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UNFPA in 1997 - Programme and Financial Highlights


Allocations and Expenditures


Pledges and Contributions

Allocations and Expenditures

Country Activities

Country Categories

Intercountry Activities

Execution of Projects

Programme Review and Strategy

Administration and Personnel


Total (provisional) programmable resources for 1997 were $259.0 million, compared to $274.7 million in 1996.

Project allocations in 1997 totalled $321.9 million, including $69.0 million of unspent allocations from 1996. Project allocations in 1996 totalled $285.4 million, including $109.5 million of unspent allocations from 1995. Project expenditures (provisional) for 1997 totalled $214.4 million compared to $216.5 million in 1996.

UNFPA Assistance by Major Area

In million of US dollars

1997*

1996**

  Reproductive health/ family planning $ 204.1   $ 144.6  
  Percentage of total programme   63.4 %   66.8 %
  Population and development strategies $ 98.8   $ 60.6  
  Percentage of total programme   30.7 %   28.0 %
  Advocacy $ 19.0   $ 11.3  
  Percentage of total programme   5.9 %   5.2 %
  Total $ 321.9   $ 216.5  

*1997 Allocations  **1996 Expenditures



Expenditures (provisional) in 1997 totalled $303.6 million, compared to $300.3 million in 1996. The 1997 figure includes $175.0 million for country programmes, compared to $178.6 million in 1996; $39.4 million for intercountry (regional and interregional) programmes, compared to $37.9 million for 1996.

Total biennial support budget expenditures for both headquarters and field offices were $58.3 million in 1997 (net of $5.5 million in credits and income), compared to $52.8 million in 1996 (net of $5.3 million in credits and income).

Field office costs were $29.7 million in 1997 compared to $27.6 million in 1996.

Technical support services under the successor support cost arrangements approved by the Governing Council in decision 91/37 were $23.5 million. Administrative and operational services (AOS) costs, set by the Governing Council in the same decision at 7.5 per cent of expenditures of country activities, were $7.3 million.

The project expenditure rate (expenditures divided by allocations) was provisionally 66.6 per cent, compared to 75.8 per cent (final) in 1996. The resource utilization rate (expenditures divided by programmable resources, as approved by the Governing Council in decision 89/46 B) was provisionally 95 per cent in 1997 compared to 90 per cent in 1996.

 

UNFPA Assistance by Geographical Region

In million of US dollars

1997*

1996**

  Africa - sub-Saharan $ 119.3   $ 65.7  
  Percentage of total programme   37.0 %   30.4 %
  Arab States & Europe $ 38.0   $ 26.0  
  Percentage of total programme   11.8 %   12.0 %
  Asia & the Pacific $ 92.1   $ 74.5  
  Percentage of total programme   28.6 %   34.4 %
  Latin America & the Caribbean $ 36.2     26.1  
  Percentage of total programme   11.2 %   12.1 %
  Interregional & Global $ 36.3   $ 24.2  
  Percentage of total programme   11.3 %   11.1 %
  Total $ 321.9   $ 216.5  

*1997 Allocations  **1996 Expenditures

 

 

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