From projects to programmes: contracting for HIV/AIDS in India

Gordon Mortimore, November 2006

Funding agencies can channel large sums of money through a variety of contractual arrangements. One example is the HLSP’s Programme Management Office (PMO) in India, which managed a range of contractual arrangements for HIV/AIDS activities funded by DFID-India in support of the National AIDS Control Programme.

This Technical Brief describes how the PMO operated, how it complemented the national response to HIV/AIDS, and some of its key achievements.