OECD welcomes French plans to increase and better target foreign aid
The Review says that having started increasing aid in 2017 following a five-year decline, France now needs to increase the share of grants compared to loans in line with its ambitions to support fragile and least-developed countries.
The Review welcomes France’s setting out of a clear strategic framework and priorities for development co-operation, its improvement of staff management at the French development agency and its adoption of innovative financing instruments. It underlines, however, that care should be taken to ensure aid stays focused on fighting poverty and inequality and is not diverted to cover needs related to domestic policy and security or regulating migration flows.
Read the press release, available in English and in French.
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