22 U.S.C. § 262g-1 : US Code - Section 262G-1: Targeting assistance to specific populations

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(a) Congressional findings
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) Assistance to poorest populations
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.