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Gender & Development

Volume 16, Issue 2, 2008

Special Issue: Reproductive rights: current challenges

Mapping multilateral development banks’ spending on reproductive health and HIV and AIDS

Mapping multilateral development banks’ spending on reproductive health and HIV and AIDS

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DOI:
10.1080/13552070802120467
Suzanna Dennis* & Elaine Zuckerman*

pages 287-300

Available online: 02 Oct 2008
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Abstract

This article draws on recent research by Gender Action, presented in a ground-breaking report investigating multilateral development banks’ (MDBs) spending on reproductive health and HIV and AIDS. Gender Action demonstrates a decline in World Bank loans and grants for reproductive health and HIV and AIDS, and little contribution to this sector from the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, or Inter-American Development Bank. Mapping also charts unmet MDB commitments to reproductive health and HIV and AIDS, and harmful loan conditions such as restricting public spending, which undermine poor countries’ ability to address these key public-health issues.

 

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  • Available online: 02 Oct 2008

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Author notes

  • Suzanna Dennis -

    Suzanna Dennis is an international development specialist focusing on gender issues at the multilateral development banks. She is currently investigating the World Bank-administered multi-donor fund for tsunami recovery in Indonesia

  • Elaine Zuckerman -

    Elaine Zuckerman is Founder and President of Gender Action. Gender Action is currently carrying forward advocacy to pressure the multilateral development banks to increase and improve their spending on reproductive health and HIV and AIDS

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