HIV/AIDS Monitor: Tracking Aid Effectiveness

• Read the new HIV/AIDS Monitor analysis of the newly released PEPFAR funding data

News and Highlights from the Donors

• The Global Fund says it has received funding requests totaling the highest amount ever
• A new World Bank report emphasizes the need for a localized, evidence-informed response to HIV/AIDS in Africa
• PEPFAR releases a fact sheet about its five-year reauthorization
• The World Bank and African Ministries of Education collaborate on a film about teachers’ experiences of living with HIV
• PEPFAR issues an update on the planning of its supported Public Health Evaluation studies

HIV/AIDS Monitor - Brief Description

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.

Completed Products

• "The Numbers Behind The Stories"
• "PEPFAR Reauthorization: Improving Transparency in U.S. Funding for HIV/AIDS"
• "Following the Funding"
• "A Trickle or a Flood"

Projects in Progress

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

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, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.