Question 4031 — foreign policy

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Ms. Samantha Cazebonne draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the economic impact of France's underfinancing of nutrition. Law No. 2014-773 of July 7, 2014 on orientation and programming relating to development and international solidarity policy, indicates in its first article that the development policies implemented by France must actively participate in the fight against hunger. However, we observe that in 2014 France devoted only 0.37% of its public development assistance to the fight against undernutrition, or 21 million euros. For comparison, the United Kingdom devoted 7.85% of its ODA to this cause that same year, which is equivalent to 711 million euros. A situation already reported by a number of non-governmental organizations, including French, such as Action Against Hunger. However, according to the Copenhagen Consensus, an initiative launched in 2012 and bringing together a group of experts, the fight against undernutrition is the most profitable investment to obtain lasting results in the areas of development and health. At a time when Asia and Africa are losing an average of 11% of their gross domestic product to undernutrition, this investment would undoubtedly deserve better support from France given its beneficial economic effects. Given the positive impact on the global economy of substantial funding for the fight against undernutrition, she asks him if the Government plans to quickly pay greater attention to this objective within its development policies.

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