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 118 STAT. 102 PUBLIC LAW 108–199—JAN. 23, 2004 (c)(1) There is established the Helping to Enhance the Liveli hood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). (2) The Commission shall— (A) identify the past and present objectives of United States development assistance, identify cases in which those objectives have been met, identify the beneficiaries of such assistance, and what percentage of the funds provided actually reached the intended beneficiaries; (B) identify cases in which United States development assistance has been most successful, and analyze how such successes may be transferable to other countries or areas; (C) study ways to expand educational opportunities and investments in people, and assess infrastructure needs; (D) analyze how the United States could place conditions on governments in countries receiving United States develop ment assistance, in light of and notwithstanding the objectives of the Millennium Challenge Account; (E) analyze ways in which the United States can coordinate its development assistance programs with those of other donor countries and international organizations; (F) analyze ways in which the safety of development assist ance workers can be ensured, particularly in the midst of conflicts; (G) compare the effectiveness of increased and open trade with development assistance, and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of such trade and whether such trade could be a more effective alternative to United States development assistance; (H) analyze ways in which the United States can strengthen the capacity of indigenous nongovernmental organizations to be more effective in grassroots development; (I) analyze ways in which decisions on providing develop ment assistance can involve more of the people of the recipient countries; (J) analyze ways in which results can be measured if United States development assistance is targeted to the least developed countries; (K) recommend standards that should be set for ‘‘grad uating’’ recipient countries from United States development assistance; (L) analyze whether United States development assistance should be used as a means to achieve United States foreign policy objectives; (M) analyze how the United States can evaluate the performance of its development assistance programs not only against economic indicators, but in other ways, including how to measure the success of United States development assistance in democratization efforts; and evaluate the existing foreign assistance framework to ascertain the degree of coordination, or lack thereof, of the disparate foreign development programs as administered by the various Federal agencies, to identify and assess the redundancies of programs and organizational structures engaged in foreign assistance, and to recommend revisions to authorizing legislation for foreign assistance that would seek to reconcile competing foreign policy and foreign aid goals; and Establishment.

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