Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations for 1989: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, Part 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 |
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Page 294 - the credibility of Allied defense cannot be maintained without a major European contribution," welcomes "recent efforts to reinforce the European pillar of the Alliance," and affirms "our willingness to share fairly the risks, burdens and responsibilities as well as the benefits of our common efforts . " — The separate Summit Statement on Conventional Arms Control is more specific. It also calls for "closer cooperation designed to remedy key deficiencies and, in this context, support for recent...
Page 285 - While seeking security and stability at lower levels of armaments, we are determined to sustain the requisite efforts to ensure the continued viability, credibility and effectiveness of our conventional and nuclear forces, including the nuclear forces in Europe, which together provide the guarantee of our common security.
Page 382 - PY 1989, including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Peru and Honduras. AIDS prevention and Control For AIDS Prevention and Control $30 million is requested. This funding will support the WHO Global Program for AIDS ($15 million); funding for LAC ($3 million); and centrally funded AIDS projects at $12 million. Funds will be used for the global AIDS technical support project to provide short and long-term technical assistance, training, operations research and commodities and equipment to countries on...
Page 5 - Includes data for developing countries that do not report through the DRS and for those that either have reported incomplete data through the DRS, or report in a form that does not permit publication in the standard tables. Excludes debt of the high-income oil-exporting countries and includes estimates for developing countries that are not World Bank members but are included in the global...
Page 509 - I happen to believe they are crucial to the protection and preservation of our natural resource base in all parts of the world. They are critical if we are to achieve successful and sustainable development and growth in developing countries over the longer term. In negotiating the terms of the general capital increase, we have sought to reinforce President Conable's efforts and to extend their effectiveness for years into the future.
Page 50 - When Congress approved the Act for International Development it did not fix a terminal date for the program largely because it was thought of as a long-range, comparatively low-cost program. Emphasis was to be on assistance in the form of men, not materials.
Page 34 - Multilateral aid emerged in the early 1960s in conjunction with the "development for development's sake" view, but has never become a dominant feature in American aid.
Page 374 - AID project begun in l98l and extended through l990 has helped to extend the program nationwide. The oral rehydration salts are packaged by a private Egyptian firm, 60% of the packets are marketed through private pharmacies and over 90 percent of pharmacies now have oral rehydration salts available for sale. Capacity to Manage Natural Resources Most developing countries depend principally on their renewable natural resource endowments for economic growth, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable...
Page 60 - Morawetz presented data for unemployment rates in those LDCs where reasonably reliable data are available; nine countries in Latin America, three countries in East Asia, and one nation each in Africa and the Middle East. These data show no clear trend toward a worsening of open unemployment . In many countries, the share of GNP received by the poor stayed constant or increased. This means the incomes of the poor were increasing as rapidly as those of the rich and as rapidly as the average. Countries...
Page 512 - Bank commitments last year, $1.1 billion. These projects support the construction of thousands of miles of main, secondary, feeder, and rural access roads; railway construction; and expansion of seaports, riverports, and inland waterways. Together, these five areas account for S9.9 billion out of a total annual lending program of $14.2 billion. On a regional basis, the largest allocation went to Asia ($5.3 billion), followed by Latin...