devinitorg/iati-policy-markers huggingface dataset:
Not Applicable Ghana - Financial Sector - Non-allocated Funds activity: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete. In this particular project, due diligence funds were used to hire external technical assistance to support MCC's assessment and oversight of the MCA's financial project to ensure country-led designs and subsequent implementation were consistent with MCC guidance.
Program Development Ghana Power Compact - Program Development project: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete. In this particular project, due diligence funds were used to hire external technical assistance to support the MCA's program design process across multiple sectors.
Program Administration and Control Ghana - Program Administration and Control project: Compact Development Funding (CDF) is used pre-compact for key project preparation work such as the feasibility and environmental impact studies, engineering designs, baseline surveys, financial management and procurement technical assistance, and other specialized analysis to help MCC determine the final suitability and scope of investments, costs, implementation risks, and mitigation measures.
Land Activity Ghana - Agriculture Project - Land Activity: Compact Development Funding (CDF) is used pre-compact for key project preparation work such as the feasibility and environmental impact studies, engineering designs, baseline surveys, financial management and procurement technical assistance, and other specialized analysis to help MCC determine the final suitability and scope of investments, costs, implementation risks, and mitigation measures.
Not Applicable Ghana - Financial Accountability - Non-allocated Funds activity: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete. In this particular project, due diligence funds were used to hire external technical assistance to support MCC's assessment and oversight of the MCA's fiscal agent and its accounting procedures.
Post-Harvest Activity Ghana - Agriculture Project - Post-Harvest Activity: the Improvement of Post-Harvest Handling and Value Chain Services ("Post-Harvest Activity"): MCC Funding will be used to develop post-harvest handling capacity that maintains the quality of product from the farm to the market. In addition, the capacity of the public sector will be improved to meet International Plant Protection Convention ("IPPC") standards. MCC Funding will support the following: (i) Improvements to existing nucleus farm packhouses in the form of forced-air cooling and temporary cold storage units, to be owned and operated by the current owners of such packhouses. (ii) Construction of packhouses and other post-harvest infrastructure for eligible FBOs located in target districts within the Intervention Zones to serve the needs of disadvantaged smallholder farmers growing pineapple, papaya, mango, and certain vegetable and staple crops. (iii) Construction of infrastructure for packing, storage and cooling fresh agricultural produce at the Kotoka International Airport that meets international standards. (iv) Upgrade of Ghana's capacity to meet IPPC standards.
Power Generation Sector Improvement Project Ghana Power Compact - Power Generation Sector Improvement Project: The project was intended to support measures aimed at opening up the power sector and making it attractive to private investment in order to reach the Government of Ghana's goals to have adequate installed generation capacity to meet demand. After rationalizing the project with other donor programs and existing commercial arrangements, the project was cancelled to reduce redundancy and unnecessary expense. This project was used in the past for accounting purposes but it is not currently an active project for the program. It has no funds either committed or disbursed against it.
Not Applicable Ghana Power Compact - Generation Project - Non-allocated Funds activity: Compact Development Funding (CDF) is used pre-compact for key project preparation work such as the feasibility and environmental impact studies, engineering designs, baseline surveys, financial management and procurement technical assistance, and other specialized analysis to help MCC determine the final suitability and scope of investments, costs, implementation risks, and mitigation measures.
Legal and Regulatory Ghana Power Compact - Legal and Regulatory project: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete. In this particular project, due diligence funds were used to hire external technical assistance to support MCC's assessment and oversight of the MCA's land administration project to ensure country-led designs and subsequent implementation were consistent with MCC guidance.
Feasibility, Environment and Social Impact Studies Ghana Power Compact - Generation Project - Feasibility, Environment and Social Impact Studies activity: Compact Development Funding (CDF) is used pre-compact for key project preparation work such as the feasibility and environmental impact studies, engineering designs, baseline surveys, financial management and procurement technical assistance, and other specialized analysis to help MCC determine the final suitability and scope of investments, costs, implementation risks, and mitigation measures.
609g agreement/Entry into Force Ghana - Land Administration System Improvement - 609g agreement/Entry into Force activity: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete. In this particular project, due diligence funds were used to hire external technical assistance to support MCC's assessment and oversight of the MCA's land administration project to ensure country-led designs and subsequent implementation were consistent with MCC guidance.
Not Applicable Ghana - Program Development - Non-allocated Funds activity: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete. In this particular project, due diligence funds were used to hire external technical assistance to support the MCA's compact design process across multiple sectors.
Baseline Data Collection Ghana - Monitoring and Evaluation - Baseline Data Collection activity: this activity was used in the past for accounting purposes but it is not currently an active activity for the program. It has no funds either committed or disbursed against it and has a sector code of 99810 (sector not specified).
Assessing Private Sector Participation Ghana Power Compact - Distribution Project - Assessing Private Sector Participation activity: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete.
Gender Integration Project Ghana Power Compact - Gender Integration Project: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete. In this particular project, due diligence funds were used to hire external technical assistance to support MCC's assessment of the MCA's projects for social impact, documented in the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, and oversee the social impact risks throughout implementation.
Financial and Operational Turnaround-ECG2 Ghana Power Compact - Financial and Operational Turnaround-ECG2 project: The aim of this project is to improve the management of this Ghanaian electricity distribution utility by bringing in a private sector operator and by making investments designed to reduce losses and improve service quality. The project includes investments to attract private sector participation, support integrated power loss management, reduce distribution system vulnerability to theft and meter manipulation, lower thermal losses in the distribution systems, and reduce the frequency and duration of outages by introducing improved system protection and sectionalizing devices in the distribution system.
Technical Loss Reduction Activity Ghana Power Compact - Financial and Operational Turnaround ECG1 - Technical Loss Reduction Activity: Technical losses represent the energy lost in the electrical distribution lines and equipment. The interventions under this Activity will result in lowering thermal losses for the primary and secondary distribution systems in the ECG Target Regions. Specific interventions include: (A) Updated distribution design and construction standards based upon currently accepted best practices to ensure compliance with international best practice for low loss and economical designs. (B) Low voltage bifurcation and network improvements to reduce the length of the low voltage circuits to ensure they do not exceed a length that affects the quality of service and a technical loss threshold. (C) Introduction of reactive power compensation for primary substations to optimize power levels at 33/11 kV substations. (D) Installation of bulk supply points with feeders to existing primary substations to ease overloading based on the current demand forecast and to avoid rolling brownouts. (E) Installation of primary substations with interconnecting sub transmission links and medium voltage offloading circuits to help reduce technical losses and avoid extended outages caused by failures or maximum capacity reached at geographically adjacent substations.
Energy Sector Project Ghana Power Compact - Energy Sector Project: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete. In this particular project, due diligence funds were used to hire external technical assistance to support MCC's assessment and oversight of the MCA's energy projects to ensure country-led designs and subsequent implementation were consistent with MCC guidance.
Monitoring and Evaluation Ghana - Monitoring and Evaluation project: Compact Development Funding (CDF) is used pre-compact for key project preparation work such as the feasibility and environmental impact studies, engineering designs, baseline surveys, financial management and procurement technical assistance, and other specialized analysis to help MCC determine the final suitability and scope of investments, costs, implementation risks, and mitigation measures.
Not Applicable Ghana Power Compact - Legal and Regulatory - Non-allocated Funds activity: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete. In this particular project, due diligence funds were used to hire external technical assistance to support MCC's assessment and oversight of the MCA's land administration project to ensure country-led designs and subsequent implementation were consistent with MCC guidance.
Ghana II-Due Diligence Fund Ghana Power Compact: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete.
Not Applicable Ghana Power Compact - M&E - Economic Analysis - Non-allocated Funds activity: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete. In this particular project, due diligence funds were used to hire external technical assistance and/or collect data to support the design and implementation of the MCA's Economic Analysis frameworks , through compact implementation and evaluation stages.
Not Applicable Ghana - Infrastructure Project - Non-allocated Funds activity: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete. In this particular project, due diligence funds were used to hire external technical assistance to support MCC's assessment and oversight of the MCA's infrastructure project to ensure country-led designs and subsequent implementation were consistent with MCC guidance.
Commercial Training Activity Ghana - Agriculture Project - Commercial Training Activity: the Farmer and Enterprise Training in Commercial Agriculture ("Commercial Training Activity") program will support farmer-based organizations ("FBOs") by providing training in business management, planning and finance practices, market analyses and marketing, customer service and pricing mechanisms. The Commercial Training Activity seeks to strengthen and support both FBOs and certain agribusiness service providers who offer various value-adding services to the FBOs. Specifically, MCC Funding will support the following: (i) Extension activities by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture ("MOFA") and (ii) Commercial training program for FBOs.
Ferry Activity Ghana - Transportation Project - Ferry Activity: the Improvements to Lake Volta Ferry Service ("Ferry Activity"). To facilitate growth of the agricultural sector of the Afram Basin Zone, MCC Funding will be used to support improvements to ferry services of VLTC, connecting Adawso on the southern shore to Ekye Amanfrom on the northern shore. MCC Funding will support the following: (i) Construction of two double-ended vehicle/pedestrian ferries with hydraulic liftable propellers. (ii) Training of VLTC staff, including management and occupational safety training for workshop foremen from VLTC's staff in Akosombo, VLTC's workshop staff, artisans, and ferry crew. (iii) Rehabilitation of the Akosombo floating dock to enhance VLTC's construction, repair and maintenance capabilities. (iv) Civil works at the landing stages at Adawso and Ekye Amanfrom to increase the ferry and vehicle handling capacities at the same landing stages. (v) Rehabilitation of ferry terminals at Adawso and Ekye Amanfrom, including all-weather protection and adequate sanitation facilities to accommodate additional ferry and passenger traffic. (vi) Extraction of tree-stumps from the crossing route between Adawso and Ekye Amanfrom to eliminate navigational and safety hazards during low water periods.
Program Administration Ghana - Program Administration and Control - Program Administration activity: Compact Development Funding (CDF) is used pre-compact for key project preparation work such as the feasibility and environmental impact studies, engineering designs, baseline surveys, financial management and procurement technical assistance, and other specialized analysis to help MCC determine the final suitability and scope of investments, costs, implementation risks, and mitigation measures.
Financial Services Activity Ghana - Rural Development Project - Financial Services Activity: the Strengthening of Rural Financial Services ("Financial Services Activity") is designed to extend the depth and value of financial services provided to rural populations including farmers by reinforcing their integration into the cash economy, as well as widening their access to savings, credit and cash transfer services. These projects will connect the rural banks into the national payments systems of Ghana, and will also facilitate internal and international remittance flows. MCC Funding will support the following: (i) Extension and intensification of the program initiated under the World Bank Rural Financial Strengthening Project to automate the accounting systems of substantially all of the 134 rural banks (and their branches) using a common software platform. (ii) Connection of the rural banks and their branches to a wide area network. (iii) Support for the software to introduce check truncation, hardware to create a system for the automated clearing of electronic payments and technical assistance to review and propose amendments to the existing legal and regulatory structure for payments under Ghana's national payment system. (iv) National campaign to educate businesses, banks, and consumers regarding the benefits of the Financial Services Activity to generate demand for use of the electronic payment products.
Monitoring and Evaluation The Accountable Entity's, the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Ghana Power Compact, monitoring and evaluation costs, which include monitoring, reporting and dissemination, GIS, data collection and data quality reviews.
Ghana II-Compact Development Funding Ghana Power Compact: Compact Development Funding (CDF) is used pre-compact for key project preparation work such as the feasibility and environmental impact studies, engineering designs, baseline surveys, financial management and procurement technical assistance, and other specialized analysis to help MCC determine the final suitability and scope of investments, costs, implementation risks, and mitigation measures.
Program Development Ghana - Program Development project: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete. In this particular project, due diligence funds were used to hire external technical assistance to support the MCA's compact design process across multiple sectors.
Strategic Environmental Assessments Ghana - Program Administration and Control - Strategic Environmental Assessments activity: Covers costs for the undertaking and completion of three strategic environmental assessments (each, an "SEA"), each as a condition precedent to certain MCC Disbursements as described in the Schedules to this Program Annex and further specified in the Disbursement Agreement, and in form and substance satisfactory to MCC, covering, respectively, the Northern Zone, the Afram Basin Zone and the Southern Zone.
609g agreement/Entry into Force Ghana - Monitoring and Evaluation - 609g agreement/Entry into Force activity: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete. In this particular project, due diligence funds were used to hire external technical assistance and/or collect data to support the design and implementation of the MCA's M&E and Economic Analysis frameworks, through compact implementation and evaluation stages.
Not Applicable Ghana Power Compact - Environmental Assessments - Non-allocated Funds activity: In this particular project, due diligence funds were used to develop and oversee the implementation of an Environmental and Social Assessment.
Not Applicable Ghana - M&E - Monitoring Plan - Non-allocated Funds activity: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete.
Commercial Loss Reduction Activity Ghana Power Compact - Financial and Operational Turnaround NEDCo - Commercial Loss Reduction Activity: this activity was used in the past for accounting purposes but it is not currently an active activity for the program. It has no funds either committed or disbursed against it.
M&E - Economic Analysis Ghana Power Compact - M&E - Economic Analysis project: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete. In this particular project, due diligence funds were used to hire external technical assistance and/or collect data to support the design and implementation of the MCA's Economic Analysis frameworks , through compact implementation and evaluation stages.
Access to Electricity Project Ghana Power Compact - Access to Electricity Project: Compact Development Funding (CDF) is used pre-compact for key project preparation work such as the feasibility and environmental impact studies, engineering designs, baseline surveys, financial management and procurement technical assistance, and other specialized analysis to help MCC determine the final suitability and scope of investments, costs, implementation risks, and mitigation measures.
Not Applicable Ghana - Program Administration and Control - Non-allocated Funds activity: this activity was used in the past for accounting purposes but it is not currently an active activity for the program. It has no funds either committed or disbursed against it.
UNFPA Sri Lanka Quality of care and services activities UNFPA Sri Lanka Quality of care and services activities UNFPA Sri Lanka Quality of care and services activities
UNFPA Sri Lanka Humanitarian action activities UNFPA Sri Lanka Humanitarian action activities UNFPA Sri Lanka Humanitarian action activities
UNFPA Sri Lanka Policy and accountability activities UNFPA Sri Lanka Policy and accountability activities UNFPA Sri Lanka Policy and accountability activities
UNFPA Sri Lanka Adolescents and youth activities UNFPA Sri Lanka Adolescents and youth activities UNFPA Sri Lanka Adolescents and youth activities
UNFPA Sri Lanka Gender and social norms activities UNFPA Sri Lanka Gender and social norms activities UNFPA Sri Lanka Gender and social norms activities
UNFPA Sri Lanka Population change and data activities UNFPA Sri Lanka Population change and data activities UNFPA Sri Lanka Population change and data activities
Maternal and Newborn Child Health Programme (MNCH2) To improve maternal and newborn child health in Northern Nigeria through increased skilled birth attendance, antenatal care attendance, immunisation rates, newborns receiving low-cost, live-saving interventions, and pregnant women and children protected from vaccine-preventable diseases. This will save the lives of 60,000 children, 42,000 newborns and 2,000 pregnant women in the six programme states; and provide 6.3 million high quality MNCH services to women and children of Northern Nigeria. This contributes toward MDG 4 and 5 by reducing maternal and child mortality; improve health system coordination through health sector planning and financing and improve demand for and access to high quality health services by 2019