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Rachel Sullivan Robinson Assistant Professor School of International Service American University, Washington DC robinson@american.edu
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Current Questions: What makes some countries organizationally “richer” than others? What makes some countries more effective than others at addressing HIV/AIDS? How do NGOs impact responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic? NGOs have high potential for positive impact because they: 1)Provide local legitimacy for prevention messages 2)Often advocate for their members and those at risk 3)Serve as a conduit for donor funds
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Distribution of Organizations for PLWHAs, 2004
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HIV/AIDS NGOs vs. HIV Prevalence, 2003
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New NGOs and Foreign Aid, Nigeria, 1980-2003
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Impacts of HIV/AIDS NGOs: Change in HIV Prevalence Proportion of NGOs targeting HIV Date of first HIV/AIDS NGO Provision of ARVs Date of first HIV/AIDS NGO Determinants of organizational richness: All NGOs Foreign aid GDP per capita HIV/AIDS NGOs Foreign aid (negatively) HIV prevalence
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By being good NGOs: Need to engage in income-generating activities Need the support of larger social movements Need to integrate with the larger community Need to survive Through purposeful partnerships with donors: Donors need to fund areas NGOs want to engage, regardless of priorities Donors need to hold NGOs accountable for use of funds – Microcredit? – Venture capital model?
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NGOs can’t solve everything NGOs ≠ civil society (automatically) NGOs are small businesses and prone to failure NGOs suffer from the whims of donors NGOs are associated with positive outcomes, but: Very likely a third, unobserved variable driving the existence of NGOs and the positive outcome In a multivariate context: –NGOs only explain a portion of the variance in the change in HIV rates, and GDP explains more –NGOs don’t explain any of the variance in ARV coverage – GDP is the best predictor
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Reducing HIV prevalence requires major behavior change – Green et al. in March 2009 Studies in Family Planning People act on information when it comes through personal ties, but it does not have to be strong personal ties – Granovetter (1973) “Strength of Weak Ties” Both ideas and HIV diffuse through social networks If NGOs can be successful bridges (a.k.a. weak ties) to social networks, they can facilitate behavior change – More than being peer educators –People who work for NGOs have to capitalize on personal ties to their communities and send the right message o Very challenging
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