Beckley Report Number 11 - The funding of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: An unfinished jigsaw

This report aims to provide a broad and accessible summary of the UNODC funding situation since 2002. It includes an outline of the budget process, sources of funding and recent spending patterns. The authors also explore some of the negative consequences resulting from the current funding dynamic and argue that problems associated with limited UNODC funding from the UN regular budget are being exacerbated by donor's increasing proclivity to earmark their voluntary contributions.