MCC projects tackle some of the most pressing challenges people face in developing countries, like supplying electricity so businesses can operate and students can study after dark; providing clean drinking water so women don’t have to walk long distances—sometimes at great personal risk—to get water for their families; and building roads so farmers can get their goods to market and children can get to school. MCC has invested approximately $17 billion in signed compact and threshold programs worldwide that support country-led projects in areas like: agriculture and irrigation anti-corruption education energy and power (generation, distribution, and transmission) finance and enterprise development health land rights and access to land transportation infrastructure (roads, bridges, ports) water supply and sanitation Guided by its founding principles, MCC’s investments have successfully delivered projects that are improving the lives of millions of people around the world.