{"identifier":"/us/usc/t22/s290h","title":22,"num":"\u00a7\u202f290h.","heading":"Congressional findings","text":"\u00a7\u202f290h.\nCongressional findings\nThe Congress finds that\u2014\n(1) social and economic development ultimately depends on the active participation of individuals within a society and on the enhancement of opportunities for those individuals;\n(2) the development of individuals and institutions in African countries can benefit by the provision of support for community-based self-help activities;\n(3) by enacting title IX of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [\n22 U.S.C. 2218\n(4) the Inter-American Foundation, established by Congress in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 [\n22 U.S.C. 290f\n(5) an African Development Foundation similar in structure to the Inter-American Foundation, but adapted to the specific needs of Africa, can complement current United States development programs in Africa.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t22/s290h.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s290h","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f290h."},{"t":"heading","text":"Congressional findings","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Congress finds that\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s290h/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" social and economic development ultimately depends on the active participation of individuals within a society and on the enhancement of opportunities for those individuals;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s290h/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" the development of individuals and institutions in African countries can benefit by the provision of support for community-based self-help activities;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s290h/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" by enacting title IX of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"22 U.S.C. 2218","href":"/us/usc/t22/s2218","tail":"], and recent amendments to that Act, the Congress has sought to enable the poor to participate in the process of development;"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s290h/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Inter-American Foundation, established by Congress in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"22 U.S.C. 290f","href":"/us/usc/t22/s290f","tail":"], to support the efforts of the people of Latin America and the Caribbean to solve their development problems, has demonstrated a successful approach to development; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s290h/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" an African Development Foundation similar in structure to the Inter-American Foundation, but adapted to the specific needs of Africa, can complement current United States development programs in Africa.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}