Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§262g–1 Targeting assistance to specific populations
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › § 262g–1
Summary
Congress says the United States must work with other countries to fight malnutrition, short life spans, childhood disease, too few jobs, and low productivity in developing countries. Congress approves the Inter‑American Development Bank’s Fifth Replenishment goal that 50 percent of its lending should benefit the poorest groups and notes the bank has a usable method to measure that share.
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Title 22, §262g–1
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(a)The Congress finds that there is a need for concerted international efforts to deal with the problems of malnutrition, low life expectancy, childhood disease, underemployment, and low productivity in developing countries.
(b)The Congress notes with approval that the Inter-American Development Bank, under the terms of its Fifth Replenishment, has adopted the target that 50 percent of its lending benefit the poorest groups and has developed a usable methodology for determining the proportion of its lending which benefits such groups.
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Effective Date
Section effective Aug. 13, 1981, see section 1372 of Pub. L. 97–35, set out as a note under section 290i of this title.
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22 U.S.C. § 262g–1
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73