Funding for population activities is showing a significant increasing trend. The gap between ICPD financial goals and actual resources mobilized has been narrowing and has finally reached the agreed targets. It has taken over ten years for the international community to reach the financial targets of the Cairo Conference.
The present report shows that in 2005, population assistance increased to US $7.4 billion and domestic resources are estimated at $17.3 billion. Donor assistance to population represented 5.73 per cent of ODA, the highest percentage ever. Developing countries, as a group, also increased funding for population activities.
