Income and Expenditures

Regular Resources
UNDP is funded entirely from voluntary contributions provided by UN Member States and multilateral partners to both its regular budget as well as other resources. Member States’ political commitment to provide such funds to the organization is reflected in the fact that 58 countries contributed to regular resources in 2011. These contributions totalled $0.974 billion in 2011, which represents an increase of 0.8 percent over 2010 when it stood at $0.967 billion.

Other Resources
Earmarked contributions to UNDP in 2011 from all its partners amounted to $3.86 billion, a decrease of 4.1 percent from 2010. Contributions from bilateral donors, mostly from Development Assistance Committee member states of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, were $1.45 billion in 2011, a decrease of 10.7 percent compared to the previous year. Resources entrusted to UNDP by non-bilateral partners and multilateral funds also declined by 9.1 percent from the previous year to $1.52 billion in 2011. However, the European Union, GEF and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria continue to be UNDP’s largest multilateral partners in financial terms. Local resources, channelled through UNDP by programme country governments and other local partners in support of their own national development, amounted to $875 million in 2011, an increase of 20.6 percent compared to 2010.

While earmarked resources represent an important complement to the regular resource base of UNDP, these contributions are highly
concentrated in mostly crisis and post-crisis countries. Development is a long-term challenge that requires both strategic focus and the
ability to respond to crises and opportunities. In a rapidly changing world, it is essential that UNDP is able to operate as a forward-looking organization, achieving transformational development results and real impact for the countries it serves.

Gross income received in 2011 (in millions of US dollars)

* List of top donors is based on income received for regular resources
** The figures shown for India and China, exclude income received for self-supporting activities