Consequences of UNFPA's resource
situation
UNFPA resource targets
UNFPA's resource mobilization plan
Measures to strengthen resource mobilization
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Over the past decade, the role of international population assistance has moved to centre
stage as an essential part of overall country-level development strategies. It is
significant to note that immediately following the ICPD there were striking increases in
the levels of that assistance. Unfortunately, with the overall drop in official
development assistance (ODA) – now averaging just 0.2 per cent of donor
countries’ gross domestic product (GDP) – the momentum noted after the ICPD has
been eroded. Population assistance has dropped in real terms. Today, despite the
importance of population to achieving a wide variety of development priorities, population
assistance still comprises less than 4 per cent of total ODA. UNFPA’s own income rose
sharply after the ICPD, but it is now receiving a smaller percentage of total
international population assistance than it was a few years ago. Since the ICPD, UNFPA has
been taking the steps necessary to increase its capacity to carry out an expanded
programme of assistance as envisaged in the Programme of Action. However, the income
needed to implement that expanded programme has not been forthcoming. In order to reach
the goals envisaged in the Programme of Action and to realize the potential of its
programmes, UNFPA needs to increase its funding levels dramatically. |
