USAID. Bur. for Humanitarian Response. Ofc. of Private and Voluntary Cooperation (PVC)

The performance of Nicaraguan agriculture has deteriorated over the last decade: cotton production has fallen from 8 million to 2 million quintals; the cattle herd has been reduced from 3 million to 1 million; and coffee and irrigated rice… (DEC abstract (PN-ABH-112))

Final report of the contractor, the National Policy Association (NPA), on a project (9/93/-9/97) to conduct a public awareness and information campaign targeting U.S. business and labor executives on the role of the United States in… (DEC abstract (PD-ABP-672))

On the basis of views gathered via personal interview or questionnaire from executives of 85 private voluntary organizations (PVO's) and from 17 A.I.D. officials, this study analyzes the key management problems facing PVO's. (DEC abstract (PN-AAS-968))

Just as the PVO community is recognized more and more as a vital liaison to the poor in the Third World, so too is the need for increased collaboration among national and international voluntary organizations. (DEC abstract (PN-ABD-736))

PASA with the Peace Corps to work with Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (VOCA) to implement activities under the Farmer-to-Farmer Pilot Project (9380705), in which individual U.S. farmers will share their expertise with Third… (DEC abstract (PD-FBN-282))

Provides Katalysis Foundation's first annual report on a matching grant to work with local partner organizations in Central America and the Eastern Caribbean to help low-income people become more self-sufficient. (DEC abstract (PD-ABD-609))

Many private voluntary organizations involved in primary health and child survival activities rely on community- or population-based health information systems (HISs) to discover the hidden health care needs of underserved populations. (DEC abstract (PN-ABY-436))

Grant is provided under the Vitamin A Project to the International Eye Foundation (IEF) to support projects in Guatemala and Honduras. (DEC abstract (PD-ABF-927))

The USAID/PVO partnership is significantly stronger today than it was 4 years ago, according to this recent assessment performed by the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid. (DEC abstract (PN-ACA-643))

In the past 2 years, there has been a lot of bad publicity about the use of child labor and unhealthy working conditions in clothing factories overseas. (DEC abstract (PN-ACG-566))

Evaluates the Global Excellence in Management (GEM) Initiative, designed to build the organizational capacities of PVOs and NGOs to deliver effective development programs. (DEC abstract (PD-ABS-336))

Final evaluation of a matching grant to ADRA International to develop a replicable micro-finance lending program, based on the village banking model, for small-scale, female entrepreneurs in Peru. (DEC abstract (PD-ABS-477))