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[Federal Register: January 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 6)][Notices] [Page 952-963] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr09ja09-63] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION [MCC 09-05] Notice of Quarterly Report (July 1, 2008-September 30, 2008) AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation. SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is reporting for the quarter July 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008 in respect to both assistance provided under Section 605 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-199, Division D (the Act)), and transfers or allocations of funds to other federal agencies pursuant to Section 619(b) of the Act. The following report shall be made available to the public by means of publication in the Federal Register and on the Internet Web site of the MCC (http://www.mcc.gov) in accordance with Section 612(b) of the Act. Assistance Provided Under Section 605 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Madagascar Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $109,773,000 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar Total quarterly disbursement: $12,296,269 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land Tenure Project............. $37,803,000 Increase Land $15,491,326 Legislative proposal Titling and reflecting the Security. National Land Tenure Program submitted to Parliament and passed. Number of land disputes reported and resolved in the target zones and sites of implementation. Percentage of land documents inventoried, restored, and/or digitized. Average time and cost required to carry out property transactions. Percent of reported land conflicts resolved on titled land in zone 3, 4, 5 during the title regularization operations. Percentage of land in the zones that is demarcated and ready for titling. Finance Project................. $35,888,000 Increase $11,298,895 The number of savings Competition in the accounts and Financial Sector. outstanding value of accounts from primary banks. Maximum check clearing delay. Volume of funds in payment system and number of transactions. Increased public awareness of new financial instruments as measured by surveys within intervention zones and large towns. The amount of government debt issued with maturities in excess of 52 weeks. The number of new individual investors buying government debt securities. The number of bank branches of the Central Bank of Madagascar capable of accepting auction tenders. [[Page 953]] Percentage of all loans included in the central database. Agricultural Business Investment $17,683,000 Improve $8,923,689 Number of rural Project. Agricultural producers receiving or Projection soliciting information Technologies and from Agricultural Market Capacity in Business Centers about Rural Areas. the opportunities. Intervention zones identified and description of beneficiaries within each zone submitted. Number of visitors receiving information from National Coordinating Center with respect to business opportunities. Change in farm income due to improved production and marketing practices. Change in enterprise income due to improved production and marketing practices. Number of farmers and business employing technical assistance received. Program Administration * and $18,399,000 ................... $10,483,218 Control, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $12,654,499 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Program administration funds are used to pay items such as salaries, rent, and the cost of office equipment. ** These amounts represent disbursements made that will be allocated to individual projects in the subsequent quarter(s) and reported as such in subsequent quarterly report(s). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Honduras Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $215,000,000 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras Total quarterly disbursement: $13,479,730 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rural Development Project....... $70,687,000 Increase the $21,844,528 Increase in farm income productivity and resulting from Rural business skills of Development Project. farmers who Funds lent by MCA- operate small and Honduras to financial medium-size farms institutions. and their employees.. Increase in employment income resulting from Rural Development Project. Number of Program farmers harvesting high-value horticulture crops. Number of hectares harvesting high-value horticulture crops. Transportation Project.......... $127,491,876 Reduce $8,329,169 Freight shipment cost transportation from Tegucigalpa to costs between Puerto Cortes. targeted Price of basic food production centers basket. and national, Number of days per year regional and road is passable. global markets. Program Administration * and $16,821,124 ................... $3,994,766 Control, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $776,067 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Cape Verde Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $110,078,488 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Cape Verde Total quarterly disbursement: $9,450,397 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Watershed and Agricultural $10,848,630 Increase $3,541,205 Increase in Support. agricultural horticultural production in productivity. three targeted Increase in annual watershed areas on income. three islands. Value-added for farms and agribusiness. [[Page 954]] Infrastructure Improvement...... $83,160,208 Increase $16,923,184 Volume of goods shipped integration of the between Praia and internal market other islands. and reduce Mobility Ratio: transportation Percentage of costs. beneficiary population who take at least 5 trips per month. Savings on transport costs from improvements. Private Sector Development...... $2,800,000 Spur private sector $356,711 Value added in priority development on all sectors above current islands through trends. increased Volume of private investment in the investment in priority priority sectors sectors above current and through trends. financial sector reform. Program Administration * and $13,269,650 ................... $6,218,097 Control, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Nicaragua Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $174,710,890 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Nicaragua Total quarterly disbursement: $ 11,129,188 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Property Regularization Project. $22,000,000 Increase Investment $4,669,995 Value of investment on by strengthening land. property rights. Value of urban land. Value of rural land. Number of days to conduct a land transaction. Total cost to conduct a land transaction. Transportation Project.......... $105,193,200 Reduce $8,990,461 Price of a basket of transportation goods. costs between Leon Travel Time. and Chinandega and national, regional and global markets. Rural Business Development $32,897,500 Increase the value $11,325,597 Annual percentage Project. added of farms and increase in value- enterprises in the added of clients of region. business office. Number of jobs created. Number of program farm plots harvesting higher-value crops or reforesting under improvement of Water Supply Activities. Program Administration *, Due $14,909,300 ................... $6,867,070 Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $2,129,337 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Georgia Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $295,300,000 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Georgia Total quarterly disbursement: $21,853,277 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regional Infrastructure $216,600,000 Key Regional $45,138,132 Reduction in Rehabilitation. Infrastructure Akhalkalaki- Rehabilitated. Ninotsminda-Teleti journey time. Reduction in vehicle operating costs. Increase in internal regional traffic volumes. Decreased technical losses in gas through the main North-South pipeline Reduction in the production of greenhouse gas emissions measured in tons of CO2 equivalent. Increased collection rate of the Georgian Gas Company (GOGC). Number of household beneficiaries served by Regional Infrastructure Development projects. Actual operations and maintenance expenditures. Regional Enterprise Development. $47,350,000 Enterprises in $16,230,586 Increase in annual Regions Developed. revenue in portfolio companies. Increase in number of portfolio company employees and number of local suppliers. Increase in portfolio companies' wages and payments to local suppliers. Jobs created. Increase in aggregate incremental net revenue to project assisted firms. Direct household net income. [[Page 955]] Direct household net income for market information initiative beneficiaries. Number of beneficiaries. Program Administration *, Due $36,100,000 ................... $10,630,824 Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $1,162,968 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Vanuatu Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $65,690,000 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Vanuatu Total quarterly disbursement: $9,498,932 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transportation Infrastructure $60,587,816 Facilitate $188,462 Number of Tourists. Project. transportation to Number of days per year increase tourism road is closed. and business Number of S-W Bay, development. Malekula flights cancelled per year due to flooding. Vessel wait time at wharf. Program Administration *, Due $5,074,768 ................... $19,844,963 Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $19,844,963 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Armenia Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $235,650,000 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Armenia Total quarterly disbursement: $5,030,672 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Irrigated Agriculture Project $145,680,000 Increase $12,015,860 Increase in hectares (Agriculture and Water). agricultural covered by high value productivity added horticultural Improve and and fruit crops. Quality of Percentage of Irrigation. respondents satisfied with irrigation services. Share of Water User Association water charges as percentage of Water User Association annual operations and maintenance costs. Number of farmers using improved on-farm water management practices. Annual increase in irrigated land in Project area. State budget expenditures on maintenance of irrigation system. Value of loans provided under the project. Rural Road Rehabilitation $67,100,000 Better access to $5,541,926 Government budgetary Project. economic and allocations for social routine maintenance of infrastructure. the entire road network Average daily traffic in Project area. Kilometers of Package 1 road sections rehabilitated. Kilometers of Package 2 road sections rehabilitated. Kilometers of Package 3 road sections rehabilitated. Program Administration *, Due $22,870,000 ................... $5,411,097 Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $1,224,709 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Benin Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $307,298,040 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Benin Total quarterly disbursement: $9,377 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Access to Financial Services.... $19,650,000 Expand Access to $1,737,505 Operational self- Financial Services. sufficiency of participating microfinance institutions. Number of microfinance institutions supervised by the microfinance cellule. Total incremental increase in value of new credit extended and savings received by financial institutions participating in the project. [[Page 956]] Share value of all loans outstanding that have one or more installments of principal over 30 days past due. Total number of loans guaranteed by land titles per year. Access to Justice............... $34,270,000 Improved Ability of $1,424,538 Number of cases Justice System to processed at the Enforce Contracts arbitration center. and Reconcile Percentage of all cases Claims. in the ``Tribunal de Premiere Instance'' courts per year. Percentage of all cases resolved in court of appeals per year. Average distance to reach TPI. Number of enterprises registered through the registration center. Average number of days required to register an enterprise. Access to Land.................. $36,020,000 Strengthen property $6,417,860 Total value of rights and additional investments increase in target rural land investment in parcels. rural and urban land. Total value of additional investments in target urban land parcels. Access to Markets............... $169,447,000 Improve Access to $4,328,427 Total metric tons of Markets through exports and imports Improvements to passing through Port the Port of of Cotonou per year. Cotonou. Program Administration *, Due $47,911,040 ................... $9,554,759 Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $933,326 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Ghana Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $547,009,000 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Ghana Total quarterly disbursement: $10,423,856 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Agriculture Project............. $240,984,001 Enhance $12,127,070 Number of hectares Profitability of irrigated. cultivation, Number of days to services to conduct a land agriculture and transaction. product handling Number of land disputes in support of the in the pilot expansion of registration commercial districts. agriculture among Registration of land groups of rights in the pilot smallholder farms. registration districts. Metric tons of products passing through post- harvest treatment. Portfolio-at-risk of agriculture loan fund. Value of loans disbursed to clients from agricultural loan fund. Number of additional loans. Vehicle operating costs on minor, medium and major rehabilitated roads. Rural Development............... $101,288,000 Strengthen the $973,565 Time/ quality per rural institutions procurement. that provide Score card of citizen services satisfaction with complementary to, services. and supportive of, Gross enrollment rates. agricultural and Gender parity in school agriculture enrollment. business Distance to collect development. water. Time to collect water. Distance to sanitation facility. Travel time to sanitation facility. Incidence of guinea worm, diarrhea or bilharzias. Average number of days lost due to guinea worm, diarrhea or bilharzias. Percentage of households, schools, and agricultural processing plants in target districts with electricity. Number of inter-bank transactions. Value of deposit accounts in rural banks. Transportation.................. $143,104,000 Reduce the $1,913,952 Volume capacity ratio. transportation Vehicles per hour at costs affecting peak hour. agriculture Travel time at peak commerce at sub- hour. regional levels. International roughness index. [[Page 957]] Annual average daily vehicle and passenger traffic. Program Administration *, Due $61,632,999 ................... $10,134,998 Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $808,368 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: El Salvador Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $460,940,000 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA El Salvador Total quarterly disbursement: $6,521,093 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Human Development Project....... $95,073,000 Increase human and $1,172,454 Number of students physical capital enrolled in the of residents of Chalatenango Center the Northern Zone functioning as a to take advantage MEGATEC institute. of employment and Graduation rate of business students enrolled in opportunities. the Chalatenango Center functioning as a MEGATEC institute. Number of students enrolled in participating middle technical schools. Graduation rate of students enrolled in participating middle technical schools. Number of students enrolled in non-formal training activities. Graduation rate of students enrolled in non-formal training activities. Number of households with access to water in the Northern Zone. Number of households with access to basic sanitation in the Northern Zone. Number of households with electricity in the Northern Zone. Number of individuals that benefit annually from the strategic infrastructure projects. Productive Development Project.. $87,466,000 Increase production $5,514,266 Investment in and employment in productive chains by the Northern Zone. selected beneficiaries. Connectivity Project............ $233,560,000 Reduce travel cost $94,900 Weighted average of the and time within International the Northern Zone, Roughness Index for with the rest of the rehabilitation of the country, and the Transnational within the region. Highway. Weighted average of the International Roughness Index for the rehabilitation of the network of connecting roads. Program Administration * and $44,841,000 ................... $4,998,673 Control, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending Subsequent Report **.... ............... ................... $703,921 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Mali Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $460,811,164 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mali Total quarterly disbursement: $1,638,291 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bamako Senou Airport Improvement $182,007,541 Establish an $1,377,281 Number of weekly flight Project. independent and arrivals and secure link to the departures. regional and Average time for global economy. passengers to complete departures and arrivals procedures. Industrial Park Project......... $2,080,155 Develop a platform $2,080,155 Occupancy level. for industrial Average number of days activity to be required for operator located within the to connect to Airport domain. Industrial Park water and electricity services. [[Page 958]] Alatona Irrigation Project...... $234,884,675 Increase the $436,925 Weighted average of the agricultural International production and Roughness Index for productivity in the rehabilitation of the Alatona zone the Niono-Goma Coura of the ON. road. Annual average daily count of vehicles on the Niono-Goma Coura road. Total amount of land irrigated by the Project in the Alatona zone. Average water volume delivered at the farm level in the Alatona zone. Crop water requirements as a percentage share of water supply at the canal headworks in the Alatona Zone. Number of 5 and 10 hectare farm plots allocated in the Alatona zone. Total market garden parcels allocated in the Alatona zone. Number of titles registered in the land registration office granted to households in the Alatona zone. Number of students enrolled in schools established by the Project. Graduation rate of students enrolled in schools established by the Project. Number of farms adopting at least one new extension technique as a percentage of all farms receiving technical assistance under the Project. Total amount of credit extended in loan portfolios by participating microfinance institutions and banks in the Alatona zone. Number of active clients of microfinance institutions and banks in the Alatona zone. Program Administration * and $41,838,793 ................... $6,363,455 Control, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending Subsequent Report **.... ............... ................... $43,016 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Mongolia Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $284,911,363 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mongolia Total quarterly disbursement: $1,216,243 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Property Rights Project......... $188,378,000 Increase security $0 Immovable property and capitalization value of hashaa plots. of land assets Households accessing held by lower- bank credit. income Mongolians, Hashaa plots directly and increased peri- registered by the urban herder Property Rights productivity and Project. incomes. Income of herder households on long- term lease land. Herd mortality rate. Number of herder groups adopting intensive/ semi-intensive farm management techniques. Rail Project.................... $23,062,286 Increase rail $0 Increase in GDP due to traffic and rail improvements. shipping Freight turnover. efficiency. Mine traffic. Percent of wagons leased by private firms. Railway operating ratio. Customer satisfaction. Wagon time to destination. Average locomotive availability. Vocational Education Project.... $25,512,856 Increase employment $5,000 Annual salary. and income among unemployed and underemployed Mongolians. Rate of employment. Non-governmental funding of vocational education. Students completing newly designed long- term programs. Certified vocational education teachers. Percent of active teachers receiving certification training. [[Page 959]] Health Project.................. $17,027,119 Increase the $16,377 Diabetes and adoption of hypertension behaviors that controlled. reduce non- Cervical cancer communicable prevention. diseases (NCDIs) Percentage of cancer among target cases diagnosed in populations and early stages. improved medical treatment and control of NCDIs. Percentage of those with known diagnosis of hypertension/ diabetes out of all actual cases in adult population. Women screened for breast and cervical cancer. Counseling for diabetes and hypertension. Program Administration * and $30,931,102 ................... $1,635,428 Control, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Mozambique Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $506,924,053 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mozambique Total quarterly disbursement: $2,662,982 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Water and Sanitation Project.... $203,585,393 Increase access to $0 Value of productive reliable and days gained due to quality water and less diarrhea, cholera sanitation and/or malaria. facilities. School attendance days gained due to less diarrhea, cholera and/ or malaria. Number (Percent) of businesses with access to improved water source. Reduction in time for rural/urban households to access improved water sources. Number (Percent) of urban households with access to improved water sources. Number (Percent) of rural households with access to improved water sources. Number (Percent) of urban households with access to improved sanitation facilities. Road Rehabilitation Project..... $176,307,480 Increase access to $0 Increase in productive agricultural resources and production among markets. communities affected by road rehabilitation works. Increase in the number of new businesses within 5 km of rehabilitated roads. Reduction in vehicle operating costs as a result of rehabilitated roads. Time savings due to a reduction in time to travel a fixed length of rehabilitated road. Weighted average of the International Roughness Index for the rehabilitation roads. Average annual daily traffic volume on rehabilitated roads disaggregated by vehicle type. Land Tenure Services Project.... $39,068,307 Establish $0 Increase (Percent) in efficient, secure value of new land access for investments on land. households and investors. Number of new businesses. Reduction (Percent) in time to right to land usage. More efficient, free and secure land transfers/ transactions. Increase (Percentage) in parcel-holder land value. Reduction (Percent) in costs to right to land usage. Farmer Income Support Project... $17,882,211 Improve coconut $123,900 Reduction (Percentage) productivity and in loss of coconut diversification production and coconut into cash crop. products' sales. Increased income (Percentage) from sales from intercropping activities to small farm plot holders. Increased number (Percentage) of live coconut trees. Increased productive capacity (Percentage) of coconut trees. [[Page 960]] Program Administration * and $70,924,053 ................... $2,670,336 Control, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending Subsequent Report **.... ............... ................... $48,716 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Lesotho Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $362,551,000 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Lesotho Total quarterly disbursement: $2,178,797 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Water Project................... $164,027,584 Improve the water $4,621 Increased urban access supply for to potable water industrial and supply. domestic needs, Increase in volume of and enhance rural water delivered after livelihoods treatment at Metolong through improved site. watershed management. Decrease in percentage of urban water that is not accounted for (non- revenue losses plus physical losses). Number of people covered per year in rural areas with MCC funded rural water supply. Number of new VIP latrines provided to households. Health Project.................. $122,398,000 Increase access to $548,807 Increase in the life-extending ART percentage of health and essential facilities providing health services by full package of providing a standard services for sustainable level of center (MoHSW delivery platform. 2007 standard). Increase in TB treatment success rate. Increase in the percentage of health facilities staffed with standard number and type of qualified staff (MoHSW 2007 standard). Increase in the number of patients treated in health centers in Lesotho. Increase in immunization rate (measles). Number of people receiving ARV treatment (number). Increase in annual enrolment at National Health Training College. Increase in average referred tests performed at the central laboratory per quarter during the past year. Increase in average number of blood units collected per quarter during the past year. Private Sector Development $36,208,000 Stimulate $401,992 Increase in the Project. investment by percentage of the improving access adult population to credit, listed by a private reducing credit bureau with transaction costs current information on and increasing the repayment history, participation of unpaid debts or credit women in the outstanding. economy. Increase in the number of payments associated with salaries and pensions made through EFT per year. Land used as collateral (number of mortgage bonds registered). Land transaction costs (percent of property value). Land transaction times (median number of days necessary to complete a procedure). Increase in the number of pending civil cases in the High Court. Gender equality index (percent change in index of knowledge, attitudes, and practices for supporting gender equality in economic rights). Program Administration * and $39,917,416 ................... $3,054,152 Control, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending Subsequent Report **.... $0 ................... $422 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 961]] Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Morocco Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $697,500,000 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Lesotho Total quarterly disbursement: $639,367 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fruit Tree Productivity......... $306,411,391 Reduce volatility $433,590 Total annual volume of of agricultural production of dates production and and olives. increase volume of Cropped area covered by fruit agricultural olive trees. production. Survival rate of newly planted olive trees after 2 years project- supported establishment period. Yield of rehabilitated olive trees. Cropped area covered by date trees. Yield of rehabilitated date palms. Small Scale Fisheries........... $109,162,154 Improve quality of $0 State of fish stock. fish moving Domestic fish through domestic consumption level. channels and Fisherman net revenue. assure the Average fisherman sales sustainable use of price at PDA. fishing resources. Volume sold at wholesale markets. Fish sale price. Average sales price. Volume of sales among mobile fish vendors. Artisan and Fez Medina.......... $106,331,421 Increase value $0 Average revenue of added to tourism potters receiving and artisan Artisan Production sectors. Activity. Employment and wages among Project graduates. Tourist arrivals. Artisan profits (artisans engaged in product finishing and points of sale). Employment created. SME value added. Financial Services.............. $46,200,000 Increase supply and $0 Gross loan portfolio decrease costs of outstanding of financial services microcredit available to associations. microenterprises. Portfolio at risk >30 days ratio. Operating Expense Ratio. Enterprise Support.............. $36,442,894 Improved survival $0 Average annual sales of rate of new SMEs participating and INDH-funded businesses. income generating Survival rate of activities; participating increased revenue businesses. for new SMEs and INDH-funded income generating activities. Program Administration * and $92,952,140 ................... $342,304 ....................... Control, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending Subsequent Report **.... $0 ................... $0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Tanzania Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $698,136,000 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Tanzania Total quarterly disbursement: $315,187 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Energy Sector................... $206,471,000 Increase value $0 TBD. added to businesses. Transport Sector................ $372,776,000 Increase cash crop $0 TBD. revenue and aggregate visitor spending. Water Sector Project............ $66,335,000 Increase investment $0 TBD. in human and physical capital and to reduce the prevalence of water-related disease. Program Administration * and $52,554,000 ................... $563,129 Control, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending Subsequent Report **.... $0 ................... -$247,942 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 962]] Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Burkina Faso (CIF ONLY) Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $16,101,0650 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Burkina Faso Total quarterly disbursement: $3,260,580 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roads Project................... $337,983 Enhance access to $0 TBD. markets through investments in the road network. Rural Land Governance Project... $1,105,412 Increase investment $0 TBD. in land and rural productivity through improved land tenure security and land management. Agriculture Development Project. $4,771,602 Expand the $0 TBD. productive use of land in order to increase the volume and value of agricultural production in project zones. Bright 2 Schools Project........ $3,000,000 Increase primary $3,000,000 TBD. school completion rates. Program Administration * and $6,886,068 ................... $201,694 Control, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending Subsequent Report **.... $0 ................... $58,886 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cumulative Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Country: Namibia (CIF ONLY) Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $19,543,175 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Namibia Total quarterly disbursement: $0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Education Project............... $8,976,296 Improve the $0 TBD. education sector's effectiveness, efficiency and quality. Tourism Project................. $2,475,145 Increase incomes $0 TBD. and create employment opportunities by improving the marketing, management and infrastructure of Etosha National Park. Agriculture Project............. $1,369,139 Sustainably improve $0 TBD. the economic performance and profitability of the livestock sector and increase the volume of the indigenous natural products for export. Program Administration * and $6,722,595 ................... $0 Control, Monitoring and Evaluation. Pending Subsequent Report **.... $0 ................... $0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Program administration funds are used to pay items such as salaries, rent, and the cost of office equipment. ** These amounts represent disbursements made that will be allocated to individual projects in the subsequent quarter(s) and reported as such in subsequent quarterly report(s). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 619(b) transfer or allocation of funds ------------------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. agency to which funds were Amount Description of program transferred or allocated or project ------------------------------------------------------------------------ USAID.......................... $43,405,520 Threshold Program. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 963]] Dated: January 2, 2009. Matthew McLean, Vice President, Congressional and Public Affairs, Millennium Challenge Corporation. [FR Doc. E9-181 Filed 1-8-09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9211-03-P
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