§ 262p–4f. Assistance to countries to develop statistical assessment of well-being of poor

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The Congress finds that— improvement in the capacity of developing countries to measure and monitor regularly the nutritional and physical well-being of the poorest 40 percent of the population of each of such countries is essential to the development of policies to reduce absolute poverty; internationally accepted statistical indicators that measure reliably the extent of absolute poverty and identify the location and characteristics of the poor are being developed and refined to guide policy formulation and target assistance to the poor; such guidance by indicators is, however, not able to be used in some developing countries, especially the poorest countries, due to the woeful unavailability of statistical data; the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association have the technical and financial capability to assist borrowing country governments to develop such statistical measurement capabilities for social indicators necessary for the design and monitoring of poverty-reduction policies for such governments; availability of social indicator data is also essential to the work of such institutions, particularly in monitoring the impact of structural adjustment lending on the poor; and availability of such indicators will also facilitate the measurement of progress in the alleviation of poverty by other donor agencies, public and private.

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 advocate and support, as an immediate priority, assistance by such institutions to borrowing country governments to develop appropriate statistical measures for assessing the physical well-being of the poor, by sex and age, by using such indicators as mortality, health, education, and nutrition, as well as wealth and income, and maintain and publish such indicators on an ongoing basis.

( Pub. L. 95–118, title XVI, § 1611 , as added Pub. L. 100–461, title V, § 555 , Oct. 1, 1988 , 102 Stat. 2268–36 .)

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§ 262p–4f

Assistance to countries to develop statistical assessment of well-being of poor

Pub. L.Pub. L. 95-118

Pub. L.Pub. L. 100-461

Stat.102 Stat. 2268

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