Foreign assistance and related programs appropriations for 1986: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, Part 1

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Page 815 - Decisions on issuing export licenses under this section shall be made in coordination with the Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and shall take into account the Director's opinion as to whether the export of an article will contribute to an arms race, increase the possibility of outbreak or escalation of conflict, or prejudice the development of bilateral or multilateral arms control arrangements.
Page 1264 - Bank shall be $10,000,000,000, in terms of United States dollars of the weight and fineness in effect on July 1 , 1944.
Page 666 - In rural areas, reasonable access would imply that the housewife or members of the household do not have to spend a disproportionate part of the day fetching the family's water.
Page 1146 - The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), known as the World Bank, was established largely...
Page 249 - Congress, recognizing the fact that "women in developing countries play a significant role in economic production, family support, and the overall development process," required that US bilateral aid "be administered so as to give particular attention to those programs, projects and activities which tend to integrate women into the national economies of foreign countries, thus improving their status and assisting the total development effort.
Page 661 - RATE is the annual growth rate in real terms that has been computed by fitting trend lines to the logarithmic values of GNP per capita at constant market prices for each year of the time period. With this method, all available observations within the relevant time period are considered, and the growth rates obtained reflect general trends rather than cyclical factors or irregular variations in any particular year.
Page 170 - A program to promote mutual understanding between the people of the United States and those of other countries and...
Page 1372 - Not to exceed $13,515.000 (to be computed on an accrual basis) shall be available during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5 USC 3109, and not to exceed $24,000 for entertainment allowances for members of the Board of Directors : Provided.
Page 64 - American 29 universities, private voluntary organizations, private sector firms, the Department of Agriculture and other US Government agencies, notably the Peace Corps. AID also draws upon technical expertise from developing countries as well as the food and agricultural development experience of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the world Food council (WFC), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Food Program (WFP), and other donor agencies. AID programs...
Page 801 - Excess defense articles means the quantity of defense articles owned by the United States Government, and not procured in anticipation of military assistance or sales requirements, or pursuant to a military assistance or sales order, which is in excess of the Approved Force Acquisition Objective and Approved Force Retention Stock of all Department of Defense Components at the time such articles are dropped from inventory by the supplying agency for delivery to countries or international organizations...