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Dated: August 30, 2007. 

Thomas J. Ferranti, 

Associate Regional Director, Administration, 

Alaska Region. 

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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 07–11] 

Report on the Selection of Eligible 

Countries for Fiscal Year 2008 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This report to Congress is 

provided in accordance with Section 

608(b) of the Millennium Challenge Act 

of 2003, 22 U.S.C.A. 7701, 7707(b) (the 

‘‘Act’’). 

Dated: September 21 2007. 

Henry Pitney, 

(Acting) Vice President & General Counsel, 

Millennium Challenge Corporation. 

Report on the Selection of Eligible 

Countries for Fiscal Year 2008 

Summary 

This report to Congress is provided in 

accordance with section 608(b) of the 

Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, 22 

U.S.C.A. 7701, 7707(b) (the ‘‘Act’’). 

The Act authorizes the provision of 

Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) 

assistance to countries that enter into 

Compacts with the United States to 

support policies and programs that 

advance the prospects of such countries 

achieving lasting economic growth and 

poverty reduction. The Act requires the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation 

(MCC) to take a number of steps in 

determining the countries that, based on 

their demonstrated commitment to just 

and democratic governance, economic 

freedom and investing in their people 

and the opportunity to reduce poverty 

and generate economic growth in the 

country, will be eligible for MCA 

assistance during Fiscal Year 2008 

(FY08). These steps include the 

submission of reports to the 

congressional committees specified in 

the Act and the publication of Notices 

in the Federal Register that identify: 

1. The countries that are ‘‘candidate 

countries’’ for MCA assistance during 

FY08 based on their per-capita income 

levels and their eligibility to receive 

assistance under U.S. law, and countries 

that would be candidate countries but 

for specified legal prohibitions on 

assistance (section 608(a) of the Act); 

2. The criteria and methodology that 

the Board of Directors of MCC (the 

‘‘Board’’) will use to measure and 

evaluate the relative policy performance 

of the candidate countries consistent 

with the requirements of section 607 of 

the Act in order to select ‘‘MCA eligible 

countries’’ from among the ‘‘candidate 

countries’’ (section 608(b) of the Act); 

and 

3. The list of countries determined by 

the Board to be ‘‘MCA eligible 

countries’’ for FY08, with justification 

for eligibility determination and 

selection for compact negotiation, 

including which of the MCA eligible 

countries the Board will seek to enter 

into MCA compacts (section 608(d) of 

the Act). 

This report sets out the criteria and 

methodology to be applied in 

determining eligibility for FY08 MCA 

assistance. 

Changes to the Criteria and 

Methodology for FY08 

MCC reviews all of its indicators 

annually to ensure the best measures are 

being used and, from time to time, 

recommends changes or refinements if 

MCC identifies better indicators or 

improved sources of data. MCC takes 

into account public comments received 

on the previous year’s criteria and 

methodology and consults with a broad 

range of experts in the development 

community and within the U.S. 

Government. In assessing new 

indicators, MCC favors those that: (1) 

Are developed by an independent third 

party; (2) utilize objective and high 

quality data that rely upon an 

analytically rigorous methodology; (3) 

are publicly available; (4) have broad 

country coverage; (5) are comparable 

across countries; (6) have a clear 

theoretical or empirical link to 

economic growth and poverty 

reduction; (7) are policy linked (i.e., 

measure factors that governments can 

influence within a two to three year 

horizon); and (8) have broad consistency 

in results from year to year. There have 

been numerous noteworthy 

improvements to data quality and 

availability as a result of MCC’s 

application of the indicators and the 

regular dialogue MCC has established 

with the indicator institutions. While 

improvements to the selection criteria 

are critical, MCC is also mindful of the 

need to provide countries with a fairly 

stable set of policy criteria to meet, if 

MCC is to create significant incentives 

for reform. This factor is also taken into 

account when MCC is considering 

indicator changes. 

Considering these factors and the 

input on the indicators during the FY07 

public comment period, MCC has 

conducted extensive research and 

consultations with experts and relevant 

stakeholders in the development 

community. That input has been taken 

into account in creating the criteria and 

methodology for the selection of 

compact eligible countries for FY08. 

1. Natural Resource Management 

Indicators 

MCC is incorporating two measures—

a Natural Resource Management index 

and a Land Rights and Access index—

into the FY08 selection criteria and 

MCC Scorecard. In FY07, MCC 

concluded a public search for indicators 

to address MCC’s congressional 

mandate of measuring ‘‘a country’s 

economic policies that promote 

sustainable management of natural 

resources.’’ MCC’s Board of Directors 

approved these indicators as 

supplemental information for the FY07 

selection process and, for later 

consideration as part of the formal 

selection criteria in FY08. This gradual 

integration of the Natural Resource 

Management and Land Rights and 

Access indicators into the formal 

eligibility criteria was designed to 

provide adequate notice to compact, 

threshold and candidate countries of the 

new measures and their performance 

before the new indicators were formally 

adopted. Over the course of the last 

year, MCC brought the new indicators—

and any relevant performance issues—

to the attention of candidate, threshold 

and compact countries. MCC also 

conducted extensive consultation on the 

appropriate placement of the indicators 

into the respective policy categories 

contained on the MCC Scorecard. A 

brief summary of the indicators follows; 

a detailed rationale for the adoption of 

these indicators can be found in the 

FY07 Selection Criteria and 

Methodology Report. 

Natural Resource Management Index 

The Natural Resource Management 

Index has four sub-component 

indicators and is jointly produced by 

the Center for International Earth 

Science Information Network (CIESIN) 

and the Yale Center for Environmental 

Law and Policy (YCLEP). 

• Eco-Region Protection: Produced by 

CIESIN, this component assesses 

whether countries are protecting at least 

10 percent of all their biomes (e.g., 

deserts, tropical rainforests, grasslands, 

savannas and tundra). It is designed to 

capture the comprehensiveness of a 

government’s commitment to habitat 

preservation and biodiversity 

protection. The World Wildlife Fund 

provides the underlying biome data, and 

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the United Nations Environment 

Program World Conservation 

Monitoring Center—in partnership with 

the IUCN World Commission on 

Protected Areas and the World Database 

on Protected Areas Consortium—

provides the underlying data on 

protected areas. 

• Access to Improved Water: 

Produced by the World Health 

Organization (WHO) and the United 

Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), this 

component measures the percentage of 

the population with access to at least 20 

liters of water per person per day from 

an ‘‘improved’’ source (household 

connections, public standpipes, 

boreholes, protected dug wells, 

protected springs and rainwater 

collection) within one kilometer of the 

user’s dwelling. 

• Access to Improved Sanitation: 

Produced by the WHO and UNICEF, this 

component measures the percentage of 

the population with access to facilities 

that hygienically separate human 

excreta from human, animal and insect 

contact. Such facilities include sewers 

or septic tanks, poor-flush latrines and 

simple pit or ventilated improved pit 

latrines, provided that they are not 

public. 

• Child Mortality (Ages 1–4): 

Produced by the Population Division of 

the United Nations Department of 

Economic and Social Affairs, this 

indicator measures the probability of a 

child dying between the ages of 1 and 

4. Since the underlying causes of child 

mortality among 1–4 year olds are 

predominantly environmental, this 

indicator is considered to be an 

excellent proxy for environmental 

conditions. 

Land Rights and Access Index 

The Land Rights and Access Index 

includes three indicators: 

• Access to Land: Produced by the 

International Fund for Agricultural 

Development (IFAD), this indicator 

assesses the extent to which the 

institutional, legal and market 

framework provides secure land tenure 

and equitable access to land in rural 

areas. It is made up of five 

subcomponents: (1) The extent to which 

the law guarantees secure tenure for 

land rights of the poor; (2) the extent to 

which the law guarantees secure land 

rights for women and other vulnerable 

groups; (3) the extent to which land is 

titled and registered; (4) the functioning 

of land markets; and (5) the extent to 

which government policies contribute to 

the sustainable management of common 

property resources. 

• Days to Register Property: Produced 

by the International Finance 

Corporation (IFC), this component 

measures how long it takes to register 

property in the capital city. The IFC 

records the full amount of time 

necessary when a business purchases 

land and a building, and to transfer the 

property title from the seller to the 

buyer so that the buyer can use the title 

for expanding business, as collateral in 

taking new loans, or, if necessary, to sell 

to another business. 

• Cost of Registering Property: 

Produced by the IFC, this component 

measures the cost to register property as 

a percentage of the value of the property 

in the capital city. The IFC records all 

of the costs that are incurred when a 

business purchases land and a building 

to transfer the property title from the 

seller to the buyer, so that the buyer can 

use it for expanding his business, as 

collateral in taking new loans, or, if 

necessary, to sell it to another business. 

Placement of the Natural Resource 

Management Indicators 

Reflecting extensive public 

consultations about the placement of 

these indicators, MCC will place the 

Natural Resource Management index in 

the Investing in People category and the 

Land Rights and Access index in the 

Economic Freedom category. Investing 

in People means, among other things, 

investing in the assets required for a 

sustainable livelihood. The Natural 

Resource Management index measures 

whether governments are investing their 

resources in ways that will enable poor 

people, particularly poor women and 

children, to live healthy and productive 

lives. Land is also a crucial asset and a 

social safety net that poor people rely on 

to improve their well-being; however, 

the Land Rights and Access index also 

clearly captures a government’s 

commitment to secure property rights 

and sound economic policy, which will 

strengthen the Economic Freedom 

category. 

2. Combining the Time and Cost of 

Starting a Business Into a Single Index 

MCC will combine two existing 

International Finance Corporation (IFC) 

indicators—Days to Start a Business and 

Costs to Start a Business—with equal 

weight into one index called Business 

Start-Up. The creation of a single 

Business Start-Up index, in conjunction 

with the addition of the Land Rights and 

Access index to the Economic Freedom 

category, will strengthen the Economic 

Freedom category and enhance MCC’s 

ability to better measure countries’

overall economic policies. 

Business Start-Up Index 

The Business Start-Up index is made 

up of two indicators produced by the 

IFC: 

• Days to Start a Business: This 

component measures the number of 

calendar days it takes to comply with all 

procedures that are officially required 

for an entrepreneur to start up and 

formally operate an industrial or 

commercial business. These include 

obtaining all necessary licenses and 

permits and completing any required 

notifications, verifications or 

inscriptions for the company and 

employees with relevant authorities. 

• Cost of Starting a Business: This 

component measures the cost of starting 

a business as a percentage of country’s 

per capita income. The IFC records all 

procedures that are officially required 

for an entrepreneur to start up and 

formally operate an industrial or 

commercial business. These include 

obtaining all necessary licenses and 

permits and completing any required 

notifications, verifications or 

inscriptions for the company and 

employees with relevant authorities. 

Potential Future Changes 

In addition to the changes identified 

in this Report, MCC will explore 

potential changes to the indicators for 

future years. MCC will continue to 

explore potential measures of 

educational quality for inclusion in the 

Investing in People category in future 

fiscal years. 

In FY07, MCC pursued an intensive 

research and consultation agenda to 

explore the possibility of adding a new 

education indicator to the Investing in 

People category. However, MCC was 

unable to identify an indicator that 

would significantly strengthen the 

selection criteria in FY08. Over the last 

fifteen years, much attention has been 

focused on enrolling and keeping more 

children in school, but not necessarily 

on enhancing the quality of education. 

With the support of the World Bank, 

USAID, UNESCO and others, efforts are 

currently underway to develop crosscountry measures of the quality of 

education and learning outcomes. 

However, these efforts are still in a 

nascent stage and there are currently no 

education quality indicators that are 

viable for MCC purposes at this time. 

MCC will continue to monitor and 

support these efforts, with an eye 

towards adopting a measure of 

education quality in a future fiscal year. 

Criteria and Methodology 

The Board will select eligible 

countries based on the following, among 

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other factors: (1) Their overall 

performance in relation to their peers in 

three broad policy categories—Ruling 

Justly, Encouraging Economic Freedom 

and Investing in People; (2) the 

opportunity to reduce poverty and 

generate economic growth. Section 607 

of the Act requires that the Board’s 

determination of eligibility be based ‘‘to 

the maximum extent possible, upon 

objective and quantifiable indicators of 

a country’s demonstrated commitment’’

to the criteria set out in the Act. For 

FY08, there will be two groups of 

candidate countries—low-income 

countries and lower middle-income 

countries. Low-income candidate 

countries refer to those countries that 

have a per capita income equal to or less 

than $1,735 and are not ineligible to 

receive United States economic 

assistance under part I of the Foreign 

Assistance Act of 1961 by reason of the 

application of any provision of the 

Foreign Assistance Act or any other 

provision of law. Lower middle-income 

candidate countries are those that have 

a per capita income between $1,736 and 

$3,595 and are not ineligible to receive 

United States economic assistance. 

The Board will make use of seventeen 

indicators to assess policy performance 

of individual countries (specific 

definitions of the indicators and their 

sources are set out in Annex A). These 

indicators are grouped for purposes of 

the FY08 assessment methodology 

under the three policy categories listed 

below. 

Ruling justly Encouraging economic freedom Investing in people 

Civil Liberties ...................................................... Inflation .............................................................. Public Expenditure on Health. 

Political Rights .................................................... Fiscal Policy ....................................................... Public Expenditure on Primary Education. 

Voice and Accountability .................................... Business Start-Up .............................................. Immunization Rates (DPT3 and Measles). 

Government Effectiveness ................................. Trade Policy ....................................................... Girls’ Primary Education Completion. 

Rule of Law ........................................................ Regulatory Quality ............................................. Natural Resoure Management. 

Control of Corruption .......................................... Land Rights and Access.

In making its determination of 

eligibility with respect to a particular 

candidate country, the Board will 

consider whether a country performs 

above the median in relation to its peers 

on at least half of the indicators in the 

Ruling Justly and Economic Freedom 

categories, above the median on at least 

three of the five indicators in the 

Investing in People category, and above 

the median on the Control of Corruption 

indicator. One exception to this 

methodology is that the median is not 

used for the Inflation indicator. Instead, 

to pass the Inflation indicator a 

country’s inflation rate needs to be 

under a fixed ceiling of 15 percent. The 

Board will also take into consideration 

whether a country performs 

substantially below the median on any 

indicator (i.e. in the bottom 25th 

percentile) and has not taken 

appropriate measures to address this 

shortcoming. The indicator 

methodology will be the predominant 

basis for determining which countries 

will be eligible for MCA assistance. In 

addition, the Board may exercise 

discretion in evaluating performance on 

the indicators and determining a final 

list of eligible countries. 

Where necessary, the Board may also 

take into account other quantitative and 

qualitative information (‘‘supplemental 

information’’) to determine whether a 

country performed satisfactorily in 

relation to its peers in a given category. 

There are elements of the criteria set out 

in the Act for which there is either 

limited quantitative information (e.g., 

rights of people with disabilities) or no 

well-developed performance indicator. 

Until such data and/or indicators are 

developed, the Board may rely on 

additional data and qualitative 

information to assess policy 

performance. The Board may also 

consider whether any adjustments 

should be made for data gaps, lags, 

trends or other weaknesses in particular 

indicators. For example, the State 

Department Human Rights report 

contains qualitative information to make 

an assessment on a variety of criteria 

outlined by Congress, such as the rights 

of people with disabilities, the treatment 

of women and children, worker rights 

and human rights. Similarly, as 

additional information in the area of 

corruption, the Board may consider how 

a country scores on Transparency 

International’s Corruption Perceptions 

Index and the Global Integrity Index, as 

well as on the defined indicator. 

Compact eligible partners are 

accountable for maintaining and 

improving policy performance. MCC 

recognizes and expects that partner 

countries may not meet the formal 

eligibility criteria from time to time due 

to a number of common factors, such as 

changes in the peer-group median; 

graduation into a new income category 

(e.g., from low income to lower middle 

income); numerical declines that are 

within the margin of error; slight 

declines in policy performance; 

revisions or corrections of data; the 

introduction of new sub-data sources; or 

changes in the indicators used to 

measure performance. MCC may 

suspend or terminate eligibility for a 

substantial decline in performance 

which is characterized by a pattern of 

events, or a single egregious event, that 

signal a significant policy reversal 

inconsistent with MCC’s selection 

criteria. When making a decision to 

suspend or terminate eligibility, MCC 

will also consider the extent to which 

country partners are taking action to 

reverse significant declines in 

performance. 

As provided in the Act, following the 

determination of eligible countries, the 

Chief Executive Officer’s report to 

Congress will set out the list of eligible 

countries, identify which of those 

countries the MCC will seek to enter 

into Compact negotiations, and include 

a justification for such eligibility 

determinations and selections for 

Compact negotiation. 

Relationship to Legislative Criteria 

Within each policy category, the Act 

sets out a number of specific selection 

criteria. As indicated above, a set of 

objective and quantifiable policy 

indicators is being used to establish 

eligibility for MCA assistance and 

measure the relative performance by 

candidate countries against these 

criteria. The Board’s approach to 

determining eligibility ensures that 

performance against each of these 

criteria is assessed by at least one of the 

seventeen objective indicators. Most are 

addressed by multiple indicators. The 

specific indicators used to measure each 

of the criteria set out in the Act are 

listed below. 

Section 607(b)(1:) Just and democratic 

governance, including a demonstrated 

commitment to: 

(A) Promote political pluralism, 

equality and the rule of law; 

Indicators—Political Rights, Civil 

Liberties, Voice and Accountability and 

Rule of Law. 

(B) Respect human and civil rights, 

including the rights of people with 

disabilities; 

Indicators—Political Rights and Civil 

Liberties. 

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(C) Protect private property rights; 

Indicators—Civil Liberties, Regulatory 

Quality, Rule of Law and and Land 

Rights and Access. 

(D) Encourage transparency and 

accountability of government; and 

Indicators—Political Rights, Civil 

Liberties, Voice and Accountability, 

Control of Corruption, and Government 

Effectiveness. 

(E) Combat corruption; 

Indicators—Civil Liberties, Rule of 

Law, and Control of Corruption. 

Section 607(b)(2): Economic freedom, 

including a demonstrated commitment 

to economic policies that: 

(A) Encourage citizens and firms to 

participate in global trade and 

international capital markets; 

Indicators—Fiscal Policy, Inflation, 

Trade Policy, Business Start-Up, and 

Regulatory Quality. 

(B) Promote private sector growth and 

the sustainable management of natural 

resources; 

Indicators—Inflation, Business StartUp, Fiscal Policy, Land Rights and 

Access, Natural Resource Management, 

and Regulatory Quality. 

(C) Strengthen market forces in the 

economy; and 

Indicators—Fiscal Policy, Inflation, 

Trade Policy, Business Start-Up, and 

Regulatory Quality. 

(D) Respect worker rights, including 

the right to form labor unions; 

Indicators—Civil Liberties and Voice 

and Accountability. 

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 (B) strengthen 

and build capacity to provide quality 

public health and reduce child 

mortality. 

Indicators—Girls’ Primary Education 

Completion, Public Expenditure on 

Primary Education, Immunization Rates, 

Public Expenditure on Health, and 

Natural Resources Management. 

Where necessary, the Board will also 

draw on supplemental data and 

qualitative information, including the 

State Department’s Human Rights 

Report, Transparency International’s 

Corruption Perceptions Index, and the 

Global Integrity Index. 

Annex A: Indicator Definitions 

The following 17 indicators will be 

used to measure candidate countries’

demonstrated commitment 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 

reduction of poverty; 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 economic growth and 

poverty reduction, the number of 

countries they cover, their transparency 

and availability and their relative 

soundness and objectivity. Where 

possible, the indicators are 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 each country 

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 nonviolent 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. 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: The International 

Monetary Fund’s World Economic 

Outlook (WEO) database. 

2. Fiscal Policy: The overall budget 

deficit divided by GDP, averaged over a 

three-year period. The data for this 

measure is provided directly by the 

recipient government and cross-checked 

with other sources and made publicly 

available to try to ensure consistency 

across countries. Source: National 

Governments and the International 

Monetary Fund’s World Economic 

Outlook (WEO) database. 

3. Business Start-Up: An index that 

rates countries on: The time and cost of 

complying with all procedures officially 

required for an entrepreneur to start up 

and formally operate an industrial or 

commercial business. Source: 

International Finance Corporation. 

4. Trade Policy: A measure of a 

country’s openness to international 

trade based on weighted average tariff 

rates and non-tariff barriers to trade. 

Source: The Heritage Foundation’s 

Index of Economic Freedom. 

5. Regulatory Quality: An index of 

surveys that rates each country 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. 

6. Land Rights and Access: An index 

that rates countries on: The extent to 

which the institutional, legal, and 

market framework provide secure land 

tenure and equitable access to land in 

rural areas and the time and cost of 

property registration in urban and periurban areas. Source: The International 

Fund for Agricultural Development 

(IFAD) and the International Finance 

Corporation. 

Investing in People 

1. Public Expenditure on Health: 

Total expenditures by government at all 

levels on health divided by GDP. 

Source: The World Health Organization 

(WHO). 

2. Immunization Rates: 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: The 

United Nations Educational, Scientific 

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and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 

and 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 the 

United Nations Educational, Scientific 

and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 

5. Natural Resource Management: An 

index made up of four indicators: ecoregion protection, access to improved 

water, access to improved sanitation, 

and child mortality within the 1–4 age 

cohort. Source: The Center for 

International Earth Science Information 

Network (CIESIN) and the Yale Center 

for Environmental Law and Policy 

(YCLEP). 

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Sunshine Act Meeting 

September 18, 2007. 

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PLACE: The Richard V. Backley Hearing 

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STATUS: Open. 

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detonators in a magazine that did not 

comply with the construction criteria in 

30 CFR 56.6132.). 

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and 2706.160(d). 

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AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

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ACTION: Notice of availability of 

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SUMMARY: The inventions listed below 

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licensing. 

DATES: September 26, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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141, Hampton, VA 23681–2199; 

telephone (757) 864–3221; fax (757) 

864–9190. 

NASA Case No. LAR–17315–1: 

Thermally Driven Piston Assembly and 

Position Control Therefor; 

NASA Case No. LAR–17290–1: MultiModal Cockpit Interface for Improved 

Airport Surface Operations; 

NASA Case No. LAR–17323–1: 

Method and Apparatus for Measuring 

Surface Air Pressure; 

NASA Case No. LAR–17332–1: Jet 

Engine Exhaust Nozzle Flow Effector; 

NASA Case No. LAR–16386–2: Carbon 

Nanotube Reinforced Porous Carbon 

Having Three-Dimensionally Ordered 

Porosity and Method of Fabricating 

Same. 

Dated: September 19, 2007. 

Keith T. Sefton, 

Deputy General Counsel, Administration and 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E7–18882 Filed 9–25–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice 07–075] 

Government-Owned Inventions, 

Available for Licensing 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

inventions for licensing. 

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below 

assigned to the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration, have been 

filed in the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, and are available for 

licensing. 

DATES: September 26, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edward K. Fein, Patent Counsel, 

Johnson Space Center, Mail Code AL, 

Houston, TX 77058–8452; telephone 

(281) 483–4871; fax (281) 483–6936. 

NASA Case No. MSC–24164–1: 

Engineering Human Broncho-Epithelial 

Tissue-Like Assemblies. 

Dated: September 19, 2007. 

Keith T. Sefton, 

Deputy General Counsel, Administration and 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E7–18921 Filed 9–25–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice 07–074] 

Government-Owned Inventions, 

Available for Licensing 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

inventions for licensing. 

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is 

assigned to the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration, is the subject 

of a patent application that has been 

filed in the United States Patent and 

Trademark office, and is available for 

licensing. 

DATES: September 26, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark W. Homer, Patent Counsel, NASA 

Management Office—JPL, 4800 Oak 

Grove Drive, Mail Stop 180–200, 

Pasadena, CA 91109; telephone (818) 

354–7770. 

NASA Case No. NPO–43361–1: HighResolution, Continuous Field-of-View, 

Non-Rotating Imaging System; 

NASA Case No. NPO–42131–1: 

Portable Rapid and Quiet Drill 

(PRAWD); 

NASA Case No. NPO–42672–1: Robot 

and Robot System; 

NASA Case No. NPO–42261–1: 

Fabrication of Copper Nanotubes by 

Electrochemical Deposition, and Copper 

Nanotubes Made Therefrom; 

NASA Case No. NPO–43213–1: 

Microfluidic Device, and Related 

Methods. 

Dated: September 19, 2007. 

Keith T. Sefton, 

Deputy General Counsel, Administration and 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E7–18922 Filed 9–25–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice 07-073] 

Government-Owned Inventions, 

Available for Licensing 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

inventions for licensing. 

SUMMARY: The invention listed below 

assigned to the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration, has been 

filed in the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, and is available for 

licensing. 

DATES: September 26, 2007. 

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