International Family Planning Perspectives
Volume 28, Number 2, June 2002

 

Strategies Adopted by Caribbean Family Planning
Associations to Address Declining International Funding
TABLES

TABLE 1. Total amount and percentage distribution of funding obtained by family planning associations in selected Caribbean countries, by source, 1997 and 1998
Source Barbados Grenada Jamaica* Trinidad and Tobago*
1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998
Total funding (in US$) 591,878 680,444 166,671 127,017 358,273 397,994 741,120 783,435
Percentage distribution
Government subsidy 57.0 57.0 na 1.4 na na 21.5 20.3
IPPF 19.8 12.2 55.5 56.4 40.4 43.9 34.5 25.9
Other international 0.5 na 12.7 na 15.8 3.1 7.8 14.9
Release of inventory funds 2.2 2.1 5.9 7.0 5.9 3.7 na na
Release of fixed-asset funds 0.8 0.7 3.5 4.6 5.0 4.4 na na
Contraceptive sales and fees 15.0 19.3 10.1 16.3 20.1 24.6 na na
Fund-raising 1.5 2.6 1.7 0.3 3.6 1.8 na na
Membership and subscription na na 0.9 1.1 0.3 0.5 na na
Other 3.2 6.1 9.6 12.9 8.9 18.0 36.2 38.9
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
*Approximate conversion from local currency using average exchange rates for 1998. Source: United Nations (UN), World Statistics Pocketbook, 1999, New York: UN, 2000. Note: na=not applicable.

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