tailieunhanh - Who carries the Burden of Reproductive Health and AIDS Programs? Evidence from OECD Donor Countries

Infertility is a disease of the reproductive system that impairs one of the body's most basic functions: the conception of children. In the United States, infertility affects about million women and their partners, or about 12% of the reproductive-aged population. For many of these couples, the answer lies in conventional medical therapy, such as drug treatment or surgery to repair reproductive organs. Since 1978, ART has provided another solution for many would-be parents. ART is defined as all treatments or procedures that involve manipulating eggs and sperm in vitro to help a woman become pregnant. This involves several different methodologies, the most widely used being in vitro fertilization. | TI 2006-004 1 Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper Who carries the Burden of Reproductive Health and AIDS Programs Evidence from OECD Donor Countries Hendrik P. van Dalen Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute NIDI Erasmus University Rotterdam and Tinbergen Institute. Tinbergen Institute The Tinbergen Institute is the institute for economic research of the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Universiteit van Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam Roetersstraat 31 1018 WB Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel. 31 0 20 551 3500 Fax 31 0 20 551 3555 Tinbergen Institute Rotterdam Burg. Oudlaan 50 3062 PA Rotterdam The Netherlands Tel. 31 0 10 408 8900 Fax 31 0 10 408 9031 Please send questions and or remarks of non-scientific nature to driessen@. Most TI discussion papers can be downloaded at http . Who Carries the Burden of Reproductive Health and AIDS Programs - Evidence from OECD Donor Countries Hendrik P. van Dalen Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute NIDI . Box 11650 NL - 2502 AR The Hague The Netherlands Email dalen@ Erasmus University Rotterdam Department of Economics SEOR and Tinbergen Institute . Box 1738 NL-3000 DR Rotterdam The Netherlands December 23 2005 JEL classification D74 F35 D78 O19 Key words Foreign aid donors reproductive health HIV AIDS global collective action OECD Abstract This paper tries to establish who carries the burden in supporting reproductive health and AIDS programs worldwide. The 1994 International Conference of Population and Development ICPD in Cairo established goals for the expansion of assistance in matters of reproductive health and AIDS. This global effort has so far not sufficiently been supported by funds and this paper looks at what lies behind the level of funds and the sharing of financial burdens. Panel data on expenditures for population and AIDS activities funded by 21 donor countries for the years 1983-2002 are examined by means