§2211b — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

§2211b Monitoring system

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 32— - FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Part Part II— - Other Programs › Subpart subpart vi— - development assistance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises › § 2211b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Agency's Administrator, through the office Director, must strengthen the monitoring system for the assistance under section 2211a(a). The improved system must set clear, measurable performance goals — including separate results for men and women — covering things like employment, access to financial services, education, business development, income control, and property and land rights. It must use the Agency's planning and reporting tools and indicators to track progress toward those goals and the program's objectives. It must also give information to recommend changes that make the assistance more sustainable and more effective, especially for the very poor and poor women.

Title 22, §2211b

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(a)In order to maximize the sustainable development impact of assistance authorized under section 2211a(a) of this title, the Administrator of the Agency, acting through the Director of the office, shall strengthen its monitoring system to meet the requirements of subsection (b).

(b)The requirements referred to in subsection (a) are the following:

(1)The monitoring system shall include performance goals, including goals on a gender disaggregated basis, such as improvements in employment, access to financial services, education, enterprise development, earnings and control over income, and property and land rights, for the assistance and expresses such goals in an objective and quantifiable form, to the extent feasible.

(2)The monitoring system shall incorporate Agency planning and reporting processes and indicators to measure or assess the achievement of the performance goals described in paragraph (1) and the objectives of the assistance authorized under section 2211a of this title.

(3)The monitoring system provides a basis for recommendations for adjustments to the assistance to enhance the sustainability and the impact of the assistance, particularly the impact of such assistance on the very poor, particularly poor women.

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 253 of Pub. L. 87–195 was classified to section 2213 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 95–424, title I, § 102(g)(1)(A), title VI, § 605, Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 942, 961, effective Oct. 1, 1978.

Amendments

2019—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 115–428, § 4(c)(1), inserted “, including goals on a gender disaggregated basis, such as improvements in employment, access to financial services, education, enterprise development, earnings and control over income, and property and land rights,” after “performance goals”. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–428, § 4(c)(2), substituted “incorporate Agency planning and reporting processes and indicators to measure or assess the achievement” for “include performance indicators to be used in measuring or assessing the achievement”. Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 115–428, § 4(c)(3), struck out par. (4) which read as follows: “The monitoring system adopts the widespread use of proven and effective poverty assessment tools to successfully identify the very poor and ensure that they receive adequate access to microenterprise loans, savings, and assistance.”