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Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Description, Background & Business

Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Description, Background & Business. Formally established in 2004 as a new, independent government corporation managed by a CEO and overseen by a Board

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Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Description, Background & Business

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  1. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Description, Background & Business

  2. Formally established in 2004 as a new, independent government corporation managed by a CEO and overseen by a Board Fulfills President Bush’s 2002 Monterrey commitment to “provide greater resources to countries taking greater responsibility for their own development” Illustrates that development is a key pillar in the US national security strategy -- helps to build democratic societies Mission: Poverty Reduction Through Economic Growth MCA resources add to other U.S. aid The process: eligibility, approval, MCAs, Threshold--procurement, Compact--procurement, Procurement Agent, Fiscal Agent Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)

  3. Eligibility • MCC eligibility intended as a reward to countries for good policy performance and be an incentive to improve further. • A “candidate country” must meet one of the following income criteria and cannot be statu­torily ineligible to receive U.S. economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act or any other provision of law. • Low Income Category: countries with a per capita income among the poorest 75 countries; or • Lower Middle Income Category: countries with a per capita income above the poorest 75 countries but below $4,125.

  4. Eligibility (cont) • To evaluate policy performance, MCC uses objective and quantifiable policy in­dicators in three broad policy categories: • Ruling Justly, • Investing in People, and • Encouraging Economic Freedom. • MCC favors policy indicators developed by independent third party institutions that rely on objective, publicly available data and have an analytically rigorous methodology. • MCC seeks indicators that have broad country coverage, cross-country comparability, and broad consistency in results from year to year.

  5. Indicators Used

  6. Countries with Completed Compacts since 2004 (in millions)

  7. Overview: MCC Africa Engagement

  8. Current MCC Threshold Countries FY2016 (in millions)

  9. MCC Ongoing Compacts FY2016 (in millions)

  10. Planned MCC Compacts

  11. MCC Latest Commitment • MCC launched its latest commitment to help mobilize the private sector. • MCC’s new Public-Private Partnership (P3) Platform includes a commitment of $70M in MCC grants -incl. $52M in Africa- to support public-private partnerships in partner countries. This new commitment is expected to generate $1bn in private-sector investments over the next five years.

  12. Compact Commitment per Sector

  13. Contact The PFD Group 818 18th Street, NW, Suite 1010Washington, D.C. 20006USATel. + 1 202 785-0052               + 1 202 785-0053     Fax + 1 202 521-0596 Email: Mr. Spiros Voyadzis spiros.voyadzis@pfdusllc.com

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