ABSTRACT
This chapter presents Southern African programming from FYs 1973 to 1981 by US agencies operating within the context of the foreign policy. Malawi, with 5-8 million people — 16 percent of Southern Africa's population — and one of its lowest PQLIs, received only 8 percent of total Offical Development Assistance (ODA). The decision to move to a regional concept in programming, which reverses a 1976 decision to institute country-specific projects in Southern Africa. Mozambique, like Malawi, received ODA programming well its per-capita share and Commercial Assistance (CA) at a more proportional level. Zambia, like Mozambique, was hurt badly during the Zimbabwean war of independence. Swaziland, the smallest of the Southern African countries in population and size, and having one of the lowest PQLIs, received 6 percent of total ODA and 1 percent of total CA. The entire ODA level was generated through Food for Peace Title II donations, plus a modest Disaster Assistance flow in 1976.
