Changes Needed to Forge an Effective Relationship Between AID and Voluntary Agencies

Abstract

"Congress has repeatedly expressed concern over the Agency for International Development's (AID) implementation of congressional policy to expand cooperation with Private and Voluntary Organizations (PVO). GAO undertook a review of the role of PVO in the development of international assistance programs, focusing on: (1) the function and effectiveness of PVO; (2) what the proper structure of the relations between PVO and AID should be; and (3) how much emphasis should be placed on PVO.