Although the G8 resolved to “implement the Monterrey Consensus and the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development,” rather than committing new financing towards an African development initiative or action plan, the G8 member states reaffirmed the commitment they made at the 2005 Gleneagles Summit. They have reiterated this same commitment at the 2007 Heligendamm and 2008 Hokkaido-Toyako Summits. The leaders also committed to the Accra Action Plan (AAA), which aims to ensure the quality and effectiveness of donor aid. Neither the AAA, nor the strengthened G8-Africa Partnership for Water and Sanitation has been funded (a requisite for a full score).

Leaders also reiterated a commitment made at the London G20 Summit in April 2009 to substantially increasing the resources available through the International Financial Institutions for crisis support and sustained growth. Again, this was a reiterated commitment and no specific amounts were allocated or timelines established at the L’Aquila Summit.

In order to have earned a higher score on this objective, France would have had to join its fellow member states in a commitment to a new African development initiative and funded it accordingly.