Allocating France's official development assistance

While France has implemented some of its international commitments concerning official development assistance (ODA), it recognises that it will not achieve the objective of allocating 0.7% of gross national income (GNI) to ODA by 2015. A more realistic path is therefore needed. Moreover, French aid includes a growing loan component. The decrease of grants reduces possibilities for bilateral co-operation in some sectors (basic social services, governance) and contexts (fragile states and certain LDCs), although these are supposed to be strategic areas of involvement.