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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 22–06] 

Notice of Entering Into a Compact With 

the Government of Lesotho 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

provisions of the Millennium Challenge 

Act of 2003, as amended, the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

(MCC) is publishing a summary of the 

Millennium Challenge Compact 

(Compact) between the United States of 

America, acting through MCC, and the 

Kingdom of Lesotho (Lesotho), acting 

through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

and International Relations. 

Representatives of MCC and Lesotho 

signed the Compact on May 12, 2022. 

The complete text of the Compact has 

been posted at: https://assets.mcc.gov/ 

content/uploads/compact-lesothohealth-and-horticulture.pdf. 

(Authority: 22 U.S.C. 7709 (b)(3)) 

Dated: May 16, 2022. 

Thomas G. Hohenthaner, 

Acting VP/General Counsel and Corporate 

Secretary. 

Summary of Lesotho Compact 

Overview of MCC Lesotho Compact 

MCC’s five-year Compact with the 

Kingdom of Lesotho in the amount of 

$300 million aims to reduce poverty 

through economic growth, targeting key 

binding constraints in the health, 

finance, and agriculture sectors. The 

compact will address these constraints 

through four key projects that seek to 

grow, strengthen, and organize the 

private sector in Lesotho by improving 

health outcomes for a healthy 

workforce, investing in the horticulture 

sector, and supporting the creation and 

viability of private businesses 

unconnected to existing patronage 

systems. MCC expects that providing 

infrastructure and capacity building in a 

specific sector, promoting business 

development, and ensuring access to 

healthcare will contribute to broader, 

longer-term efforts to support private 

sector growth to create a constituency 

that demands more effective and 

efficient governance. The Government 

of Lesotho will also contribute 

approximately $22 million to support 

the compact program. 

Project Summaries 

The compact is comprised of four 

projects: 

(1) The Health Systems Strengthening 

Project aims to improve the delivery of 

health services and management of the 

primary health care system in Lesotho 

resulting in improved health outcomes 

and reduced treatment costs. The 

project includes three activities: 

• Primary Health Care Service 

Provision Activity—This activity will 

support the Ministry of Health to 

improve primary healthcare services 

from ministry-level management to 

clinic-level standards of care. 

• District Health Management Team 

Reform Activity—This activity will 

expand health financial systems and 

management capacity to the district 

level. 

• Digital Health Services Activity— 

This activity will work with the 

Ministry of Health and other 

stakeholders to ensure that health data 

systems are interoperable and protect 

sensitive personal information. 

(2) The Market Driven Irrigated 

Horticulture Project aims to: Increase 

rural incomes related to commercial 

horticulture, including for women, 

youth, and the rural poor, and establish 

a sustainable and inclusive model of 

irrigation, water resource, and land 

management. The project’s 

implementation is contingent upon the 

identification of one or more 

commercial anchor farmers who will 

collaborate with local smallholder 

famers to improve and sustain best 

practices in horticulture and to provide 

a financially viable path for all project 

stakeholders to remain active in 

horticulture production after the end of 

the compact. The project is composed of 

three activities: 

• Institutional Reform Activity—This 

activity will work directly with 

Government of Lesotho partners to 

ensure that irrigation has strong legal 

and policy frameworks to support the 

growth of equitable and sustainable 

irrigation throughout the country. 

• Irrigated Horticulture Support 

Services Activity—This activity will 

help participants overcome the 

obstacles to sustaining irrigation 

schemes by providing relevant technical 

assistance and attracting experienced 

commercial farmers in the form of an 

anchor farmer or joint venture 

partnership to help leverage smallholder 

efforts and sustain the infrastructure 

investment. 

• Irrigation Infrastructure 

Development Activity—This activity 

includes the development of up to 2,000 

hectares of irrigated land at several sites 

still under study. Further feasibility and 

design work to be conducted prior to 

entry into force of the compact will 

refine the size and location of the 

irrigation perimeters and identify 

measures for environmental and social 

sustainability. Commercial farmer 

investments are necessary to ensure 

economic justification and 

sustainability of the investment. 

(3) The Business Environment and 

Technical Assistance Project aims to 

stimulate an increase in firm-level 

profits and formal employment from a 

pipeline of supported firms, including 

for micro, small, and medium 

enterprises owned by women and youth 

and in rural areas. These businesses will 

participate in the Public-Private 

Dialogue, which results in provision of 

critical services to improve the business 

enabling environment. This project is 

organized into three activities: 

• Pipeline Development Activity— 

This activity will identify, build and 

connect existing and new high-growth 

potential firms to direct technical 

assistance and business development 

services to support increased firm level 

profits and business maturation. This 

activity will provide grants to select 

women- and youth-owned businesses to 

purchase equipment and goods to 

facilitate business plan implementation. 

• Business Ecosystem Strengthening 

Activity—This activity strengthens the 

Public-Private Dialogue mechanism to 

increase private sector participation in 

policy decisions and improve delivery 

of critical services to improve the 

business environment. 

• Financial Ecosystem Strengthening 

Activity—This activity will increase 

financing options for micro, small, and 

medium enterprises and large firms by 

structuring financing vehicles that 

address access to credit issues for firms 

and building the capacity of financial 

sector actors to develop and deliver 

innovative financial products. 

(4) The compact program also 

includes a $3 million allocation for the 

American Catalyst Facility for 

Development (ACFD) Project. The 

purpose of this funding is to support 

blended finance transactions that will 

catalyze private investment into 

Lesotho. MCC and the U.S. International 

Development Finance Corporation have 

discussed potential investments 

including a small and medium 

enterprise working and growth capital 

fund, agriculture sector investments, 

and projects in the health sector. 

Compact Budget 

The table below presents the compact 

budget and sets forth both the MCC 

funding allocation by compact 

components and the Government of 

Lesotho’s expected contribution toward 

the objectives of the compact. 


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LESOTHO COMPACT TOTAL BUDGET

Component Total funds 

Health Systems Strengthening Project ................................................................................................................................................ $75,405,000 

Activity 1: Primary Health Care Service Provision ....................................................................................................................... 30,338,000 

Activity 2: District Health Management Team Reform ................................................................................................................. 22,541,000 

Activity 3: Digital Health ............................................................................................................................................................... 22,526,000 

Market-Driven Irrigated Horticulture Project ........................................................................................................................................ 118,622,000 

Activity 1: Institutional Reform ...................................................................................................................................................... 22,200,000 

Activity 2: Irrigated Horticulture Support Services ....................................................................................................................... 29,110,000 

Activity 3: Irrigation Infrastructure Development .......................................................................................................................... 67,312,000 

Business Environment and Technical Assistance Project .................................................................................................................. 62,000,000 

Activity 1: Pipeline Development .................................................................................................................................................. 29,000,000 

Activity 2: Strengthening the Business Ecosystem ...................................................................................................................... 20,000,000 

Activity 3: Financial Ecosystem Strengthening ............................................................................................................................ 13,000,000 

American Catalyst Facility for Development Project ........................................................................................................................... 3,000,000 

Activity 1: American Catalyst Facility for Development ............................................................................................................... 3,000,000 

Monitoring and Evaluation ................................................................................................................................................................... 3,000,000 

Activity 1: Monitoring and Evaluation ........................................................................................................................................... 3,000,000 

Program Administration ....................................................................................................................................................................... 37,973,000 

Activity 1: MCA-Lesotho II Administration .................................................................................................................................... 25,953,000 

Activity 2: Fiscal Agent ................................................................................................................................................................. 5,700,000 

Activity 3: Procurement Agent ...................................................................................................................................................... 5,700,000 

Activity 4: Audits ........................................................................................................................................................................... 620,000 

Total Compact Investment .................................................................................................................................................... 322,273,000 

MCC Funding ................................................................................................................................................................. 300,000,000 

Government of Lesotho Contribution ............................................................................................................................. 22,273,000 

[FR Doc. 2022–10812 Filed 5–19–22; 8:45 am] 

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