This working paper analyses the treatment of HIV and AIDS-related issues in Integrated Development Plans (IDPs), the new municipal process and document for local development. Its main finding is that, while the multi-varied impacts of the pandemic are often mentioned in the analytical part of IDPs, the corresponding responses are clearly insufficient, and generally do not go beyond unspecified "awareness raising" projects. This reflects the tendency to limit responses to HIV and AIDS to their medical and health aspects, while they deeply impact the social, economic and political circumstances in which municipalities operate. Another essential finding, which paves the way for enhanced developmental local governance, is that the quality of the process of problem-identification within the IDP greatly determines the relevance and feasibility of proposed strategies.
