Congress IMPLEMENTATION OF "NEW DIRECTIONS" IN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNA- OF LEGISLATIVE REFORMS IN THE Printed for the use of the Committee on International Relations 55-310 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1975 5 1573 T COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THOMAS E. MORGAN, Pennsylvania, Chairman CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, Wisconsin WAYNE L. HAYS, Ohio L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina CHARLES WILSON, Texas DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., Michigan CARDISS COLLINS, Illinois DON BONKER, Washington WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, Michigan EDWARD G. BIESTER, JR., Pennsylvania BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California MARIAN A. CZARNECKI, Chief of Staff (II) FOREWORD U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D.C., July 22, 1975. The Committee on International Relations has had a continuing erest in the steps which the Agency for International Development ID) has taken to implement the congressional mandate in the Forn Assistance Act of 1973 which directed the Agency to undertake -reaching reforms in the U.S. bilateral development assistance grams. As a result of that concern, the committee directed, in its report on Foreign Assistance Act of 1974, that AID provide it with a full port on its implementation of the "new directions" reforms. The port was to be submitted at the time of committee consideration of v foreign assistance authorizing legislation in 1975. In furtherance of that objective, on February 24, 1975, I wrote to n. Daniel Parker, Administrator of the Agency, enclosing a list of es with which the report should deal. The text of my letter and ompanying materials appear on pages 79–86. The report was undertaken by AID and forwarded to me in final m on July 3, 1975. In order to make its findings more widely availe, the Agency's implementation report is herein reproduced as a mittee print. It is my hope that this publication will add to an understanding in ngress and among the American public of the scope and effects of congressional initiatives aimed at improving and strengthening impact of our development assistance programs on poor people in or countries. THOMAS E. MORGAN, (III) |