Excerpts from the US Global Leadership Coalition's FY 11 Budget

Thanks to our partners at the US Global Leadership Coalition and AIARD, below are excerpts from the US Global Leadership Coalition's FY 11 budget
update that are of special interest to us. If you want a full budget report
go to usglc.org.

 

GLOBAL INITIATIVES FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND HEALTH

 

During 2009, President Obama announced plans to launch major initiatives for

food security, climate change, and global health. Although complete details
of these initiatives are not yet available, the FY 2011 Budget provides
clues as to the resource allocations and priorities of each program.

 

§ Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative: According to Administration
documents, the $1.76 billion FY11 package for food security fulfills the
President's 2009 G-8 commitments of $3.3 billion over three years. (All
figures exclude any funds for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq.) The FY11
request roughly doubles amounts available this year, adding a $200 million
element specifically focused on nutrition to the $1.15 billion proposed for
agriculture programs. At some point, the Administration will name 21
priority countries that will receive much of the funding. Also as part of
the initiative, the Treasury Department will contribute $408 million to a
World Bank Global Agriculture and Food Security Program.

 

§ Global Climate Change: The FY11 request includes $1.39 billion for climate
change programs representing about 40% more than in FY10. The largest
increase comes in contributions to two multilateral Climate Investment Funds

that would grow from $375 million to $635 million. These added resources
partially fulfill U.S. pledges made at the Copenhagen Summit in December
2009, although amounts needed to fully meet those commitments in FY 2012
will require substantially more funding.
 

§ Global Health Initiative: While representing a relatively modest growth in
global health resources -- $684 million or 9% -- the $8.5 billion Global
Health Initiative (GHI) request for FY11 reflects a diversification and
re-ordering of priorities from past global health allocations. (It is
expected that further details on the GHI will be released today or over the
next few days.) Of special emphasis in the FY11 Budget are increases for
Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, and Neglected Tropical Diseases. More
modest growth is proposed for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and family
planning.

 

HIV/AIDS, which has received the largest share of global health resources
since the launch of President Bush's PEPFAR initiative, gets a 69% share of
the global health budget, down slightly from 73% in FY10 and 77% in FY09.
The Administration's pledge of a $63 billion, six-year GHI program remains,
but with the relatively modest increase proposed for FY2011, budgets over
the next three years will need to expand considerably. If the request is
enacted, GHI will still need $39.4 billion over the next three years to
complete the $63 billion goal.