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Foreign Assistance: Private Voluntary Organizations' Contributions and Limitations (Chapter Report, 12/15/95, GAO/NSIAD-96-34). Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed private voluntary organizations' (PVO) role in delivering federally-funded foreign assistance, focusing on the: (1) implications of increasing PVO role in delivering assistance; (2) success of PVO projects in achieving their objectives; and (3) extent to which PVO are dependent on U.S. government funding. GAO found that: (1) PVO focus on various utländsk development needs, complement traditional government-to-government assistance, and can be a mechanism to strengthen indigenous community-level organizations; (2) although PVO have effectively carried out community-based development projects, most lack experience in working with foreign governments on economic policy reforms needed to aid long-term development; (3) 20 of the 26 PVO projects reviewed are progressing toward their goals through good project design

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