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of increased poverty and economic desta-
bilization; 
(iv) decline in availability of resources 
needed for survival, including water; 
(v) increased impact of natural disas-
ters (including droughts, flooding, and 
other severe weather events); 
(vi) increased prevalence or virulence 
of climate-related diseases; and 
(vii) intensified urban migration; 
(C) describes how allowances available 
under this section were distributed during the 
previous fiscal year to enhance the national se-
curity, foreign policy, and economic interests of 
the United States and assist in avoiding the 
economically, politically, environmentally, cul-
turally, and socially destabilizing impacts of cli-
mate change in most vulnerable developing 
countries; 
(D) identifies and recommends the devel-
oping countries, including the most vulnerable 
communities and populations therein, that are 
most vulnerable to climate change impacts and 
in which assistance may have the greatest and 
most sustainable benefit in reducing vulner-
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ability to climate change, including in the form 
of deploying technologies, investments, capacity- 
building activities, and other types of assistance 
for adaptation to climate change impacts and 
approaches to reduce greenhouse gases in ways 
that may also provide community-level resilience 
to climate change impacts; and 
(E) describes cooperation undertaken with 
other nations and international organizations to 
carry out this part. 
(e) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.— 
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Administrator 
of 
USAID shall establish and implement a system to 
monitor and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency 
of assistance provided under this section in order to 
maximize the long-term sustainable development im-
pact of such assistance, including the extent to 
which such assistance is meeting the purposes of 
this part and addressing the adaptation needs of de-
veloping countries. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Administrator of USAID shall— 
(A) in consultation with national govern-
ments in recipient countries, establish perform-
ance goals for assistance authorized under this 
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section and express such goals in an objective 
and quantifiable form, to the extent practicable; 
(B) establish performance indicators to be 
used in measuring or assessing the achievement 
of the performance goals described in subpara-
graph (A), including an evaluation of— 
(i) the extent to which assistance 
under this section provided for disclosure 
of information to, consultation with, and 
informed participation by local commu-
nities; 
(ii) the extent to which local commu-
nities participated in the design, implemen-
tation, and evaluation of programs and ac-
tivities implemented pursuant to this sec-
tion; and 
(iii) the impacts of such participation 
on the goals and objectives of the pro-
grams and activities implemented under 
this section; 
(C) provide a basis for recommendations 
for adjustments to assistance authorized under 
this section to enhance the impact of such as-
sistance; and 
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(D) include, in the annual report to the 
appropriate congressional committees and other 
relevant agencies required under subsection 
(d)(2), findings resulting from the monitoring 
and evaluation of programs and activities under 
this section. 
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