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Independent research & practical ideas for global prosperity
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Independent research & practical ideas for global prosperity
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An Alternative Way to Look at Progress on Compact Implementation (If Only We Could…)October 9, 2007By Administrator in Rethinking U.S. Foreign AssistanceThe last week of September, the MCC Regional Country Directors (RCDs) and their Deputies were in Washington for several days of meetings. On Wednesday, Sept. 26, the MCC held a public outreach meeting where the RCDs from three compact countries–Honduras (John Wingle), Benin (Randall Wood), and Georgia (Colin Buckley)–discussed the challenges and successes they’ve experienced working directly with countries as they implement their compacts. 3 Comments »Mongolia Compact to Tackle Some Interesting and Innovative ProjectsSeptember 28, 2007By Administrator in Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Tags: World BankEarlier this month (Sept. 12), the MCC Board of Directors approved a compact with Mongolia. The compact, coming in at $285 million, is the fourth largest compact per capita since Mongolia–while territorially quite large–is the least densely populated country in the world. Comment »What Does it Mean to Be on the Threshold? Two New Threshold Programs ApprovedSeptember 13, 2007By Administrator in Rethinking U.S. Foreign AssistanceAt the September 12 meeting, the MCC Board approved Threshold programs for Sao Tome and Principe ($8.7 million) and Yemen ($21 million). With the approval of these two Threshold programs, 17 out of 21 currently Threshold eligible countries have funded programs (East Timor plus the three countries that became newly Threshold eligible last November are the four that remain). Comment »Investing in People by Investing in Data: How to Incorporate the New Natural Resources IndicatorsAugust 27, 2007By Administrator in Rethinking U.S. Foreign AssistanceThis week, the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation will decide how to officially incorporate the new natural resources indicators into the FY2008 country selection process. Steve Radelet, Sheila Herrling and I have just posted a new paper discussing, in particular, the options (and a suggestion) for adding one of the new indicators–the Natural Resources Management Index–in the Investing in People category. Let us–and the MCC–know what you think about these options and about our suggestion. Comment »Release of Candidate Countries Kicks Off the FY2008 Selection ProcessAugust 25, 2007By Administrator in Rethinking U.S. Foreign AssistanceOn Friday, August 24, the MCC released the list of MCA candidate countries (pdf) for the upcoming FY2008 eligibility selection. This year there are 67 low income countries (LICs) and 28 lower middle income countries (LMICs) in the running (down from 69 LICs and 30 LMICs last year). In addition to the candidate countries, 8 LICs and 5 LMICs that would be considered candidates if it weren’t for legal provisions that make them ineligible for US foreign assistance will be included in performance comparisons and the calculation of median scores. Comment »A Window of Opportunity in the Kyrgyz Republic?August 21, 2007By Administrator in Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Tags: World Bank*This is a joint posting by Sarah Rose and Sheila Herrling Comment »MCC Approves Largest Compact to Date with MoroccoAugust 21, 2007By Administrator in Rethinking U.S. Foreign AssistanceOn August 9 the Board of Directors of the MCC approved a $698 million compact for Morocco (pdf), making it the largest (xls) of the 14 compacts to date (coming in at $151 million more than the next largest compact). Remarkably, however, it is the second smallest compact on a per capita basis. Comment » |
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