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| 1976 || || USAID initiates its 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 || || 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, 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>||
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| 1977 || || USAID/Egypt begins providing assistance to the Government of Egypt in the area of population and health.<ref>{{cite web |title=Situational Analysis of the Private Sector in the Delivery of Family Planning Services in Egypt: Current Status and Potential for Increased Involvement |url=http://evidenceproject.popcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Egypt-PSA-Report.pdf |website=evidenceproject.popcouncil.org |accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref>||
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| 1977 || || USAID in {{w|Nepal}} provides funds to World Education and the Centre for Educational Research Innovation and Development (CERID) at Tribhuvan University to pilot a nonformal education program. This program would evolve into the Nepal National Literacy Program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Perspectives on learning in the Women 's Economic and Empowerment Literacy Program in Nepal. |url=https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3418&context=dissertations_1 |website=scholarworks.umass.edu |accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref> || {{w|Nepal}}
