[Federal Register: September 22, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 184)]
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[MCC 08-13]
Notice of Quarterly Report (April 1, 2008-June 30, 2008)
AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.
SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is reporting for
the quarter April 1, 2008 through June 30, 2008 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
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Madagascar Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $109,773,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar Total Quarterly Disbursement: $8,685,734
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Land Tenure Project.............. $37,803,000 Increase Land $10,942,352 Legislative proposal
Titling and reflecting the National
Security. 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 7,278,223 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.
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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.
Percentage of all loans
included in the central
database.
Agricultural Business Investment 17,683,000 Improve 6,298,006 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 **.... .............. ................... 2,792,569
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Country: Honduras Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $215,000,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,425,623
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Rural Development Project........ 70,687,000 Increase the 13,892,587 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 Increase in employment
employees. 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 2,950,530 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 ................... 3,797,930
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... 820,880
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Country: Cape Verde Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $110,078,488
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Cape Verde Total Quarterly Disbursement: $856
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Watershed and Agricultural 10,848,630 Increase 2,540,462 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.
Infrastructure Improvement....... 78,760,208 Increase 9,728,013 Volume of goods shipped
integration of the between Praia and other
internal market 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....... 7,200,000 Spur private sector 228,391 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.
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Program Administration * and 13,269,650 ................... 5,294,622
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... -202,688
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Country: Nicaragua Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $175,000,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Nicaragua Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,733,324
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Property Regularization Project.. 22,000,000 Increase Investment 3,565,857 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 5,224,522 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 7,694,853 Annual percentage
Project. added of farms and increase in value-added
enterprises in the of clients of business
region. 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 ................... 5,789,142
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... 289,788
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Country: Georgia Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $295,300,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Georgia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $5,425,650
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Regional Infrastructure 211,700,000 Key Regional 33,890,792 Reduction in Akhalkalaki-
Rehabilitation. Infrastructure Ninotsminda-Teleti
Rehabilitated. 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.. 47,500,000 Enterprises in 7,496,900 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.
Direct household net
income for market
information initiative
beneficiaries.
Number of beneficiaries.
Program Administration *, Due 36,100,000 ................... 9,880,202
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... 41,339
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Country: Vanuatu Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $65,690,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Vanuatu Total Quarterly Disbursement: $0
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Transportation Infrastructure 60,587,816 Facilitate 11,123,498 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 ................... 691,874
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... 67,893
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Country: Armenia Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $235,650,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Armenia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $3,938,667
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Irrigated Agriculture Project 145,680,000 Increase 10,191,511 Increase in hectares
(Agriculture and Water). agricultural covered by high value
productivity added horticultural and
Improve 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 Project 67,100,000 Better access to 3,051,693 Government budgetary
economic and allocations for routine
social maintenance of the
infrastructure. 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 ................... 4,102,597
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... 1,817,120
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Country: Benin Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $307,298,040
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Benin Total Quarterly Disbursement: $3,004
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Access to Financial Services..... 19,650,000 Expand Access to 1,113,118 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.
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 771,228 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.
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Access to Land................... 36,020,000 Strengthen property 5,797,561 Total value of
rights and additional investments
increase in target rural land
investment in parcels.
rural and urban Total value of
land. additional investments
in target urban land
parcels.
Access to Markets................ 169,447,000 Improve Access to 3,240,672 Total metric tons of
Markets through exports and imports
Improvements to passing through Port of
the Port of Cotonou per year.
Cotonou.
Program Administration *, Due 47,911,040 ................... 6,472,234
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... 6,391,225
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Country: Ghana Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $547,009,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Ghana Total Quarterly Disbursement: $26,675
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Agriculture Project.............. 240,984,050 Enhance 4,701,182 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 districts.
commercial Registration of land
agriculture among rights in the pilot
groups of registration districts.
smallholder farms. 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 289,905 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 89,728 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.
Annual average daily
vehicle and passenger
traffic.
Program Administration *, Due 61,633,000 ................... 7,451,123
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... 3,002,158
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Country: El Salvador Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $460,940,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA El Salvador Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,080,991
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Human Development Project........ 95,073,470 Increase human and 43,734 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.
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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... 87,466,174 Increase production 128,866 Investment in productive
and employment in chains by selected
the Northern Zone. beneficiaries.
Connectivity Project............. 233,559,995 Reduce travel cost 0 Weighted average of the
and time within International Roughness
the Northern Zone, Index for the
with the rest of rehabilitation of the
the country, and Transnational Highway.
within the region. Weighted average of the
International Roughness
Index for the
rehabilitation of the
network of connecting
roads.
Program Administration * and 44,840,361 ................... 1,591,125
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... .............. ................... 4,199,397
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Country: Mali Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $460,811,164
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mali Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,428,452
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Bamako S[eacute]nou Airport 89,631,177 Establish an 1,377,281 Number of weekly flight
Improvement 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.......... 94,456,519 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.
Alatona Irrigation Project....... 234,884,675 Increase the 0 Weighted average of the
agricultural International Roughness
production and Index for the
productivity in rehabilitation of the
the Alatona zone Niono-Goma Coura road.
of the ON. 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 ................... 5,031,561
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
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Pending Subsequent Report **..... .............. ................... 0
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Country: Mongolia Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $5,022,683
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mongolia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $420,562
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Property Rights Project.......... 172,200 Increase security 0 Immovable property value
and capitalization 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..................... 0 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..... 226,600 Increase employment 8,519 Annual salary.
and income among Rate of employment.
unemployed and Non-governmental funding
underemployed of vocational
Mongolians. education.
Students completing
newly designed long-
term programs.
Certified vocational
education teachers.
Percent of active
teachers receiving
certification training.
Health Project................... 186,500 Increase the 200 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 Percentage of those with
treatment and known diagnosis of
control of NCDIs. 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 4,437,383 ................... 411,844
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **....
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Country: Mozambique (CIF ONLY) \1\ Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $25,346,200
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mozambique Total Quarterly Disbursement: $179,571
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Water and Sanitation Project..... 7,436,411 Increase access to 0 Value of productive days
reliable and gained due to less
quality water and diarrhea, cholera and/
sanitation 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...... 4,500,000 Increase access to 0 Increase in agricultural
productive production among
resources and communities affected by
markets. 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.
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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..... 190,083 Establish 0 Increase (Percent) in
efficient, secure value of new
land access for investments on land.
households and Number of new
investors. 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.... 751,000 Improve coconut 0 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.
Program Administration * and 12,504,676 ................... 179,571
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... .............. ................... 0
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Country: Lesotho (CIF ONLY) Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $15,668,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Lesotho Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,436,864
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Water Project.................... 4,913,000 Improve the water 0 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 Decrease in percentage
management. 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................... 4,436,000 Increase access to 55,823 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
enrollment 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 723,072 Stimulate 173,992 Increase in the
Project. investment by percentage of the adult
improving access population listed by a
to credit, private credit bureau
reducing with current
transaction costs 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.
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Gender equality index
(percent change in
index of knowledge,
attitudes, and
practices for
supporting gender
equality in economic
rights).
Program Administration * and 5,595,928 ................... 1,606,370
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... 0 ................... 0
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Country: Morocco (CIF ONLY) Year: 2008 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $32,400,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Lesotho Total Quarterly Disbursement: $28,781
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Fruit Tree Productivity.......... 6,959,765 Reduce volatility N/A Total annual volume of
of agricultural production of dates and
production 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............ 7,005,874 Improve quality of N/A 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........... 6,142,437 Increase value N/A 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............... 500,000 Increase supply and N/A 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............... 0 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 11,791,924 ................... 136,527 TBD.
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... N/A ................... N/A TBD.
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619(b) Transfer or allocation of funds
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U.S. agency to which funds were transferred or
allocated Amount Description of program or project
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USAID $250,000 Threshold Program.
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* 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).
\1\ Beginning in fiscal year 2007, CIF (i.e., Compact Implementation Funding) is assistance made available to a
country, upon signature of a compact, under the authority of Section 609(g) of the Act. It is additional to
compact program assistance provided under Section 605 of the Act upon entry into force of the compact and is
included in the overall total of compact funding. As of this report, only CIF funds have been obligated for
Mozambique, Lesotho and Morocco.
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Dated: September 16, 2008.
Matthew McLean,
Vice President, Congressional and Public Affairs, Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
[FR Doc. E8-22037 Filed 9-19-08; 8:45 am]
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