn their livelihoods and what constrains them from participating in growth the challenge for an aid agency providing aid for trade is to ensure that trade expands and generates propoor growth which is the key objective of the aid for trade initiative