Development issues : U.S. actions affecting developing countries, the 1983 annual report of the Chairman of the Development Coordination Committee

Congress with the mandate to ensure the basic human needs thrust of U.S. foreign policy. This DCC Annual Report for FY 1982 provides evidence that this mandate is being fulfilled. Following an introductory summary of economic development issues and U.S. assistance programs in 1982, Part II reviews the status of developing countries as a group in the world economy in terms of current levels of development, international trade and lending, private direct investment, economic policies, and the North-South dialogue in international economic systems. Part III explains the objectives and priorities of U.S. support for both bilateral programs (including a description of major nonsectoral emphases and the priority sectors of food and agriculture, energy, and human resources development), and multilateral programs in conjunction with multilateral development banks (MDB"s) and UN agencies. Part IV provides an account of actual U.S. support during 1982 for MDB programs. A prefatory letter to the U.S. Congress by the DCC chairman notes that the ultimate objective of U.S. development assistance is to serve as a short-term catalyst to stimulate self-sustaining economic growth and development in recipient countries.