Development and the HIV Epidemic: A forward-looking evaluation of the approach of the UNDP HIV and Development Programme

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

1. INTRODUCTION: THE UNDP HIV AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND THE SPECIAL PROGRAMME RESOURCES

2. THE EVALUATION PROCESS
2.1 The nature and purpose of the evaluation
2.2 The evaluation framework
2.3 The evaluation process: what was done

3. THE SPR-FUNDED ACTIVITIES
3.1 Overview
3.2 Minimising the development consequences of the epidemic: exploring methods for planning
3.3 Capacity development through research
3.4 HIV and development workshops
3.5 Learning how to learn from and with others: facilitated study tours
3.6 Ethical, legal and human rights networks
3.7 Networking: creating spaces for discussion, support and action
3.8 Understanding gender and HIV
3.9 Civil-military issues and HIV
3.10 Learning, advocating and disseminating: promoting more complex understanding and action

4. UNDERSTANDING THE APPROACH IN THE CONTEXT OF EVOLVING NEW DEVELOPMENT PARADIGMS AND PRACTICES
4.1 Key lessons learnt
4.2 Recognising the need for new approaches to development and to the HIV epidemic
4.3 Possibilities for reform, and implications for addressing the HIV epidemic
4.4 Learning to move forward, along an ever-changing path
4.5 Who defines what is real, and what is needed?
4.6 Asking useful questions to the right people
4.7 The central role of process in building capacity
4.8 Transformation as an essential component of development
4.9 The evolving nature of sustainable human development

5. DEEPENING UNDERSTANDING OF PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT APPROACH
5.1 Key lessons learnt
5.2 The process of capacity building within the HIV epidemic
5.3 Building capacity to respond in different and changing contexts
5.4 Characteristics of partnerships which develop capacity
5.5 Some immediate effects of partnerships which build capacity
5.6 What people experience as a result of these processes
5.7 Sustainable results: responsive social change

CASE STUDY 1: ENHANCING NATIONAL CAPACITY THROUGH HIV ACTION RESEARCH

6. GROUNDING RESPONSES IN PEOPLE'S REALITIES: LISTENING TO HOW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE EPIDEMIC
6.1 Key lessons learnt
6.2 The UNDP HIV-related language policy
6.3 Noting the emergence of new forms of discourse
6.4 Understanding the role of metaphor as a means of understanding reality
6.5 The "social engineering" metaphor
6.6 How do people talk about the epidemic?
6.7 The "farming" metaphor system
6.8 The "war" metaphor system
6.9 The "building" metaphor system
6.10 The "family" metaphor system
6.11 The use of inclusive processes in enabling people to share their understanding

CASE STUDY 2: THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE SALVATION ARMY AND THE HIV AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

7. SOME ISSUES RELATING TO THE NATURE OF CHANGE WITHIN DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE
7.1 Key lessons learnt
7.2 Problems with interaction between different types of development practice

8. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

APPENDICES
Appendix 1: The conceptual framework of the evaluation
Appendix 2: Format for interactive processes used in the evaluation
Appendix 3: Countries visited during the evaluation
Appendix 4: Terms of reference of the HIV and Development Programme
Appendix 5: UNDP HIV and Development Programme speeches, papers and publications: 1992 - 1996
Appendix 6: Evaluation team members

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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