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Table 5 Total Resource, Project and Funding Extrapolations

From: Assessing capacity for health policy and systems research in low and middle income countries*

 

TOTAL

Per Capita GNP

   

Low

Low Middle

Upper Middle

 

No./ $

%

No./ $

%

No./ $

%

No./ $

%

Total researcher FTEs

5471

100

2841

52

1342

25

1288

24

Researchers per million

1.1

 

1.2

 

0.7

 

2.2

 

Total PhDs

1009

100

588

58

235

23

186

18

Total projects

1942

100

823

42

568

29

551

28

Total initiated per year

1476

100

625

42

454

31

391

27

Project initiated by

Donor/contractor/research partner

598

31

266

32

121

21

210

38

Government

469

24

177

22

215

38

79

14

Own institution

651

34

317

38

165

29

166

30

Mix/Other

224

12

63

8

66

12

96

17

Number of projects funded, within groups

International

1151

59

575

70

251

44

347

63

Government

594

31

170

21

257

45

143

26

Private & Other

198

10

78

9

60

11

61

11

Project funding*

$91

100

$40

44

$30

33

$21

23

Within country groups

International

$62

68

$36

89

$14

46

$12

60

Government

$24

27

$2

4

$16

53

$7

34

Private & Other

$5

5

$3

7

$0

1

$1

6

By sources

International

 

100

 

58

 

22

 

20

Government

 

100

 

6

 

65

 

29

Private & Other

 

100

 

64

 

7

 

29

Annual funding

$58

100

$23

41

$21

37

$13

23

By sources

International

$39

100

$21

53

$10

25

$8

22

Government

$16

100

$1

9

$11

67

$4

23

Private & Other

$2

100

$1

51

$0

11

$1

37

Annual per capita HPSR funding × 10,000

International

$80

 

$85

 

$53

 

$144

 

Government

$33

 

$6

 

$58

 

$64

 

Private & Other

$5

 

$5

 

$1

 

$15

 

Total

$117

 

$96

 

$113

 

$223

 

HPSR project funding as % of THE**

0.007%

 

0.013%

 

0.007%

 

0.005%

 
  1. All funding figures in millions of dollars except where noted. *Includes total funding for the duration of the project. **THE: Total Health Expenditure. Source: WHO National Health Accounts for 1998.