§ 262p-1. — Grassroots Collaboration Program.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC262p-1]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
Sec. 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.
(Pub. L. 95-118, title XVI, Sec. 1602, as added Pub. L. 100-202,
Sec. 101(e) [title I], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-131, 1329-134;
amended Pub. L. 101-240, title V, Sec. 541(d)(4), Dec. 19, 1989, 103
Stat. 2518.)
Codification
Section 1602 of Pub. L. 95-118 is based on section 701 of title VII
of H.R. 3750, One Hundredth Congress, as introduced Dec. 11, 1987, and
enacted into law by Pub. L. 100-202.
Amendments
1989--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-240 struck out subsec. (d) which
related to initial reporting requirements by Secretary of the Treasury.
Definitions
The definitions in section 262p-5 of this title apply to this
section.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 262p-4l of this title.
