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Knowledge, Technology and Society Team
Linking technological change in health, agriculture and environment to poverty reduction and social justice.
Aid for AIDS: How do community groups negotiate the new financial architecture?
'A study of local perspectives and responses in three African countries'
This study aims to answer the central question: "What is the overall impact of current major vertical and bilateral international financing structures for HIV and AIDS on local and district-level responses?" The following specific objectives will be pursued:
- To explore the effect of funding on local politics and power bases
- To determine the influence of funding directives on local agendas, for example the conceptualisation of responses and the perception of their appropriateness
- To determine the effect offunding structures on the co-ordination of efforts and the mechanisms of accountability at local levels
- IDS key contact: Hayley MacGregor
- Project dates: April 2009 - January 2010
- Project status: Open
- Funder: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
Researchers
Partner Organisations
- Research for Equity & Community Health Trust (REACH)
- Institute for Social and Economic Research (INESOR)
- African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

