,USAID's Track Record in Family Planning

USAID's Track Record in Family Planning


 

Publication Date: January 2007

Publisher: Center for Global Development; Center for Global Development

Author(s): Ruth Levine; Ruth Levine

Research Area: Health; International relations

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Abstract:

The US Agency for International Development (USAID)--the largest bilateral donor to family planning programs in developing countries--has played a dominant role among donors as a source of money, information and ideas about family planning. In this Essay, CGD director of programs and senior fellow Ruth Levine assesses USAID's many accomplishments, as well as the political debates that have diminished the Agency's efforts to improve family planning.