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| 1966 || || USAID joins the global effort to eradicate {{w|smallpox}}.<ref name="USAID Celebrates 50 years of Saving Lives Across the Globe"/> ||
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| 1970 || || "n 1970, USAID allocated allocates some funding to four U.S. universities to study legislatures in developing countries".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Baaklini |first1=Abdo I. |last2=Desfosses |first2=Helen |title=Designs for Democratic Stability: Studies in Viable Constitutionalism: Studies in Viable Constitutionalism |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=c-xmDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT15&lpg=PT15&dq=%22in+1970+usaid%22&source=bl&ots=RvIGgs8UWu&sig=ACfU3U2gxrQAMOfxz_opgykQDN9ZwrCxAg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjGpeHjjqbhAhX5ErkGHVSGBkQQ6AEwB3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22in%201970%20usaid%22&f=false}}</ref> ||
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| 1970 || || "In 1970, USAID commenced commences the 10-year Maasai Range Development and Management Project. Range development specialists were are brought in from the USA, and US$1.7 million was are loaned to the Tanzanian government for capital equipment. The production target was is a 100% increase over 10 years (Dumont, 1983, p. 144). The project entailed entails constructing cattle dips to ght ght disease and watering points to prevent overgrazing, improving herds, increasing marketing facilities and training select Tanzanians in conservation and range management (Parkipuny, 1979, pp. 141–153)."<ref>{{cite web |last1=FORSTATER |first1=MATHEW |title=Bones for Sale: ‘development’ , environment and food security in East Africa |url=https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/184f/50b969daaef070aad4c4f3826066a7805544.pdf |accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref> ||
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| 1971 || || USAID develops a "positive list" of commodities, including pesticides that are eligible for agency financing.<ref name="Donor policies on pesticide donations: pest and pesticide management">{{cite web |title=Donor policies on pesticide donations: pest and pesticide management |url=http://www.fao.org/3/w8419e/W8419e05.htm |website=fao.org |accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref>
| 1976 || || USAID initiates their first agricultural research project which concentrates on supporting the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) at Joydebpur, developing the Ishurdi Centre for work on wheat, and providing funds for technical assistance, training and contract research.<ref>{{cite web |title=The World Bank |url=http://documents.banquemondiale.org/curated/fr/672881467997886511/text/multi-page.txt |website=documents.banquemondiale.org |accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Bangladesh}}
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| 1976 || || In 1976 USAID funds the Portage Project to set up non-formal early education programs in collaboration with the [[w:Ministry of Education (Peru)|Ministry of Education of Peru ]] and the National Institute of Educational Research and Development. This 3-year project, established establishes in 6 urban and rural sites using community workers as interventionists, would expand to 1500 sites by 1987.<ref>{{cite web |title=DOCUMENT RESUME |url=https://archive.org/stream/ERIC_ED364032/ERIC_ED364032_djvu.txt |website=archive.org |accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref>
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| 1976 || || USAID develops a major new development program for the {{w|Sahel}} and successfully obtains Congressional funding for it.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Electronic Oracle |url=http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/2595/1/XB-85-101.pdf |website=pure.iiasa.ac.at |accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref>
