Policy Briefs

Family planning enables women to realize their reproductive rights and reliably control the timing, spacing and number of births. It is recognised as one of the most cost-effective health interventions for achieving many of the world’s development goals. Family planning also empowers women and girls socially and economically, and it boosts the national economy. Investment in family planning, therefore, is an investment in economic development. The overarching aim of FP-Impact’s work is to demonstrate how directing funding to family planning programs has far-reaching benefits for the social welfare and economic empowerment of women and their families, as well as for national economies. The consortium’s research will build on the body of evidence on LMICs—with particular, though not exclusive, attention given to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.