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Lawrence Speer

Lawrence is a Paris-based correspondent and communications consultant who has been reporting and writing on development issues for more than 20 years. He covers French development assistance and has interviewed French Development Agency Director-General Dov Zerah for Devex News.

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African capacity-building champion seeks funding partners
21 Oct 2010
The African Capacity Building Foundation has built a reputation as a prolific maker of African development leaders. As the nonprofit celebrates 20 years in business, its challenge remains attracting new donors to sustain the success of its capacity-building work.
Special Focus: Capacity Building in Africa
Special Focus: Capacity Building in Africa
The future of capacity building in Africa: A conversation with Frannie Léautier
21 Oct 2010
Capacity building holds the key to Africa’s success, according to Frannie Léautier, executive secretary of the African Capacity Building Foundation. In an exclusive interview with Devex, Léautier describes prospects and challenges to African capacity building and what the region can learn from emerging countries within and outside Africa.
MDG Summit – Exclusive Interview
MDG Summit – Exclusive Interview
OECD-DAC chief wants more donor attention to fragile states
20 Sep 2010
World leaders must agree to concrete actions and time tables at this week’s Millennium Development Goals summit, according to the chief of OECD’s Development Assistance Committee. In an exclusive interview with Devex, Eckhard Deutscher says fragile states would require special attention as none of these countries has achieved a single MDG.
Exclusive Interview
Exclusive Interview
Dov Zerah: A ‘more aggressive’ AFD at 70
27 Aug 2010
France’s new foreign aid chief talks about his plans to increase the French Development Agency’s focus on Africa, infrastructure and renewable energy in the run-up to AFD’s 70th birthday next year.
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