Malaria Funding Survey

June 2001

To: Development Assistance Committee Health Units

From: Vasant Narasimhan

Center for International Development

Harvard University

As part of our ongoing efforts to better understand the global malaria situation, we are surveying major bilateral and multilateral funders on their funding of malaria related endeavors in the year 2000. The data will be compiled and analyzed to better inform governments, funders, non-governmental organizations, and others whose common goal is the global control of malaria.

Please find the attached survey that asks details of your agency’s malaria control funding. The survey is divided into four major parts:

§ General Information on Funding Policies

§ General Malaria Funding Profile

§ Malaria Funding By Activity for Year 2000

§ Analysis by Funding Recipient

You have two options as to how to fill out the survey:

Option 1: Fill the survey out electronically on your computer with Microsoft Word using the boxes embedded in the document , save it, and reattach it to a response e-mail (note some calculations will automatically happen in this case.)

Option 2: Print the survey in either HTML or Word format, complete it, and fax it to:

Vasant Narasimhan

c/o Amir Attaran

Center for International Development

Fax Number: 617-496-8753 (USA)

We realize that this is a detailed survey and may require some effort to fully complete. We also understand that many programs are not malaria specific, but rather part of integrated health programs. However, we ask that you please do your best to complete all possible information as we believe it will help us better inform all participants in global malaria control. Please estimate to the best of your knowledge whenever necessary and indicate you have done so.

Thank you in advance for your help and effort. We hope to have a completed report finished by the fall of this year. Please let us know if you have any questions or require any clarification.

Sincerely,

Vasant Narasimhan

Center for International Development, Harvard University

Harvard Medical School

Part I: General Information

In part I of this questionnaire we request information on your agency’s funding activities and details of fund disbursement. For any question that your agency does not have data, please provide an estimate and indicate you have done so.

Country

Name of organization:

Name of Respondent:

Position of Respondent:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail

Currency of Monetary

Data from your agency

The following definitions will be used throughout this survey unless otherwise indicated:

Reporting Year: Refers to the last 12 month period for which you have complete records.

Obligated or

Committed Funds: Funds allocated to an activity/program on the basis of a commitment document.

Disbursed Funds: Funds expended or transferred to a specific project or program.

1. Funding for Programs Over Multiple Years

When you allocate funds to programs or projects that continue beyond one year (e.g. 3 year grants) does your organization list the entire amount in the first year or is the total grant divided into yearly increments?

Please indicate for each fund category below.

Obligated or Committed Funds

Entire Amount in First Year

In yearly

increments

N/A

Disbursed Funds

Entire Amount in First Year

In yearly

increments

N/A

2. Budget Structure

How does your organization develop and structure its budget? (check all that apply)

Funds are initially earmarked for a particular institution or organization

Funds are initially earmarked for a region.

Funds are initially earmarked for a sector (health, education,etc.)

Funds are initially earmarked for priority countries.

Funds are distributed on a solely case by case basis.

3. General Funding Policies

What criteria does your agency apply in allocating resources for health and disease control? Please rank your agency’s 3 major criteria using the numbers 1 (for most important), 2, and 3 (least important).

Epidemiological Criteria (level of malaria present)

Country or Region Request/Demand

Political Policies of Recipient (e.g. countries that have democratic governments)

Current Funding Levels of Recipient

Economic Policies (countries that implement market reforms, IMF policies etc.)

Donor Mandate (countries in regions selected as priority areas for funding

Political Ties (countries that donor has historical ties with)

Strategic (programs that fit in with donor foreign policy in other spheres)

Sectoral (programs that fit specified goal in a particular sector: health, social, etc.)

Other (please specify)

Other (please specify)

Other (please specify)

4. Selection Criteria and Evaluation

4.1 Does your agency support programs that require the user to pay for anti-malaria efforts or malaria related healthcare?

Yes

4.2 Does your agency plan to shift disease specific funding to integrated health programs and health infrastructure development. Please check which type of program you believe will receive priority in the future.

Disease Specific (Vertical) Programs

Integrated (Horizontal) Programs

4.3 Future Trends

Will your agency’s malaria related obligations/commitments change for the year 2001?

Remain the Same

Increase by %

Decrease by %

4.4 Does your agency currently have program evaluation reports of project that it funds?

Yes

If so, are these program evaluation reports publicly available?

Yes

Are these program evaluations done at the midterm of the funding period or completion of the funding period or both?

Midterm

End of Funding Period

Both

Part II: General Malaria Funding Profile

This section requires a number of calculations as well as funding details. All responses are coded with a number and letter e.g. 7A. Please be sure to use the appropriate values for your answers.

5. Reporting Period

This survey will require data from your most recent 12 month reporting period. Will you be providing data from?

Jan 2000 – December 2000

Another Period – From (month/year) to (month/year)

Please fill out the following chart based on your agency’s obligations/commitments and disbursements for the reporting period. Please use actual monetary values and do NOT use percentages as these values are essential in our analysis of your later responses.

Note: Each category is meant to be a component of the broader category above it. Please indicate if this is NOT the case for your agency.

2000

Obligations/Commitments

Disbursements

6. Overall Development Assistance

Of which….

7. Health and Social Development

0f Item 7:

8. Health Programs with Malaria Components

(Programs that are NOT specific for Malaria)