As a result of a major aid reform, France’s development agency — Agence Française de Développement — is poised for greater financial capacity and “more regular dialogue” with the development community, according to AFD’s director of strategy.
France’s aid reform, confirmed by French President Francois Hollande last month, will include the merging together of AFD and a financial organization under control of the French Parliament called the Deposits and Consignments Fund, or CDC.
AFD’s annual financing capacity will rise from 8.5 billion euros ($9.22 billion) to 12.5 billion euros by 2020 and half of that increase will be directed towards climate change — raising annual climate financing from 3 billion to 5 billion euros by 2020.
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Jeff Tyson@jtyson21
Jeff is a former global development reporter for Devex. Based in Washington, D.C., he covers multilateral affairs, U.S. aid, and international development trends. He has worked with human rights organizations in both Senegal and the U.S., and prior to joining Devex worked as a production assistant at National Public Radio. He holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in international relations and French from the University of Rochester.
