# Presentation: 244220

## Slide 1

## Background and Overview of MCC Processes2007

## Millennium Challenge Account 

- 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 our national security strategy -- helps to build good, capable partners and prospering, democratic societies
- Mission: Poverty Reduction Through Economic Growth
- MCA resources add to other U.S. aid, targeted to good partners

## Policy, Ownership & Results

- Sound governance, economic and social policies

- Make aid more effective

**Spur private investment and increased trade, the real **
**engines of growth**

- Maximize growth benefits by giving the poor access to accountable institutions, education and health, and economic opportunity

- Broad country- ownership of development efforts

- Increases responsibility

- Builds capacity

- Yields better results

- Clear objectives, measurement of results and transparency

- Increase accountability

- Contribute to development success

## Eligibility

- MCA eligibility intended as a reward to countries for good policy performance and be an incentive to improve further
- Two competitions in FY07: Low Income and Lower Middle Income
- Countries measured against others of similar income level
- Eligibility based on scoring above the median on Corruption and on at least half of 16 indicators in each of the three policy categories:
- Ruling Justly		(pass 3 of 6)
- Investing in People 	(pass 2 of 4 indicators)
- Economic Freedom	(pass 3 of 6 indicators)
- For FY07, MCC adopted as non-binding supplements two new indicators, a Natural Resources Management Index and a Land Rights and Access Index, and will propose their full adoption for FY08
- Eligible Countries must maintain strong policy performance as measured by the indicators as a condition for continued eligibility

## Indicators Used in FY07

| Ruling Justly | Investing in People | Economic Freedom | Natural Resources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  Civil Liberties (Freedom House) |  Public Expenditure on Health (Nat’l) |  Cost of Starting a Business (WB/IFC) |  Land Rights and Access Index (UN/IFAD, WB/IFC)* |
|  Political Rights (Freedom House) |  Immunization (WHO) |  Inflation (IMF, WEO, IFS) |  Natural Resources Management Index (CIESIN, YCLEP)* |
|  Voice and Accountability (WBI) |  Primary Education Spending 
(WB EdStats) |  Fiscal Policy (IMF, WEO, other) |  |
|  Government Effectiveness (WBI) |  Girls’ Primary Education Completion (WB EdStats) |  Days to Start a Business (WB/IFC) |  |
|  Rule of Law (WBI) |  |  Trade Policy (Heritage) |  |
|  Control of Corruption (WBI) |  |  Regulatory Quality (WBI) |  |

**WBI**:  World Bank Institute		**WB/IFC**: World Bank/Int’l Finance Corp
**IFS**: Int’l Financial Statistics	**WHO**: World Health Organization
**WEO**: World Economic Outlook	**UN/IFAD**:  Int’l Fund for Agricultural Development
**CIESIN**: Columbia U Center for International Earth Science Information Network
**YCLEP**: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy
- * Non-binding Supplemental information for FY07

-      ** ****Country X Indicator Ranking (Pass)**

##       Country Y Indicator Ranking (Does not pass)

**      ****Country Y Indicator Ranking (Does not pass)**

## Current MCA Eligible Countries

_**Africa**_
**Benin**
**Burkina Faso**
**Cape Verde**
**Namibia**
**Ghana**
**Madagascar**
**Mali**
**Morocco**
**Mozambique**
**Senegal**
**Lesotho**
**Tanzania**

_**Latin America**_**	****     **_**Eurasia**_
**Bolivia****	****	****     Armenia**
**El Salvador ****	****     East Timor**
**Honduras****	****     Georgia**
**Nicaragua****	****     Mongolia**
**	****	****     ****Sri Lanka**
**	****	****     ****Vanuatu**
**	****	****     ****Jordan****
**	****	****     ****Ukraine***
**	****	****     ****Moldova***

-   FY07: 2 new Low Income Countries* (LIC) and 1 Lower Middle Income            Country** (LMIC) selected
-   25 countries currently eligible to compete for MCA funds

## MCA Compact Funding 

- Congress has appropriated $4.27 billion for MCA; MCC has committed just over $2.98 billion to 11 Compacts, and expects to commit the rest to a robust pipeline of proposals
- MCA money is “no-year” grant money and does not expire.  Once a Compact enters into force the full amount is obligated and set aside
- There are no limits on amounts that countries can request
- MCC has no inherent preference as to sectors or activities proposed, but elements must spur growth and poverty reduction
- Final Compact amounts will be primarily based on program quality, estimated costs, and available funds
- For Compact-eligible threshold countries, successful threshold program commencement is a precondition for Compact signing

## MCA Compact Funding(in millions of dollars)

**Nearly $3.0 Billion for 11 Compacts Approved **

## Country Ownership Critical 

- Countries establish and fund core teams with relevant skills to lead Compact proposal development
- Countries consult with civil society/private sector to develop Compact program proposals consistent with overall development efforts and an approach to economic growth shared by the country and MCC
- Proposals rigorously “due diligenced” on consultation process, growth and poverty reduction potential, coherence, measurable development results and impact, technical and administrative feasibility and environmental and social impacts
- Countries also work with MCC to evaluate and establish structures for fiscal accountability, high procurement standards and effective program management, and to set performance benchmarks
- Once Compact proposal is refined, MCC Board-approved and formally signed, countries must staff up and implement program activities, with MCC guidance and oversight

## Focus on Growth and Poverty Critical 

- Accelerating economic growth sustainably needs to be a central part of any successful poverty reduction strategy
- Increasing levels of private investment, both domestic and foreign, and enhancing the efficiency of the economy, are often essential elements of a sound growth strategy
- MCC grant funds represent a new opportunity for eligible countries to look for ways of accelerating investment and growth
- _Constraints Analysis_: Eligible countries begin with an economic analysis to identify critical barriers to economic growth
- A small national team, including economists and private sector representatives, undertake this assessment
- The results of this analysis form the basis for consultations with MCC that lead to mutually agreed document, the Joint Framework, which establishes the economic basis for the development of a proposal

## MCC is Results-Based

- Early, ongoing engagement with partners provides detailed guidance on core teams, consultation processes, Compact proposals and governance of the process
- Specific objectives and beneficiaries, intermediate performance and results benchmarks, and measures of impact and success are agreed on in the Compact
- A monitoring and evaluation plan is an integral part of each Compact, to promote measurable growth and poverty reduction
- Quarterly disbursements depend upon planned activities meeting agreed benchmarks for program implementation

## Characteristics of a Strong Program

- Promotes faster, sustainable growth and poverty reduction
- Builds human and institutional capacity; improves relevant policies
- Creates complete and comprehensive approach to new economic opportunities
- Reflects inclusive domestic consultation and broad support for priority elements
- Identifies specific activities, beneficiaries, measurable results, and development impacts, as well as implementation strategy
- Builds on development strategies and other donors’ activities
- Economically, socially, technically and environmentally justifiable

## Steps in the MCC Process

**Step 1:  Proposal Development & Program Design**
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**Step 2:  Due Diligence and Program Refinement – ****	**** ****	****   Analysis of Viability and Sustainability of ****	****  ****	****   Proposed Activities, and of Process Quality**
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**Step 3:  Mobilization and Start-up**
**Step 4:  In-country Implementation**

## Step 1: Proposal Development & Program Design

- Meet with MCC on Compact Process
- Identify and fund full-time senior Point of Contact and core team to manage process
- Initiate broad and meaningful consultative process
- Identify primary constraints to economic growth and poverty reduction, and objectives, potential activities (and beneficiaries) for MCA funding
- Dialogue with MCC on proposal activities
- Countries may receive MCC funds for elements of Compact development or implementation, if appropriate

## Step 1:  Proposal Development & Program Design (cont.)

- Country presents MCC with a proposal that reflects analysis of growth constraints and poverty reduction
- If the proposal review is positive, MCC authorizes formation of an MCC Transaction Team (TT)
- TT engages country team on growth opportunities, poverty reduction, and the consultative process
- TT prepares an Opportunity Memo to the MCC Investment Committee requesting full “due diligence” resources

## Step 2: Due Diligence and Program Refinement - Detailed Technical Analysis of Proposed Activities 

## Step 2:  Due Diligence and Program Refinement

- MCC and Country teams undertake implementation planning (e.g. procurement and monitoring and evaluation plans, accountable entity, financial mechanisms)
- Once due diligence and program refinement complete, TT prepares an Investment Memo for MCC Investment Committee detailing proposed Compact elements and implementation plans
- Country team continues to work with MCC on final Compact to reflect agreed Program
- Based on Investment Memo, Investment Committee reviews the final Compact elements and requests MCC Board approval
- Once the Board approves the Compact, MCC notifies Congress of its intent to enter into a Compact

## Step 3:  Mobilization and Start Up

- Legal documentation completed
- Country and MCC sign the Compact
- Accountable entity staffed and audit/marking procedures negotiated
- MCC and country experts complete documentation to permit entry-into-force
- Baseline data for monitoring and evaluation collected
- First disbursement is made
- Fiscal and procurement agents and contractors secured

## Step 4:  In-Country Implementation 

- Compact provisions in effect
- Partner country teams managing implementation
- Country teams begin providing Quarterly progress, Procurement performance and Financial reports
- Small MCC staff in place to guide, advise and assist

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## Opportunities for Civil Society/Private Commercial Sector Involvement

- Participate in Country-led Consultative Process on priority activities
- Help MCC assess growth constraints and carry out Due Diligence (in response to MCC procurements)
- Participate in accountability processes during Compact implementation
- Compete in country-led, open, program procurements related to implementation

## Procurement Practices

- Procurements by MCC for due diligence services will be listed under “MCC procurement” at _[www.mcc.gov](http://www.mcc.gov/)_
- By law, all MCC-funded procurements must be fair, open and competitive.  MCC monitors and approves them
- Such compact-funded country “Program Procurements” are done under MCC-agreed “Procurement Guidelines,” which are consistent across countries and have core elements in common with those of the MDBs
- Significant “Program Procurements” will be linked to the www.mcc.gov website and posted to the UN site, _[www.devbusiness.com](http://www.devbusiness.com/)_, and World Bank’s Development Gateway Market, _[www.dgmarket.com](http://www.dgmarket.com/)_

## Threshold Program 

- Threshold program reinforces incentives for good             performance and further improvements
- Threshold countries close on the indicators and have demonstrated reform commitment
- Threshold countries may propose funding to improve on MCC indicators, and raise chances of Compact eligibility
- If a threshold country becomes eligible for Compact funding, significant progress on threshold program implementation is a prerequisite for Compact signing

## Threshold Countries

_**Africa**_
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Sấo Tomé and Principe
- Burkina Faso*
- Tanzania*
- Niger
- Rwanda

_**Latin America**_
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru

_**Eurasia**_
- Albania
- Indonesia
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Jordan*
- Moldova*
- Philippines
- Ukraine*
- East Timor*
- Yemen**

- *Burkina Faso, Tanzania, East Timor also became eligible for Compact funding in FY2006,
- and Jordan, Ukraine and Moldova in FY2007
- ** Yemen was suspended from the threshold program in FY2006

## Overview: MCC Africa Engagement

**Engaged with 20 countries:**
**Compact**:	Cape Verde, Madagascar, Benin, Ghana, Mali
**Eligible**:	Burkina Faso*, Lesotho, Morocco, 	       					Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Tanzania*
**Threshold**: 	Kenya, Malawi, Sao Tome and Principe, Uganda, Zambia, Niger, Rwanda
**Over $1.5 billion approved:**
**	****  ****COMPACTS****	****	****	****THRESHOLD PROGRAMS**
- Cape Verde -- $110 million		Malawi -- $20.92 million
- Madagascar -- $109.8 million 	Burkina Faso -- $12.9 million
- Benin -- $307.3 million		Tanzania -- $11.15 million
- Ghana -- $547 million		Zambia -- $22.74 million
- Mali -- $461 million
- *  Current eligible countries with active threshold programs

## Compact Countries in Africa

**	****Madagascar**:
- First MCC Compact, signed April 2005; $109.8 million, 4-year program includes Reforms in Land Tenure and Financial Sector, and Agribusiness Services.  Collaborating with World Bank on National Land Reform Program
- 	  **Cape Verde**:
- $110 million, 5-year Compact signed July 2005.  Focus on watershed management/agriculture development, infrastructure (roads, bridges, port development), private sector development.  Partnered with the World Bank on roads and bridges aspects and the IFC’s PEP Africa on private sector development
- 	  **Benin**:
- $307.3 million Compact signed in March 2006. Includes port infrastructure and management reform, financial and business services modernization, and justice system and land tenure reform to enhance enterprise development and economic activity

## Compact Countries in Africa, cont.

**Ghana:**
- $547 million Compact signed August 2006 is to improve productivity and commercial performance of agriculture, which employs over 60% of Ghana’s labor force, upgrade road and ferry transportation to support agriculture and social services, and to improve education, water and sanitation, power and other services in rural areas
-      **Mali:**
- $460.8 million Compact signed November 2006 is to expand and modernize irrigated agriculture and related policies, as well as improve the international airport and develop nearby a platform for industrial activity, including agro-processing

## African Threshold Program/Eligible Countries

- 	**Burkina Faso**:
- Currently, a $12.9 million threshold program funded by MCC focuses on improving Girls’ Education, including by constructing new classrooms and raising awareness of the issue
- 	**Tanzania**:
- Tanzania’s $11.15 million threshold program focuses on Controlling Corruption by improving public procurement, establishing a Financial Intelligence Unit, building monitoring capacity in the non-governmental sector and strengthening the rule of law
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## African Threshold Program Countries

- 	**Malawi**:
- Malawi has a $20.92 million threshold program
- Focuses on Controlling Corruption; strengthens legislative and judicial branches and independent media coverage, builds the capacity of lead agencies, and enhances the role and work of civil society organizations
- 	**Zambia**:
- Zambia has a $22.74 million threshold program
- Program will fight corruption and improve government effectiveness. Its three-pronged strategy focuses on preventing corruption in targeted government institutions, improving public service delivery to the private sector, and improving border management of trade

## Overview: MCC Western Hemisphere Engagement

- Engaged with 7 countries
- Currently, 4 programs approved for over $875 million:
- 		_**Compact**_**	****	****	**_**Threshold**_
- Honduras  --  $215 million 	  Paraguay -- $34.65 million
- Nicaragua  --  $175 million
- El Salvador -- $460.94	 million
- Currently Compact Eligible:	 	Threshold Eligible:
- 	 Bolivia				 Guyana
- 	  					 Peru

## Western Hemisphere Compact Countries

**Honduras:**
- MCC’s second Compact, signed in June 2005; $215 million over 5 years
- Focus on upgrading critical Northern highway (including road management), farm-to-market roads,  agricultural productivity, access to credit and know-how
- Impact will be higher incomes, lower transportation costs and enhanced capacity to trade locally, regionally and globally.  Complements CAFTA
**Nicaragua:**
- MCC’s third Compact, signed in July 2005; $175 million over 5 years
- Program to strengthen property rights in the north, upgrade key roads, institutionalize road maintenance, improve farm and forestry water supply, and enhance rural farm, enterprise and agribusiness development
- Impacts include higher profits/wages, lower transportation costs, more business start-ups and successes, and better capacity to trade.  Complements CAFTA
**El Salvador:**
- Signed in November 2006; $460.94 million over 5 years
- Program will provide education and training and basic services to communities in the north, improve transportation infrastructure, and enhance rural agricultural productivity
- Impacts include enhancing the livelihood and welfare of hundreds of thousands of poor Salvadorans through improved and lower cost power, water, transport and financial services. Complements CAFTA

## Western Hemisphere Threshold Program Country

- 	**Paraguay**:
- Paraguay has a $34.65 million threshold program
- The program aims to reduce corruption, lower tax compliance and cumbersome business registration procedures

## Overview: MCC Eurasia Engagement

**Engaged with 13 countries****
**Over $700 million approved:**
- 		_**Compact**_**	****	****        ****	**_**Threshold**_
- Georgia -- $295.3 million		Albania -- $13.85 million
- Armenia -- $235.65 million 	Philippines -- $20.69 million
- Vanuatu -- $65.69 million  	Ukraine -- $44.97 million
- 					Jordan --  $25 million
- 					Indonesia -- $55 million
- 					Moldova -- $24.7 million
**Currently Eligible:**
- 	_**Compact**_**	****	****        ****	**_**Threshold**_
- 	Mongolia			 Kyrgyz Republic
-       Sri Lanka
- 	East Timor  			 					   Jordan*
- 	Ukraine*
- 	Moldova*
- *  Ukraine, Jordan and Moldova are Compact-eligible for FY2007, and have active threshold programs
- **Yemen is currently suspended

## Eurasia Compact Countries

- 	**Georgia**:
- $295.3 million, 5-year Compact signed in September 2005
- Focus on regional infrastructure (roads, gas pipeline, agricultural productivity, municipal services, enterprise development) to unlock growth
- 	**Armenia**:
- $235.65 million, 5-year Compact signed in March 2006
- Focus on rural road rehabilitation and irrigated agriculture to raise agricultural productivity and reduce rural poverty** **
**Vanuatu:**
- $65.69 million, 5-year Compact signed in March of 2006
- Focus on civil works reconstruction of roads, wharfs, an airstrip, and warehouses on eight islands, and support with program administration

## Eurasia Threshold Programs

- 	  **Albania**:
- Albania has a $13.85 million threshold program
- Aims to enhance performance on Ruling Justly and Economic Freedom via improvements in tax administration, public procurement and business registration
**Ukraine: **
- In December 2006, a two-year, $44.97 million threshold program aimed at reducing corruption was signed with the Government of the Ukraine
- Program will strengthen civil society monitoring and exposure of corruption, promote judicial reform, improve government ethics and administrative standards and relevant regulations, as well as root out corruption in higher education admissions
**Philippines:**
- In July 2006, the Government of the Philippines signed a 2-year, $20.69 million threshold program funded by MCC
- Program to fight corruption by strengthening Office of the Ombudsman, which prosecutes senior officials, and revenue and customs procedures in the Department of Finance

## Eurasia Threshold Programs, Cont. 

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**	****Jordan: **
- In October 2006, $25 million threshold program signed
- Program will strengthen local democratic governance capacity and modernize customs services
**Indonesia:**
- In November 2006, a $55 million threshold program was signed with the Government of Indonesia
- Program will substantially improve immunization rates for key childhood diseases and improve health
- Program will advance Indonesia’s battle against corruption through judicial reform and strengthening the Corruption Eradication Commission and Financial Transactions Report and Analysis Center
**Moldova:**
- In December 2006, the MCC signed a $24.7 million threshold agreement with the Government of Moldova
- Program will underpin anti-corruption efforts involving the judiciary, the health care system, the main anti-corruption Center, and the tax, customs and police agencies

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## MCC Web Site Information

- At _[www.mcc.gov](http://www.mcc.gov/)_ you can find useful information, e.g.:
- The full country guidance package, including MCC points of Contact, at “Countries” link
- Candidate country indicator ranking sheets
- MCC background, press releases, fact sheets
- MCC partner country pages, including links to government web sites and key contacts
- Compact and Threshold program documents
- If you need help finding information on the website, either e-mail an inquiry via the web site, at “Contact us,” or call MCC at 202-521-3600