§ 3737. — Additional authorities and increased flexibility to provide assistance under the Development Fund for Africa.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 19USC3737]
TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
CHAPTER 23--EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TRADE BENEFITS TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUBCHAPTER III--ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATED ISSUES
Sec. 3737. Additional authorities and increased flexibility to
provide assistance under the Development Fund for Africa
(a) Use of sustainable development assistance to support further
economic growth
It is the sense of the Congress that sustained economic growth in
sub-Saharan Africa depends in large measure upon the development of a
receptive environment for trade and investment, and that to achieve this
objective the United States Agency for International Development should
continue to support programs which help to create this environment.
Investments in human resources, development, and implementation of free
market policies, including policies to liberalize agricultural markets
and improve food security, and the support for the rule of law and
democratic governance should continue to be encouraged and enhanced on a
bilateral and regional basis.
(b) Declarations of policy
The Congress makes the following declarations:
(1) The Development Fund for Africa established under chapter 10
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2293 et
seq.) has been an effective tool in providing development assistance
to sub-Saharan Africa since 1988.
(2) The Development Fund for Africa will complement the other
provisions of this chapter and lay a foundation for increased trade
and investment opportunities between the United States and sub-
Saharan Africa.
(3) Assistance provided through the Development Fund for Africa
will continue to support programs and activities that promote the
long term economic development of sub-Saharan Africa, such as
programs and activities relating to the following:
(A) Strengthening primary and vocational education systems,
especially the acquisition of middle-level technical skills for
operating modern private businesses and the introduction of
college level business education, including the study of
international business, finance, and stock exchanges.
(B) Strengthening health care systems.
(C) Supporting democratization, good governance and civil
society and conflict resolution efforts.
(D) Increasing food security by promoting the expansion of
agricultural and agriculture-based industrial production and
productivity and increasing real incomes for poor individuals.
(E) Promoting an enabling environment for private sector-led
growth through sustained economic reform, privatization
programs, and market-led economic activities.
(F) Promoting decentralization and local participation in
the development process, especially linking the rural production
sectors and the industrial and market centers throughout Africa.
(G) Increasing the technical and managerial capacity of sub-
Saharan African individuals to manage the economy of sub-Saharan
Africa.
(H) Ensuring sustainable economic growth through
environmental protection.
(4) The African Development Foundation has a unique
congressional mandate to empower the poor to participate fully in
development and to increase opportunities for gainful employment,
poverty alleviation, and more equitable income distribution in sub-
Saharan Africa. The African Development Foundation has worked
successfully to enhance the role of women as agents of change,
strengthen the informal sector with an emphasis on supporting micro
and small sized enterprises, indigenous technologies, and mobilizing
local financing. The African Development Foundation should develop
and implement strategies for promoting participation in the
socioeconomic development process of grassroots and informal sector
groups such as nongovernmental organizations, cooperatives,
artisans, and traders into the programs and initiatives established
under this chapter.
(Pub. L. 106-200, title I, Sec. 127, May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 272.)
References in Text
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, referred to in subsec. (b)(1),
is Pub. L. 87-195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, as amended. Chapter 10
of part I of the Act is classified generally to part X (Sec. 2293 et
seq.) of subchapter I of chapter 32 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and
Intercourse. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 2151 of Title 22 and Tables.
Codification
Section is comprised of section 127 of Pub. L. 106-200. Subsec. (c)
of section 127 of Pub. L. 106-200 amended section 2293 of Title 22,
Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
