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1So in original. Probably should be ‘‘integration’’.

(A) the establishment or operation of organizations which extend credit; and

(B) the provision of credit to microenterprises for small scale economic activities.

(b) African Development Bank and Asian Development Bank; provision of credit to microenterprises

The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct

the United States Executive Directors of the African Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank to initiate discussions with other directors of the respective banks and to propose

that each such bank—

(1) examine the Program for the Financing

of Small Projects of the Inter-American Development Bank and the steps taken by such

bank to link the Program to the mainstream

operation of the bank; and

(2) explore ways and means to establish

similar programs within the respective banks

to provide credit to microenterprises for small

scale economic activities.

(c) Annual reports to Congress; inclusion of

status of microenterprise credit promotion

activities

Each annual report to the Congress by the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies shall describe the

status of the microenterprise credit promotion

activities of each of the institutions referred to

in subsection (a) or (b) of this section.

(Pub. L. 95–118, title XVI, §1603, as added Pub. L.

100–202, §101(e) [title I], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat.

1329–131, 1329–134.)

CODIFICATION

Section 1603 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.

DEFINITIONS

The definitions in section 262p–5 of this title apply to

this section.

§ 262p–3. Participation of women in economic, social and policy development activities

(a) Congressional declaration of policy

Congress hereby declares that it is the policy

of the United States that multilateral development banks should—

(1) fully involve women in borrowing countries in the identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation of mainstream development activities financed by such banks;

(2) recognize and support women’s direct and

indirect roles in the economic development of

their countries and communities;

(3) recognize and support women’s direct and

indirect roles in the education and social development of, the maintenance of the health

of, and in the provision of adequate nutrition

for, family members and communities, especially children;

(4) work to remove legal and customary barriers which impede the full participation of

women in economic and social development,

such as lack of access to credit, property

rights, education, health care, and government services; and

(5) involve women’s groups in borrowing

countries in project identification and preparation in order to factor their assessments of

women’s economic and social needs into

project design.

(b) Instructions by Secretary of the Treasury to

United States Executive Directors

The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct—

(1) the United States Executive Director of

the International Bank for Reconstruction and

Development and the International Development Association to support attempts to

strengthen the role of the Women in Development division in policy development, project

design and implementation, and evaluation;

and

(2) the United States Executive Directors of

the regional multilateral development banks

to support exploring the establishment of a

mechanism, or the strengthening of any existing mechanism, within each of the respective

banks, to advise, advocate, and promote the

full intergration1 of women in the planning,

design, implementation, and evaluation of

lending activities both in borrowing countries

and within the banks.

(c) Annual reports to Congress

Each annual report to the Congress by the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies shall describe the

actions taken by the multilateral development

banks to implement the policies established

under this section.

(Pub. L. 95–118, title XVI, §1604, as added Pub. L.

100–202, §101(e) [title I], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat.

1329–131, 1329–134.)

CODIFICATION

Section 1604 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.

DEFINITIONS

The definitions in section 262p–5 of this title apply to

this section.

§ 262p–4. Instructions to United States Executive

Directors; indigenous people in borrowing

country; determination of impact; protection

of rights; consultation

The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct

the United States Executive Director of each

multilateral development bank to initiate discussions with other executive directors of the

respective bank and to propose that the bank

take such steps as may be necessary—

(1) to determine, at the time an initial feasibility study is conducted with respect to a

proposed project and to the fullest extent possible, the impact such project would have on

indigenous people in the borrowing country;

(2) to ensure compliance with loan

conditionalities relating to the protection of

the rights of indigenous people to lands and

resources; and

(3) to consult with indigenous people, and

nongovernmental organizations representing