843 



earmarked funds, for the first time, for this specific purpose. The 

 amount so designated in 1967 was $35 million. Thereafter the amount 

 was to increase annually. 



In 1968 the legislation renewing PL 480 (PL 90-436) also ear- 

 marked funds for population-related programs. This law imposed 

 the constraint that "not less than 5 percent of the total [local cur- 

 rency] sales proceeds received each year shall, if requested by the for- 

 eign country, be used for voluntary programs to control population 

 growth." The law also specified that one of the criteria of self-help 

 which the President was to take into account before entering into an 

 aid agreement for the transfer of food to a developing country was 

 the extent to which that country would implement voluntary pro- 

 grams of population control. The effect of this provision was to make 

 family planning an important consideration in the extension of PL 

 480 assistance to any country. 



By the end of fiscal 1968 AID had committed $34.7 million for 

 population assistance, or eight times the amount of the preceding year, 

 and help was going to 26 countries. The Foreign Assistance Act of 

 1969 earmarked $50 million for population assistance, and subse- 

 quent legislation increased the amount to $75 million and then to 

 $100 million. Table 6 summarizes AID's dollar obligations for popula- 

 tion and family planning through fiscal 1970. 



TABLE 6.— SUMMARY OF AID DOLLAR OBLIGATIONS FOR POPULATION AND FAMILY PLANNING PROJECTS, BY 



FISCAL YEARS • 



(In thousands of dollars] 



Project 1965-«6 1%7 1968 1969 1970 



Nonreeional: 



Office of Population.... 1,554 525 10,623 17,398 22,013 



Office of International Training 91 41 38 40 304 



AID admini ^ration (D.C.) 119 405 435 1,431 1,908 



U.N. Fund for popnlation activities... 500 2,500 4.000 



Wonregional total 



Near East-South Asia : 



Country missions 



Regional projects 



Near East-South Asia total : 



Latin America: 



Country missions 



Regional projects 



Latin America total.. 



East Asia: 



Country missions 



Regional projects 



East Asia total 



Africa: 



Country missions 



Regional projects 



Africa total 



Vietnam.. 



Country and regional total. 



Grand total 6,026 4,445 34,750 45,444 74,507 



•Source: AID, "Population Program Assistance," Washington, 1970, p. 17. 



> A development loan to Turkey, originally for J3,600,000, signed October 1966. 

 'Includes $2,700,000 loan to India for program vehicle parts. 



