PVO (Private Voluntary Organization) Effectiveness in the Water Supply and Sanitation Sector

摘要

Private voluntary organizations (PVO's) are the major force in the development of water supply and sanitation (WSS) in rural areas of the Third UNICEF spending annually about three times as much as do the World Bank or UNICEF. PVO activities are generally rural-oriented, innovative, complementary to official development programs, and low cost; generally, weak PVO administrative/management structures and a desire to work independently preclude the establishment of coordinated, country-wide WSS programs. The report briefly outlines PVO activity in WSS, naming key PVO's involved, and assesses PVO effectiveness in relation to the four 'pillars' of A.I.D. development policy, giving examples of noteworthy PVO projects.