The Addis Ababa Action Agenda is the first outcome document of the FFD conferences to include science, technology, innovation and capacity building as a distinct action area

Rather than mainstreaming women’s empowerment throughout different action areas, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda contains this issue as one of the 7 cross-cutting areas.

Social protection and essential public services for all are not discussed in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda because they are already covered in the SDGs.

The Addis Ababa Action Agenda has identified 7 cross-cutting areas that build on synergies and provide a focus for action areas on the means of implementation.

The establishment of a new forum to bridge the infrastructure gap is one of the cross-cutting areas identified by the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.