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Who Is Responsible? Donor-Civil Society Partnerships and the Case of HIV/AIDS Work

Year: 2013

Type: report

Abstract: Civil society organisations are today considered crucial indevelopment partnerships. This Policy Dialogue argues that current aid programs tend to turn such CSOs into businesses that are required to meet donor demands for reportable results, rather than to serve the needs of intended beneficiaries. Based on case studies drawn from HIV and AIDS work in Mozambique, Rwanda and South Africa, the report explores the methods donors use to govern development partnerships and their effect on the distribution of responsibility among partners. It further examines the responses by recipient organisations to these requirements, ranging from acquiescence to resistance. These case studies, drawn from the field of HIV/AIDS, are also invaluable in shedding light on wider issue of the governance of international development cooperation with civil society.

Source: Diva portal (Dalarna University Library)

Authors: Maj-Lis Follér, Christoph Haug, Beniamin Knutsson, Håkan Thörn

Language: English

Topic: International Development and Aid

Subfield: Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Partnerships for the goals, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W127860930

Cites: 47

Cited by: 5

Related to: 10