Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60
§262g–1 Targeting Assistance to Specific Populations
Title 22 › Chapter 7— INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › § 262g–1
Summary
Congress urges global help for developing countries with health and economic problems and approves the Inter‑American Development Bank’s Fifth Replenishment 50 percent lending target for the poorest and its measurement method.
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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 5, 2026
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