Resource Allocation for Family Planning in Developing Countries: Report of a Meeting (1995)

10:30 - 10:40

Barbara Boyle Torrey (Executive Director, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education)

10:40 - 10:50

Amy Tsui (Committee on Population, and Meeting Chair)

10:50 - 11:10

T. Paul Schultz (Yale University): What Do We Know About Effects of Family Planning Program Inputs on Fertility Decline?

11:10 - 11:30

Paul Gertler and John Molyneaux (RAND): What Do We Know About Effects of Subsidies on Contraceptive Prevalence and Method Choice?

11:30 - 11:50

John Akin (University of North Carolina): Potential Effects of Reduced Subsidies on the Poor.

11:50 - 12:30

Comments by Susan Cochrane (World Bank) and Martha Ainsworth (World Bank); Discussion.

12:30 - 1:30

Lunch

1:30 - 1:50

J.K. Satia (ICOMP): Can Improved Program Efficiency Reduce the Need for Subsidies?

1:50 - 2:10

Barbara Janowitz* (Family Health International): Variability in Costs of Family Planning Services.

2:10 - 2:30

Judith Bruce* (Population Council): Possible Cost Implications of Efforts to Improve the Quality of Care

2:30 - 2:50

Rodolfo Bulatao (World Bank): Could the Private Sector Expand While the Public Sector Reduces Subsidies?

2:50 - 3:30

Comments by James Knowles (Abt Associates) and John Ross (Futures Group); Discussion.

3:30 - 3:50

Tea break

3:50 - 4:10

Michael Reich (Harvard University): The Political Economy of Reforms in the Health Sector: Possible Lessons for Reform Efforts in Family Planning

4:10 - 4:30

Discussion.

6:00

Dinner

8:30 - 9:15

Continental breakfast (in meeting room)

9:15- 9:35

Ratna Tjahja (BKKBN, Indonesia): How Indonesia Is Implementing User Fees and Targetted Subsidies

9:35 - 9:55

Dean Jamison (UCLA and Committee on Population): Family Planning and the Costs of Basic Health Services

9:55 - 10:35

Comments by Stan Bernstein (UNFPA); Discussion

10:35 - 10:45

Break

10:45 - 11:05

Gabriel Ojeda (PROFAMILIA, Colombia): What Can Be Learned From Experience in Colombia?

11:05 - 11:25

Jeff Tsai (Executive Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China): What Can be Learned from Experience in Taiwan?

11:25 - 11:45

Ruth Levine (World Bank): A Review of Sustainability of Family Planning Programs in Four Countries.

11:45 - 12:25

Comments by Peter Donaldson (Population Reference Bureau) and Thomas Merrick (World Bank); Discussion.

12:30 - 1:15

Lunch

1:15 - 2:45

Discussion chaired by Amy Tsui