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OECD urges France to keep development assistance momentum
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July 3, 2008
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OECD urges France to keep development assistance momentum
PARIS, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD) has called on France to "
maintain its forefront role" in the provision of official
development assistance (ODA) as promised by the government.
In a report, the Paris-based OECD said that it was "imperative"
that France moves to "factor in increased official development
assistance in its next multi-annual budget" which is expected to be
published soon.
Recalling that France had recently aligned itself with the
commitments of the European Union by announcing plans to devote 0.
51 percent of its gross national income to the ODA by 2010 and 0.7 ...