§1738b — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

To get help from the Facility, a country must meet several rules. It must be a Latin American or Caribbean country. It must have an IMF program approved or in place, or in rare cases be clearly working toward one. It must have, or be getting, World Bank structural or sector loans as needed. It must have done big investment reforms with an IDB loan or be making strong progress toward an open investment system. If needed, it must have a workable financing plan with its commercial banks, which can include debt or debt-service reduction. The President decides if a country qualifies. IMF — International Monetary Fund (global lender). World Bank — International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or the International Development Association (development lenders). IDB — Inter-American Development Bank (lends in Latin America and the Caribbean).

Title 7, §1738b

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(a)To be eligible for benefits from the Facility under this subchapter, a country shall—

(1)be a Latin American or Caribbean country;

(2)have in effect or have received approval for, or, as appropriate in exceptional circumstances, be making significant progress towards the establishment of—

(A)an International Monetary Fund (hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the “IMF”) standby arrangement, extended IMF arrangement, or an arrangement under the structural adjustment facility or enhanced structural adjustment facility, or in exceptional circumstances, an IMF-monitored program or its equivalent; and

(B)as appropriate, structural or sectoral adjustment loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the “World Bank”) or the International Development Association (hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the “IDA”);

(3)have placed into effect major investment reforms in conjunction with an Inter-American Development Bank (hereafter referred to as the “IDB”) loan or otherwise be implementing, or making significant progress towards an open investment regime; and

(4)if appropriate, have agreed with its commercial bank lenders on a satisfactory financing program, including, as appropriate, debt or debt service reduction.

(b)The President shall determine whether a country is an eligible country for purposes of subsection (a).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1991—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 102–237 inserted hyphen between “Inter” and “American”.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions For delegation of functions of President under subsec. (b) of this section, see section 1 of Ex. Ord. No. 13345, July 8, 2004, 69 F.R. 41901, set out as a note under section 1738 of this title.

§1738b Eligibility for benefits under Facility