Allocating Flows According to Vulnerabilities

In 2023, FERDI's 15-year advocacy effort reached a pivotal point. Four international meetings provided the opportunity to update, develop, and share arguments for considering vulnerability in aid allocation criteria. These meetings featured Presidents, Ministers, the Secretaries General of the Commonwealth and the Francophonie, the High Representative of the UN-OHRLLS, Vice-presidents of multilateral development banks, and the President of the WAEMU Commission. 

Towards Adapted Allocation Formulas

To operationalize its recommendations, FERDI is working on how to adapt allocation formulas and determine the best indicator of vulnerability to use, urging multilateral development banks to adopt an index based on the principles of the multidimensional vulnerability index developed by the United Nations.


Priority to Vulnerable Countries

At the Financing for Development Forum in April 2024, France recommended that vulnerability be taken into account in allocation. France also decided to give priority to the least developed countries (LDCs) and a complementary list of vulnerable countries for the allocation of its official development assistance (ODA) helped by FERDI without political commitment.


FERDI continues to play a key role in the evolution of aid allocation criteria, striving for greater recognition of countries' vulnerabilities and amore equitable allocation of resources. 

↪ A consensus recently appeared for a resolution on the  Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) to be presented at the UN General Assembly in September 2024. FERDI  has contributed to the definition and development of this indicator  by many works over the years, including the most recent policy brief The Multidimensional Vulnerability Index under the lights: for what purpose? (Guillaumont P., 2024) and the contribution to the book Keeping Sight on the Goals - HLPF Edition, SDG Action : Assessing vulnerability to prevent crises  (Guillaumont P., 2024)

↪ 2d United Nations LDC Future Forum, March 2024. FERDI was a partner in this forum organised by OHRLLS and the Finnish government. The foundation actively participated in discussions, with several of its researchers contributing to various sessions. On March 7, FERDI also organized a parallel event, dedicated to the LDC5 Monitor initiative, in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and the OECD Development Centre.

  ↪ Publication of the books Quel pacte financier mondial pour les pays pauvres et vulnérables [What Global Financial Pact for Poor and Vulnerable Countries?] (Boussichas M., Guillaumont P. (dir.), 2024) and Towards a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index Six supporting notes (Guillaumont P., 2023). 

↪  Following the Interministerial Committee for International Cooperation and Development (CICID) meeting in July 2023, FERDI assisted the government in developing a method to identify particularly vulnerable priority countries, in addition to the initially selected 45 LDCs. The method proposed by FERDI allows the government to transparently articulate the political decisions for which it is responsible.