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Article: Paying for family planning.
- Article from:
- Population Reports
- Article date:
- November 1, 1991
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Governments can pay more. The $3.4 billion that developing-country governments now spend covers an estimated 75% of family planning costs. But this expenditure amounts to only about 0.4% of their total budgets. By comparison, military spending accounts for 19%.
Donor organizations can pay more. Donor assistance for family planning amounts to about $560 million annually, or about 15% of family planning costs. But this accounts for only 1% of all development assistance. By the year 2000 donors should be contributing $4 billion to help meet the need for family planning.
Could others who benefit from family planning also contribute more? Family planning ...