HIV/AIDS Monitor: Tracking Aid Effectiveness

Billions of dollars in aid are flowing to developing countries to confront HIV/AIDS but relatively little is known yet about the effectiveness of this aid. The HIV/AIDS Monitor is designed to help fill this knowledge gap by tracking and analyzing key features of the way aid for HIV/AIDS is allocated and disbursed, while identifying lessons relevant to broader questions about the effectiveness of development assistance.

The analysis centers on the three major HIV/AIDS aid initiatives: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR); and the World Bank's Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Program (MAP). Despite a common commitment to fighting the epidemic, each donor implements programs in different ways with different targets. Based on global-level analysis and case studies from three African nations, the HIV/AIDS Monitor hopes to contribute to improvements in the efficiency and effectiveness of the major aid initiatives. For more information on the HIV/AIDS Monitor project please refer to our Concept Note (PDF).

Projects in Progress

• Country-Level Studies on:
  • Analysis on how HIV/AIDS funding works for women and OVCs
  • Relationship between funding and performance
  • Relationship of HIV/AIDS and reproductive health programs
  • Impact on labor market for health care workers and managerial talent

• Global-Level Studies on:
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • The Relationship Between Funding and Performance
  • Background Paper assessing the ARV supply chain
  • Donor Gender Policies

Publications

• "Going Beyond Gender as Usual: Why and How Global HIV/AIDS Donors Can Do More for Women and Girls"
• "Moving Beyond Gender as Usual"
• "Memo to President-Elect Obama: Make U.S. HIV/AIDS Money More Effective by Releasing Data"
• "Seizing the Opportunity on AIDS and Health Systems"
• "The Numbers Behind The Stories"
• "PEPFAR Reauthorization: Improving Transparency in U.S. Funding for HIV/AIDS"
• "Following the Funding"
• "A Trickle or a Flood"

Influence on Policy

The HIV/AIDS Monitor has been tracking the policy changes among PEPFAR, the Global Fund, and the MAP related to the recommendations that have come out of our research. Explore these changes using our interactive Flash tool.

This initiative is funded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the International Development Research Centre of Canada, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and the Rockefeller Foundation.