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(B) Promote private sector growth and 

the sustainable management of natural 

resources; Indicators—Inflation, Days to 

Start a Business, Cost of Starting a 

Business, Fiscal Policy, and Regulatory 

Quality 

(C) Strengthen market forces in the 

economy; and Indicators—Fiscal Policy, 

Inflation, and Regulatory Quality 

(D) Respect worker rights, including 

the right to form labor unions. 

Indicators—Civil Liberties 

Where necessary the Board will also 

draw on supplemental data and 

qualitative information including the 

State Department’s Human Rights 

Report, access to sanitation, 

deforestation, conservation of land and 

marine resources, land tenure 

institutions, and protection of 

threatened and endangered species. 

Section 607(b)(3): Investments in the 

people of such country, particularly 

women and children, including 

programs that—

(A) Promote broad-based primary 

education; and 

Indicators—Girls’ Primary Education 

Completion Rate and Public Spending 

on Primary Education. 

(B) Strengthen and build capacity to 

provide quality public health and 

reduce child mortality. Indicators—

Immunization and Public Spending on 

Health. 

Annex A: Indicator Definitions 

The following 16 indicators will be 

used to measure candidate countries’

adherence to the criteria found in 

Section 607(b) of the Act. The indicators 

are intended to assess the degree to 

which the political and economic 

conditions in a country serve to promote 

broad-based sustainable economic 

growth and thus provide a sound 

environment for the use of MCA funds. 

The indicators are not goals in 

themselves; rather, they measure 

policies that are necessary conditions 

for a country to achieve broad-based 

sustainable economic growth. The 

indicators were selected based on their 

relationship to growth and poverty 

reduction, the number of countries they 

cover, their transparency and 

availability, and their relative 

soundness and objectivity. Where 

possible, the indicators rely on indices 

of performance developed by 

independent sources. 

Ruling Justly 

(1) Civil Liberties: A panel of 

independent experts rates countries on: 

freedom of expression, association and 

organizational rights, rule of law and 

human rights, and personal autonomy 

and economic rights. Source: Freedom 

House. 

(2) Political Rights: A panel of 

independent experts rates countries on: 

the prevalence of free and fair elections 

of officials with real power; the ability 

of citizens to form political parties that 

may compete fairly in elections; 

freedom from domination by the 

military, foreign powers, totalitarian 

parties, religious hierarchies and 

economic oligarchies; and the political 

rights of minority groups. Source: 

Freedom House. 

(3) Voice and Accountability: An 

index of surveys that rates countries on: 

ability of institutions to protect civil 

liberties, the extent to which citizens of 

a country are able to participate in the 

selection of governments, and the 

independence of the media. Source: 

World Bank Institute. 

(4) Government Effectiveness: An 

index of surveys that rates countries on: 

The quality of public service provision, 

civil services’ competency and 

independence from political pressures, 

and the government’s ability to plan and 

implement sound policies. Source: 

World Bank Institute. 

(5) Rule of Law: An index of surveys 

that rates countries on: the extent to 

which the public has confidence in and 

abides by rules of society; incidence of 

violent and non-violent crime; 

effectiveness and predictability of the 

judiciary; and the enforceability of 

contracts. Source: World Bank Institute. 

(6) Control of Corruption: An index of 

surveys that rates countries on: The 

frequency of ‘‘additional payments to 

get things done,’’ the effects of 

corruption on the business 

environment, ‘‘grand corruption’’ in the 

political arena and the tendency of 

elites to engage in ‘‘state capture.’’

Source: World Bank Institute. 

Encouraging Economic Freedom 

(1) Cost of Starting a Business: The 

Private Sector Advisory Service of the 

World Bank Group works with local 

lawyers and other professionals to 

examine specific regulations that impact 

business investment. One of their 

studies measures the cost of starting a 

new business as a percentage of per 

capita income. Source: World Bank 

Group. 

(2) Inflation: The most recent 12 

month change in consumer prices as 

reported in the IMF’s International 

Financial Statistics or in another public 

forum by the relevant national monetary 

authorities. Source: Multiple. 

(3) Fiscal Policy: The overall budget 

deficit divided by GDP, averaged over a 

three-year period. The data for this 

measure is being provided directly by 

the recipient government and will be 

cross checked with other sources and 

made publicly available to try to ensure 

consistency across countries. Source: 

National Governments and IMF WEO. 

(4) Days to Start a Business: The 

Private Sector Advisory Service of the 

World Bank Group works with local 

lawyers and other professionals to 

examine specific regulations that impact 

business investment. One of their 

studies measures how many days it 

takes to open a new business. Source: 

World Bank Group. 

(5) Trade Policy: A measure of a 

country’s openness to international 

trade based on average tariff rates and 

non-tariff barriers to trade. Source: The 

Heritage Foundation’s Index of 

Economic Freedom. 

(6) Regulatory Quality Rating: An 

index of surveys that rates countries on: 

the burden of regulations on business, 

price controls, the government’s role in 

the economy, foreign investment 

regulation and many other areas. 

Source: World Bank Institute. 

Investing in People 

(1) Public Expenditure on Health: 

Total expenditures by government at all 

levels on health divided by GDP. 

Source: National Governments. 

(2) Immunization: The average of 

DPT3 and measles immunization rates 

for the most recent year available. 

Source: The World Health Organization 

WHO. 

(3) Total Public Expenditure on 

Primary Education: Total expenditures 

by government at all levels of primary 

education divided by GDP. Source: 

National Governments. 

(4) Girls’ Primary Completion Rate: 

The number of female students 

completing primary education divided 

by the population in the relevant age 

cohort. Source: World Bank and 

UNESCO. 

Dated: September 2, 2005. 

Jon A. Dyck, 

Vice President & General Counsel, 

Millennium Challenge Corporation. 

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SUMMARY: The NRC has recently 

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USEC Inc.’s Proposed American 

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of Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement 

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ACTION: Notice of availability of Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) 

for the USEC Inc. (USEC) license 

application, dated August 23, 2004, for 

the possession and use of source, 

byproduct and special nuclear materials 

at its proposed American Centrifuge 

Plant (ACP) located near Piketon, Ohio. 

The DEIS is being issued as part of the 

NRC’s decision-making process on 

whether to issue a license to USEC, 

pursuant to Title 10 of the U.S. Code of 

Federal Regulations Parts 30, 40, and 70. 

The scope of activities conducted under 

the license would include the 

construction, operation, and 

decommissioning of the ACP. 

Specifically, USEC proposes to use gas 

centrifuge technology to enrich the 

uranium-235 isotope found in natural 

uranium up to 10-weight percent. The 

enriched uranium would be used to