Catalysts and Messengers: The Story of the International Reproductive Rights Research Action Group
International Reproductive Rights Research Action Group
Focus: Global
Story of a six-year project involving scholars, health providers, and activists from women's health and human rights NGOs, focused on collaborative research and actions to implement the findings through women's empowerment and policy change; includes photos, graphic images, lessons learned, policy recommendations, and list of suggested resources.
Free to delegates, NGO participants, developing-country audiences; $4 for all others. English; January 1999; 40 pages.
Costing Cairo
The Futures Group International, POLICY Project
Focus: Global
Assesses prospects for overall funding of reproductive health services and addresses financing options that make best use of government and donor resources for the promotion of better reproductive health.
Free. English; January 1999; 40 pages.
Donor Countries and International Population Assistance (working title)
Population Action International
Focus: Global
The report profiles donor countries' population and reproductive health assistance programs; provides an analysis of overall trends in donor funding for population and reproductive health programs in the post-Cairo period; and makes recommendations regarding policy changes that would facilitate increased funding levels and more effective programming.
Cost is $9. English; 1998.
Evaluating Family Planning Costs, Network
Family Health International
Focus: Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East
This publication examines approaches to evaluating family planning costs. Articles discuss use of client fees, the role of private-sector services, ways to reduce costs, and use of cost analysis to guide decisions on whether to integrate family planning services with related healthcare programs, such as prevention of sexually transmitted infections.
Free to delegates, NGO participants, developing-country audiences, and USAID cooperating agencies; $5 for all others. English, French, and Spanish; 1998; 36 pages. (Also addresses: Reproductive Health/Family Planning)
Falling Short: The World Bank's Role in Population and Reproductive Health
Population Action International
Focus: Global
A detailed analysis as to how and why the World Bank is falling short of its potential to advance population and reproductive health in developing countries.
Cost is $9. English; 1997; 76 pages.
Follow-up Assessment of the Indian Medical Association (IMA): Family Planning Clinical Training Course in Gujarat
INTRAH/PRIME
Focus: India
An assessment identifying lessons learned from IMA's first experience in clinical training, focusing on training infrastructure.
No cost for delegates, NGO participants, developing-country audiences, and USAID cooperating agencies; $4 for all others. English; 1995; 40 pages.
Health, Population, and Development: Policies and Financing Post-Cairo
Center on International Cooperation
Focus: Global
Volume of country studies examining how countries acted on the endorsement of the core reproductive health agenda of the ICPD Programme of Action through policies, programs, and financing; efforts to implement the agenda and challenges therein; current and alternative sources and mechanisms for reproductive health financing; current and future role of international donor aid and the private sector.
Free to delegates. English; 1999; 300 pages. (Also addresses: Reproductive Health/Family Planning; The Role of the Private Sector)
Improving Reproductive Health in Developing Countries
Population Reference Bureau
Focus: Developing countries
This summary distills findings from the National Academy of Sciences' report on reproductive health in developing countries. It highlights financing issues and strategies for achieving national objectives for reproductive health.
Free to delegates, NGO participants, developing-country audiences and USAID cooperating agencies; $5 for all others. English, French, and Spanish; 1997. (Also addresses: Reproductive Health/Family Planning)
International Family Planning Cuts Undermine Human Rights
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
Focus: United States
International population planning and reproductive health programs funded by the United States are consistent with U.S. law governing human rights and foreign aid, and critical for the U.S. with regard to abiding by its international commitments. This fact sheet provides a legal and policy analysis of these points.
Cost is $2; limited number free to NGOs in developing countries. English; October 1997; 11 pages.
Investing in Women
International Center for Research on Women
Focus: Global
This report lists several reasons why the United States should invest in women: it makes economic sense, it is an eminently equitable strategy, it promotes pluralism and democracy, and it should substantially help improve the human rights record worldwide.
Free to developing-country organizations; $3 for all others. English; 1995; 9 pages.
Paying for Essentials: Reproductive Health
Center on International Cooperation
Focus: Global
Policy recommendations from findings of a project examining how countries acted on the endorsement of the core reproductive health agenda of the ICPD Programme of Action through policies, programs and financing; efforts to implement the agenda and challenges therein; current and alternative sources and mechanisms for reproductive health financing; current and future role of international donor aid and the private sector.
Free to delegates and NGO participants. English; 1999; 30 pages. (Also addresses: Reproductive Health/Family Planning; The Role of the Private Sector)
Policy Lessons Learned in Finance and Private Sector Participation
The Futures Group International, POLICY Project
Focus: Global
A description of efforts in 11 countries to foster private sector participation and effective health care financing. The report summarizes lessons learned and illustrates the steps governments have taken to ensure adequate financing of their programs, use resources efficiently, and tap the resources of the private sector.
Free of charge. English; March 1998; 35 pages.
Study of the Impact of Technical Supervision Training on CBD Supervisors' Performance
INTRAH/PRIME
Focus: Ghana
An assessment of CBD supervisors' retention of knowledge and skills after "technical supervision" training and differential performance of CBD workers according to whether supervised or not by a trained supervisor.
No cost for delegates, NGO participants, developing-country audiences, and USAID cooperating agencies; $5 for all others. English; 1998; 68 pages.
Taking the Lead: The UN and Population Assistance -- Profiles of UN Organizations Working in Population
Population Action International
Focus: Global
Companion volumes: (1) explaining the importance of the UN in providing external financial and technical assistance to developing-country family planning and reproductive health programs, and (2) profiling UN organizations involved in population activities.
Cost is $9 for each volume. English; 1996; 58 pages.
U.S. Falls Short in Support for the Cairo Programme of Action
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy
Focus: United States
This fact sheet examines U.S. compliance with its commitments under ICPD and how the U.S. Congress' ill-conceived restrictions on U.S. funding for population planning and reproductive health programs have hampered the United States' ability to comply.
Cost is $2; limited number free to NGOs in developing countries. English; December 1998; 8 pages.
U.S. Population Policy Since the Cairo Conference
Environmental Change and Security Project
Focus: United States
Traces U.S. population policy from Bucharest through Mexico City to Cairo and evaluates efforts to implement the Cairo legacy within the U.S. government.
Free to policymakers, academics, NGOs, and businesses. English; 1998; 8 pages.
What Explains the Commercial Sector's Market Share in International Family Planning Programs?
The Futures Group International, POLICY Project
Focus: Global
Cross-sectional analysis of DHS data pertaining to the commercial sector share of family planning service delivery. The analysis shows that broad purchasing power, improved knowledge, critical densities of population, and appropriate public policy are associated with relatively strong commercial sectors.
Free of charge. English; December 1998; 20 pages.
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