Appendix
COMMITTEE ON POPULATION
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES/
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Expert Meeting on
RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR FAMILY PLANNING
1055 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W.
Foundry Building - Room 2004
Washington, D.C.
July 21-22, 1994
Thursday, July 21
Welcoming Remarks
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) |
Potential Effects of Reduced Subsidies
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 |
How Would Subsidies Be Reduced?
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 |
Friday, July 22
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 |
What Happens When Foreign Assistance is Reduced?
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 |
Wrap-Up Session: Implications for Aid Donors and Governments of Developing Countries
1:15 - 2:45 |
Discussion chaired by Amy Tsui |
* |
Unable to attend; presentation delivered in her absence. |