Financial Resource Flows for Population Activities in 2012

Abstract

ith preparations for the twentieth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development and the post-2015 development agenda both well under way, this twenty-fifth edition of UNFPA's financial resource flows report is timely indeed.It provides the international community with an opportunity for stock-taking and a renewal of financial commitment to the agreements made in Cairo.The ICPD's ambitious twenty-year blueprint for action marked the beginning of a new era of commitment on the part of the international community to integrate population concerns into economic and social planning and policy making.This blueprint came with a price tagone that has grown considerably over the years because of increasing needs and rising costs.However, the price of inaction is considerably higher.It is not measured in dollars and cents, but in higher morbidity and mortality, especially among women and girls.According to the revised cost estimates presented to the United Nations Commission on Population and Development in 2009, a total of US $67.8 billion was needed by 2011 to fully fund developing country needs in the area of reproductive health, including family planning and HIV/AIDS services, as well as censuses, surveys, civil registration and population research and training.As a whole, the international community has risen to the occasion and there has been continued, albeit sometimes slow, progress in the mobilization of resources for population activities that has made possible the countless programmes addressing family planning, reproductive health and AIDS needs around the world.This has also assisted in data collection initiatives necessary for evidence-based policy formulation and programme planning.

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