Family Planning Assessment for the RISE Initiative

Rapid population growth – the Sahel accounts for some of the highest fertility rates in the world – threatens to erode RISE’s resilience gains. However, these population issues were not adequately addressed in RISE’s design due to the initial lack of family planning (FP) funds and restrictions on the use of other funds to increase FP use. Where possible, USAID has linked its modest ongoing FP investments within and outside the RISE zone to its resilience programs. As the majority of these investments primarily target urban and periurban areas, supplying FP information and services in the rural RISE areas will present a unique set of challenges and opportunities.

The purpose of the assessment is to collect and analyze information in Burkina Faso and Niger to inform the programming of USAID’s projected FP resources under RISE.