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 PUBLIC LAW 101-513—NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 2033 "SEC. 1617. IMPROVEMENT OF INTERACTION BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL 22 USC 262p-4/. BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to propose, and urge the Executive Board and the management of the bank to develop and implement specific mechanisms designed to— "(1) substantially improve the ability of the staff of the bank to interact with nongovernmental organizations and other local groups that are affected by loans made by the bank to borrower countries; and "(2) delegate to the field offices of the bank in borrowing countries greater responsibility for decisions with respect to proposals for projects in such countries that are to be financed by the bank. "Gt)) CERTAIN MECHANISMS URGED. — The mechanisms described in subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following measures: "(1) An instruction to the management of the bank to undertake efforts to appropriately train and significantly increase the number of bank professional staff (based in Washington, District of Columbia, as of the date of the enactment of this section) assigned, on a rotating basis, to field offices of the bank in borrower countries. "(2) The assignment to at least 1 professional in each field office of the bank in a borrower country of responsibility for relations with local nongovernmental organizations, and for the preparation and submission to appropriate staff of the bank of a report on the impact of project loans to be made by the bank to the country, based on views solicited from local people who will be affected by such loans, which shall be included as part of the project appraisal report. "(3) The establishment of the Grassroots Collaboration Program described in section 1602(a). "(4) Before a project loan is made to a borrower country, the country is to be required to hold open hearings on the proposed project during project identification and project preparation. "(5) The establishment of assessment procedures which allow affected parties and nongovernmental organizations to review information describing a prospective project or policy loan design, in a timely manner, before the loan is submitted to the Executive Board for approval. "SEC. 1618. POPULATION, HEALTH, AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS. 22 USC 262p-4m. "The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to urge the bank to support an increase in the amount the bank lends annually to support population, health, and nutrition programs of the borrower countries.", (b) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PROVISIONS. — (1) PoucY PROVISIONS. — The International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262c et seq.), as amended by subsection (a)(2) of this section, is amended by redesignating section 1619 as section 1620 and by inserting after section 1618 the following: 22 USC 262p-5.

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