The Addis Ababa Conference on Financing for Development, taking place in Ethiopia in July 2015, will open a round of high- stakes international negotiations including the United Nations General Assembly in September and the finalization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in December at the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Climate Change (COP 21), with a view to reaching a first comprehensive agreement in Paris. Without making Addis Ababa the focal point of three equally important events, it is, however, very likely that the results obtained here will have a major impact on subsequent proceedings. In this context, what can we expect from this conference? What political ambition should France have? This Policy Brief aims to shed some light on these issues.