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"(b) the extent to which the country is creating a favorable climate for private enterprise and investment, both domestic and foreign; "(c) the extent to which the government of the country is increasing the role of the people in the developmental process; " (d) the extent to which the country's governmental expenditures are allocated to key developmental areas, including agriculture, health, and education, and not diverted for unnecessary military purposes or to intervention in the affairs of other free and independent nations; "(e) the extent to which the country is willing to make contributions of its own to the projects and programs for which the assistance is provided; "(f) the extent to which the country is making economic, social, and political reforms, such as tax collection improvements and changes in land tenure arrangements, that will enable it to achieve developmental objectives more efficiently and justly; and " (g) the extent to which the country is otherwise showing a responsiveness to the vital economic, political, and social concerns of its people, and demonstrating a clear determination to take effective self-help measures.

"SEC. 209. MULTILATERAL AND REGIONAL PROGRAMS.— (a) M U L T I LATERAL PROGRAMS.—The Congress recognizes that planning and ad-

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ministration of development assistance by, or under the sponsorship of, multilateral lending institutions and other international organizations may, in some instances, contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of that assistance through participation of other donors in the development effort, improved coordination of policies and programs, pooling of knowledge, avoidance of duplication of facilities and manpower, and greater encouragement of self-help performance. " (b) REGIONAL PROGRAMS.—It is further the sense of the Congress (1) that where problems or opportunities are common to two or more countries in a region, in such fields as agriculture, education, transportation, communications, power, watershed development, disease control, and establishment of development banks, these countries often can more effectively resolve such problems and exploit such opportunities by joining together in regional organizations or working together on regional programs, (2) that assistance often can be utilized more efficiently in regional programs than in separate country programs, and (3) that to the maximum extent practicable consistent with the purposes of this Act assistance under this Act should be furnished so as to encourage less developed countries to cooperate with each other in regional development programs." TITLE II—TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND DEVEL0P3IENT GRANTS

SEC. 103. Title II of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to technical cooperation and development grants, is amended as follows: (a) Section 211(a), which relates to general authority, is amended by striking out all after "fiscal year," in the last sentence and substituting "except that up to $600,000 may be used for self-help projects in additional countries during such fiscal year.". (b) Section 212, which relates to authorization, is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 212. AUTHORIZATION.—To carry out the purposes of section 211, there is authorized to be appropriated to the President $210,000,000 for the fiscal year 1968, which amounts are authorized to remain available until expended."

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