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Financial Resources

Since 2007 the Jamaica Country Office has been increasing its programme delivery from a total of US$2.7m to US$4.4m in 2009. The increase over the years can be attributed to increased staff capacity, better utilization of available resources and programme management. However, for the past two years the programme delivery declined from US$3.8m in 2010 to US$ 2.1m in 2011. The declines in 2010 and 2011 are the result of the operational closure of projects.

Programme overview

Table 1 below provides data on the Jamaica Country Office performance during the 5 year period 2007 - 2011. Available Programme resources is consistently above the US$5m mark for the 5 year period. In 2010 the total available resources were US$7m compared with US$6.4m in 2011. Budget levels were set a lower level of US$3.5m in 2011 when compared with US$4.9m in 2010 recognizing the delivery constraints for the 2011 budget year. The provisional figure for year 2011 delivery is US$2.1m or 59% of budget.

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Funding Sources

The largest source of funding is from the category Trust Funds and Thematic Trust Funds with US$3.4m in year 2010 and US$3.3m in year 2011, as shown in Table 2 below. In this category, the Global Environment Fund (GEF) is the largest contributor with US$2.7m in 2011 compared with US$2.3m in 2010. Governments and Third Parties continue to be significant contributor to funding with over US$2.4m being made available in year 2011. Significant contributions in 2011 were from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) US$0.390m, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) US$0.256m and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) US$0.557m. The carryover of funds from prior periods contributed to the available balance in the category of Governments and Third Parties. UNDP fund sources declined marginally in 2011 reflecting the availability from donors.

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Expenditure Distribution by Programme Area

The 2011 delivery is distributed across the four areas of intervention as follows, with Poverty Reduction & MDG Achievement (42%), Governance (30%) and Environment (20%). The recorded lower level of delivery US$2.1m in 2011 perhaps explains the expenditure shift when compared with year 2010 when the Environment portfolio recorded 45% of total expenditure.