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To meet the ever-growing demand for modern contraception and reach their development goals, countries need to develop reliable, resilient financing for their family planning programs.
The focus for the next eight years must be on achieving sustainability, with a combination of country-led domestic resource mobilization, broadly supported universal health schemes, greater private sector involvement, co-financing development opportunities, cross-sectoral partnerships, and donor funding for the neediest countries and programs.
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Bilateral donor funding in 2021
totaled US$1.39 billion, essentially the same amount as in 2020 . An additional estimated US$402 million from foundations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) brings the international donor total to US$1.79 billion in 2021.
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Domestic government expenditures
are estimated at US$1.57 billion for the 59 countries that report expenditures, accounting for 91% of modern method users in low- and lower-middle-income countries. Adjusting this estimate upward to encompass all 82 countries results in an estimated total domestic government expenditure of US$1.73 billion in 2021.
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Total expenditures on family planning in 2021
are estimated at US$4.2 billion across all low- and lower-middle-income countries. International donors contributed an estimated 42% , domestic governments 41% , and consumers 17%.
On the donor side
The most significant movement is the reduction in funding from the U.K., which has historically been the world’s second largest donor. The U.K. is implementing its decision to temporarily reduce foreign aid from .7% to .5% of its gross national income.
This translated into a US$100 million drop in funding for family planning from 2020 to2021 . But because several other donor governments posted significant increases in funding in2021 —Australia, Denmark, Germany, Norway, and Sweden—the overall bilateral total held steady at the 2020 level. This figure is, however, well below the peak achieved in 2019 (US$1.52 billion).
Bilateral funding in 2021 does not seem to have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the ongoing economic pressures resulting from the pandemic as well as the war in Ukraine could have an impact on future year disbursements.
The estimates for domestic expenditures, consumer spending, and total expenditures are compiled from a range of data covering the years 2019 , 2020 , and 2021 . As a result, any impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic may not yet be reflected in these figures.
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