Commission members voted unanimously to proceed with the demonstration projects, which represented an enormous breakthrough at the policy level. The study concluded that price increases per se would not impact adversely on demand, provided that the price differential with other brands remained the same. This interactive computer model is an advanced tool for policy analysis that allows analysts to determine the differential impact of price increases on the market for contraceptives in a given country. In particular, it models the impact on different income groups, thus providing evidence of the range of public subsidies necessary to ensure that benefits flow to poorer consumers. This model has been successfully applied in numerous developing-country settings.
Many companies offer health and social benefits to employees and their dependents.
Family planning can reduce the cost of those benefits by improving the health of employees and helping them have the number of children they desire. Financial analyses have been conducted for companies in Latin America, Africa and Asia. The response of company managers has been very positive and has resulted in increased private sector support for family planning services. At the same time, detailed service statistics and data on non-labor costs were collected from the facilities. The Target-Cost model uses a proximate determinants conceptual framework to determine the number of contraceptive users, by source, needed to reach given levels of fertility or to satisfy defined levels of unmet need.