118 STAT. 3929 PUBLIC LAW 108–484—DEC. 23, 2004 ‘‘(11) The level of funding provided through contracts, the level of funding provided through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements that is estimated to be subgranted or subcontracted, as the case may be, to direct service providers, and an analysis of the comparative cost-effectiveness and sustainability of projects carried out under these mechanisms. ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC.—The report required by this sec- tion shall be made available to the public on the Internet website of the Agency. ‘‘SEC. 259. DEFINITIONS. ‘‘ In this title: ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator of the Agency. ‘‘(2) AGENCY.—The term ‘Agency’ means the United States Agency for International Development. ‘‘(3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. ‘‘(4) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.—The term ‘business development services’ means support for the growth of micro- enterprises through training, technical assistance, marketing assistance, improved production technologies, and other related services. ‘‘(5) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means the Director of the office. ‘‘(6) IMPLEMENTING PARTNER ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘implementing partner organization’ means an entity eligible to receive assistance under this title which is— ‘‘(A) a United States or an indigenous private voluntary organization; ‘‘(B) a United States or an indigenous credit union; ‘‘(C) a United States or an indigenous cooperative organization; ‘‘(D) an indigenous governmental or nongovernmental organization; ‘‘(E) a microenterprise institution; ‘‘(F) a microfinance institution; or ‘‘(G) a practitioner institution. ‘‘(7) MICROENTERPRISE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘microenter- prise institution’ means a not-for-profit entity that provides services, including microfinance, training, or business develop- ment services, for microenterprise clients in foreign countries. ‘‘(8) MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘microfinance institution’ means a not-for-profit entity or a regulated financial intermediary that directly provides, or works to expand, the availability of credit, savings, and other financial services to microfinance and microenterprise clients in foreign countries. ‘‘(9) MICROFINANCE NETWORK.—The term ‘microfinance net- work’ means an affiliated group of practitioner institutions that provides services to its members, including financing, tech- nical assistance, and accreditation, for the purpose of promoting the financial sustainability and societal impact of microenter- prise assistance. ‘‘(10) OFFICE.—The term ‘office’ means the office of micro- enterprise development established under section 252(b)(1). 22 USC 2214a. Internet. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00463 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4
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