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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1986
This bulletin reports on amendments and recommendations pertaining to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The purpose of the "Universal Child Immunization Act of 1986" is to authorize appropriations of additional foreign assistance funding for the Child Survival Fund and to assure that the additional resources will be directed primarily…
Descriptors: Children, Developing Nations, Economic Factors, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Hunger. – 1991
Key leaders working for international, bilateral, and private organizations presented oral testimony and written statements on how developing countries can be assisted in coping with the AIDS crisis. Michael Merson of the World Health Organization, Richard Bissell of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and Milton Amayun…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Children, Developing Nations
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). General Information Programme. – 1985
Developing countries are becoming increasingly aware of the fact that specialized information is essential to their economic and social development, and that it is an indispensable factor in the rational use of natural resources, the development of human resources, scientific and technological advancement, and progress in agriculture, industry,…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Information Needs, Information Science
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Hunger. – 1987
The status of efforts to integrate women into the development assistance projects and programs funded by the U.S. government was the subject of this hearing. Representative Elizabeth J. Patterson, Democrat from South Carolina, pointed out that women in developing nations must work 17 hours per day for the survival of their families. Testimony was…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Females, Foreign Policy
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 2001
These hearing transcripts recount testimony before Congress on proposals to work with recipient governments and communities to establish a preschool and school feeding program in developing countries. Of particular focus in the hearing was the infrastructure needed to implement the program effectively and the roles of government agencies,…
Descriptors: Children, Developing Nations, Elementary Schools, Federal Legislation
Agency for International Development (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. – 1975
This report discusses the many policy and procedural issues of the Agency for International Development (AID) in implementing the reforms included in the congressional Foreign Assistance Act of 1973. The act concentrated aid efforts on food and nutrition improvement, population control, health improvement, education, and human resource…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Developing Nations, Developmental Programs, Economic Development
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate. – 1984
In this Congressional hearing witnesses explored the roles of government, private agencies, the media, public education, business, and labor in contributing to the further enhancement of the role of women in the economic development of the Third World. Government witnesses were M. Peter McPherson, Agency for International Development and Nancy…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Continuing Education, Developing Nations
