---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 2211c"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "2211c"
heading: "Poverty measurement methods"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/2211c"
units:
  - "Chapter 32 — Foreign Assistance"
  - "Subchapter I — International Development"
  - "Part II — Other Programs"
  - "Subpart vi — development assistance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises"
  - "Division A — Grant Assistance"
---

# §2211c. Poverty measurement methods


The [Administrator](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=1) of the Agency, in consultation with financial intermediaries and other appropriate organizations, should have in place at least 1 method for implementing partners to use to assess poverty levels of their current incoming or prospective clients.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. I, § 254, as added Pub. L. 108–484, § 3, Dec. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 3926; amended Pub. L. 115–428, § 4(d), Jan. 9, 2019, 132 Stat. 5514.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2019—Pub. L. 115–428 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to development of poverty measurement methods and application of methods.