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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 262p-1. Grassroots Collaboration Program
(a) Proposal for establishment; private involvement; projects or
policies for alleviation of poverty and promotion of
environmental protection
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States
Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development and the International Development Association to
initiate discussions with other directors of such institutions and
to propose the establishment of a Grassroots Collaboration Program
to develop improved mechanisms for involving, directly or
indirectly, nongovernmental organizations in the design,
implementation, and monitoring of development projects financed by,
or development policies established by, such bank or association in
order to alleviate poverty and promote environmental protection,
including -
(1) encouraging nongovernmental organizations in borrowing
countries to participate in all stages of project planning and
country strategy activities to -
(A) minimize any adverse impact of such projects or
activities on the poor people of such country;
(B) minimize any adverse impact of such projects or
activities on the environment of such country; and
(C) maximize the extent to which such projects or activities
will benefit the poor people of such country;
(2) increasing the direct involvement of nongovernmental
organizations in project design, implementation, or monitoring
whenever such organizations have a distinct comparative advantage
over other entities in providing such services by virtue of their
grassroots involvement with poor people, especially women, in a
borrowing country;
(3) providing microenterprise credit for small scale economic
activities through nongovernmental organizations;
(4) supporting the enhancement of the institutional capacity of
nongovernmental organizations in borrowing countries as
development practitioners; and
(5) establishing or supporting jointly funded intermediary
mechanisms with nongovernmental organizations to facilitate
increased collaboration between such bank or association and
nongovernmental organizations in borrowing countries.
(b) Implementation and financing of program
It is the sense of the Congress that the Grassroots Collaboration
Program described in subsection (a) of this section should be
implemented and financed as part of the normal operations of the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the
International Development Association.
(c) Flexible financing; initial grant
To the extent the activities under the Grassroots Collaboration
Program described in subsection (a) of this section need more
flexible financing, it is the sense of the Congress that -
(1) such activities could be funded through a grant from the
net income of the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development; and
(2) an initial grant of not less than $50,000,000 should be
made for such activities with subsequent annual allocations of
such additional amounts as may be necessary to allow the
Grassroots Collaboration Program to maximize collaboration with
nongovernmental organizations in the alleviation of poverty and
the protection of the environment.
(d) Repealed. Pub. L. 101-240, title V, Sec. 541(d)(4), Dec. 19,
1989, 103 Stat. 2518
(e) Annual reports to Congress
Each annual report to the Congress by the National Advisory
Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies shall
describe the status of the establishment and operation of the
Grassroots Collaboration Program described in subsection (a) of
this section, the activities under taken by the Program and the sum
of the amounts expended by the Program.
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