This was due to appreciable growth in income for all three sources regular resources and other resources for regular and emergency situations.

Regular resources income

Total programme expenditures from regular resources, projected in the present plan, are based on forecasts of future regular resources income.

Annex III, table 2 shows the various sources of regular resources income, which can be broken down as follows

In 2003, regular resources made up only 43 per cent of the total income.

While regular resources income increased over previous years, the balance between regular and other resources income continued to deteriorate sharply.

The proportion of regular resources as part of total UNICEF income has deteriorated in recent years.

Total regular resources income from all sources for 2005 is projected to be 815 million, with the level of government regular resources contributions in line with financial plan estimates.

UNICEF internal liquidity guidelines recommend a year end regular resources convertible cash balance equal to at least 10 per cent of projected regular resources income for the following year.

Contributions from programme countries amounted to 19 million in 2004, the same level as of 2003.

Cash on hand amounts to 1 million.

A total of 93 Governments (35 high income, 41 middle income and 17 low income countries) contributed to regular resources.

In 2005, other resources (regular) income is expected to be 126 million lower (16 per cent).

The ratio of regular resources income to total income decreased to 40 per cent in 2004 compared to 43 per cent in 2003 and 45 per cent in the financial plan.

Sample sources of revenue

The pattern of future other resources (regular and emergency) income and spending is projected to increase the share of total programme assistance expenditure for young child survival and development significantly over its planned share of regular resources, to an estimated 52 per cent.

Prime sources of revenue

C. Other sources of income

The UNICEF financial plan incorporates the best estimates of future regular and other resources income and is used to (a) plan affordable levels of regular resources programme expenditures (b) determine the budgetary estimates necessary to support programme expenditures and (c) manage the liquidity requirement established by the Executive Board.

(a) As tariff barriers decline, it is important to find other revenue sources in place of falling trade tax revenue since, in several African countries, such revenue remains a significant part of total revenue. During the transition to non trade sources of revenue, aid flows, aimed at replacing revenue shortfalls from trade liberalization, could be very useful

Indeed remittances from our overseas workers, and particularly Tuvaluan seafarers serving abroad, provide a substantive source of income so vital for social and economic development in Tuvalu.

Net contributions of 833 million were mobilized in regular resources (exclusive of interest and other income) in 2004, a growth of 9 per cent over the regular resource contributions recorded in 2003.

The success of the MTSP depends in large part on the regular and predictable growth of total income, especially regular resources.

The sources of income must be diversified.

Regular resources income increased by 9 per cent (from 770 million in 2003 to 842 million in 2004), continuing the upward trend that began in 2001.

The net expenditure for the biennial support budget for 2004 is approximately 70.3 million, representing 21.2 per cent of regular resources and 13.9 per cent of total resources income.

and intensify the scrutiny of the source of down payment funds and the authenticity of the borrower s income proof.

(c) Revenue source's protection from adjustment

When considering the country's three macro regions, self employment seems to represent the biggest source of income in all the zones of the country, overall in the rural areas where it promotes 60 of total income.

Most of the revenue collected is from the import of khat.

The major sources of income are self employment (54 ), which includes sale of products cultivated or processed in families, wage earning work (19 ) and income from property (6 ).

The productive margin in our governments' search for revenue does not lie in the domestic economy, it lies with international donors.

28D.7 Regular budget resources under this section are supplemented by extrabudgetary funding derived from programme support income received as reimbursement for the services provided by the central administration for extrabudgetary activities, funds and programmes, as well as from the support account for peacekeeping operations.

These levels take into account the objective of optimizing the use of resources within the bounds of income and sound liquidity management and are also subject to actual regular resources income in the plan period.

Requests the Executive Director to indicate in the annual reports the share of regular resources to group A countries as well as to state the share of regular resources allocated to the least developed countries and low income countries

The main source of revenue is yearly membership fees.

Both the manufacturing and construction sectors lost their importance as major sources of employment and income.

They were often followed by outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as malaria and dengue, and flooding could destroy a country's crops, with a severe impact on sources of income and employment.

The poor usually depend on the production and sale of firewood and charcoal as sources of income and this leads to deforestation.

The UNICEF liquidity policy established by the Board requires a minimum year end regular resources convertible cash balance equal to 10 per cent of projected regular resources income for the following year.

b Prior to tax adjustments.

Interest income arising from the RPTC is credited to the General Fund however, the miscellaneous income relating to the RPTC is credited to the special account.

As a result, women's aquaculture, horticulture and animal husbandry activities, which are often their only source of income augmentation, are jeopardized.

The Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on source of income .

Additional income was derived from miscellaneous sources, such as currency exchange adjustments, interest income, inter fund transfers and other adjustments.