title: Control of corruption, democratic accountability, and effectiveness of HIV/AIDS official development assistance.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Despite continued global efforts, HIV/AIDS outcomes in developing countries have not made much progress. Poor governance in recipient countries is often seen as one of the reasons for ineffectiveness of aid efforts to achieve stated objectives and desired outcomes.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study examines the impact of two important dimensions of governance - control of corruption and democratic accountability - on the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS official development assistance.
  
  
  METHODS
  An empirical analysis using dynamic panel Generalized Method of Moments estimation was conducted on 2001-2010 datasets.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Control of corruption and democratic accountability revealed an independent effect and interaction with the amount of HIV/AIDS aid on incidence of HIV/AIDS, respectively, while none of the two governance variables had a significant effect on HIV/AIDS prevalence. Specifically, in countries with accountability level below -2.269, aid has a detrimental effect on incidence of HIV/AIDS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study findings suggest that aid programs need to be preceded or at least accompanied by serious efforts to improve governance in recipient countries and that democratic accountability ought to receive more critical attention.
authors.affiliation: LEE Jong-Wook Center for Global Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hwa-Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Bong-Ming
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Administration, College of Social Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; minahkang@ewha.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Minah
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003906:Developing Countries; D057217:Economic Development / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005607:Fraud / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006076:Government; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D015995:Prevalence; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D012941:Social Responsibility
keywords: HIV/AIDS aid; aid effectiveness; control of corruption; democratic accountability; governance; official development assistance