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FOAA, which prohibits assistance to
any country, entity, or municipality
whose competent authorities have
failed, as determined by the Secretary of
State, to take necessary and significant
steps to implement its international
legal obligations with respect to the
International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia.
2. China, according to the Department
of State, is not eligible to receive
economic assistance from the United
States, absent special authority, because
of concerns relative to China’s record on
human rights.
3. Fiji Islands are subject to section
508 of the FY 2006 FOAA which
prohibits assistance to the government
of a country whose duly elected head of
government is deposed by decree or
military coup.
4. Iran is subject to numerous
restrictions, including but not limited to
section 620A of the Foreign Assistance
Act which prohibits assistance to
governments supporting international
terrorism, and section 507 of the FY
2006 FOAA.
5. Serbia is subject to section 561 of
the FY 2006 FOAA, which prohibits
assistance to any country, entity, or
municipality whose competent
authorities have failed, as determined
by the Secretary of State, to take
necessary and significant steps to
implement its international legal
obligations with respect to the
International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia. In addition, section
563 of the FY 2006 FOAA restricts
certain assistance for the central
Government of Serbia if the Secretary
does not make a certification regarding,
among other things, cooperation with
the International Criminal Tribunal for
the former Yugoslavia.
6. Thailand is subject to section 508
of the FY 2006 FOAA which prohibits
assistance to the government of a
country whose duly elected head of
government is deposed by decree or
military coup.
Countries identified above as
candidate countries, as well as countries
that would be considered candidate
countries but for the applicability of
legal provisions that prohibit U.S.
economic assistance, may be the subject
of future statutory restrictions or
determinations, or changed country
circumstances, that affect their legal
eligibility for assistance under part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act by reason of
application of Foreign Assistance Act or
any other provision of law for FY 2007.
MCC will include any required updates
on such statutory eligibility that affect
countries’ identification as candidate
countries for FY 2007, at such time as
it publishes the notices required by
sections 608(b) and 608(d) of the Act or
at other appropriate times. Any such
updates with regard to the legal
eligibility or ineligibility of particular
countries identified in this report will
not affect the date on which the Board
is authorized to determine eligible
countries from among candidate
countries which, in accordance with
section 608(a) of the Act, shall be no
sooner than 90 days from the date of
publication of this report.
Dated: February 7, 2007.
William G. Anderson, Jr.,
Vice President and General Counsel.
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BILLING CODE 9211–03–P
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
CORPORATION
[MCC FR 07–03]
Notice of Quarterly Report (October 1,
2006–December 31, 2006)
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC) is reporting for the
quarter October 1, 2006 through
December 31, 2006 with 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 of funds to other
federal agencies pursuant to section 619
of that 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 (https://www.mcc.gov) in
accordance with section 612(b) of the
Act.
AGENCY:
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605
Projects
Obligated
Objectives
Quarterly disbursements
Measures
Country: Madagascar
Year: 2007
Entity To Which The Assistance Is Provided: MCA Madagascar
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $4,823,000
$37,803,000
Increase Land Titling and
Security.
$0
Finance Project .................
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Land Tenure Project .........
$35,888,000
Increase Competition in
the Financial Sector.
$0
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Legislative proposal (‘‘loin de cadrage’’) reflecting
the PNF submitted to Parliament and passed
Percentage of land documents inventoried, restored,
and/or digitized.
Average time and cost required to carry out property-related transactions at the local and/or national land services offices. Time/cost to respond
to information request, issue titles and to modify
titles after the first land right.
Number of land disputes reported and resolved in
the target zones and sites of implementation.
Percentage of land in the zones that is demarcated
and ready for titling.
Promote knowledge and awareness of land tenure
reforms among inhabitants in the zones (surveys).
Submission to Parliament and passage of new laws
recommended by outside experts and relevant
commissions.
CPA Association (CSC) list of accountants registered.
Maximum check clearing delay.
Volume of funds in payment system and number of
transactions.
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ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605—Continued
Projects
Obligated
Objectives
Quarterly disbursements
Agricultural Business Investment Project.
$17,683,000
Improve Agricultural Projection Technologies
and Market Capacity in
Rural Areas.
$0
Program Administration*
and Control, Monitoring
and Evaluation.
To be allocated** ..............
$18,399,000
..........................................
..........................................
Public awareness of new financial instruments (surveys).
Report of credit and payment information to a central database.
Number of holders of new denomination T-bill holdings, and T-bill issuance outside Antananarivo as
measured by Central Bank report of redemption
date.
Volume of production covered by warehouse receipts in the zones.
Volume of MFI lending in the zones.
MFI portfolio-at-risk delinquency rate.
Number of new bank accounts in the zones.
Number of rural producers receiving or soliciting information from ABCs about the opportunities.
Zones identified and description of beneficiaries
within each zone submitted.
Number of cost-effective investment strategies developed.
Number of plans prepared.
Number of farmers and business employing technical assistance received.
$0
$0
Measures
$4,823,000
Country: Honduras
Year: 2007
Quarter 1
Total Obligation: $215,000,000
Entity To Which the Assistance Is Provided: MCA Honduras
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,297,000
Rural Development Project
$72,195,000
Increase the productivity
and business skills of
farmers who operate
small and medium-size
farms and their employees.
$0
Transportation Project .......
$125,700,000
Reduce transportation
costs between targeted
production centers and
national, regional and
global markets.
$0
Program Administration*
and Control, Monitoring
and Evaluation.
To be allocated** ..............
$17,105,000
..........................................
..........................................
Hours of technical assistance to financial institutions
(cumulative).
Lien Registry equipment installed.
Kilometers of farm-to-market road upgraded (cumulative).
Kilometers of highway upgraded.
Kilometers of secondary road upgraded.
$0
$0
Hours of technical assistance delivered to Program
Farmers (thousands)
Funds lent by MCA-Honduras to financial institutions
(cumulative).
$1,297,000
Number of weight stations built.
Country: Cape Verde
Year: 2007
Entity To Which the Assistance Is Provided: MCA Cape Verde
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $0
$10,848,000
Infrastructure Improvement
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Watershed and Agricultural
Support.
$78,760,000
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Increase agricultural production in three targeted watershed areas
on three islands.
Increase integration of the
internal market and reduce transportation
costs.
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Productivity: Horticulture (tons per hectare).
Value-added for farms and agribusiness (millions of
dollars).
Volume of goods shipped between Praia and other
islands (tons).
Mobility Ratio: Percentage of beneficiary population
who take at least 5 trips per month.
Savings on transport costs from improvements (million dollars).
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ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605—Continued
Projects
Obligated
Private Sector Development.
Objectives
$7,200,000
Program Administration*
and Control, Monitoring
and Evaluation.
$13,270,000
Quarterly disbursements
Spur private sector development on all islands
through increased investment in the priority
sectors and through financial sector reform.
..........................................
$0
Measures
Value added in priority sectors above current trends
(escudos).
Volume of private investment in priority sectors
above current trends.
$0
Country: Nicaragua
Year: 2007
Quarter 1
Total Obligation: $174,925,000
Entity To Which the Assistance Is Provided: MCA Nicaragua
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,316,000
Property Regularization
Project.
$26,400,000
Increase Investment by
strengthening property
rights.
$0
Transportation Project .......
$92,800,000
$0
Rural Business Development Project.
$33,500,000
Reduce transportation
costs between Leon
and Chinandega and
national, regional and
global markets.
Increase the value added
of farms and enterprises in the region.
Program Administration*,
Due Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation.
To be allocated** ..............
$22,225,000
..........................................
$0
$0
..........................................
$1,316,000
$0
Automated registry-cadastre database installed
Number of parcels with a registered title, rural and
urban (total of 21,000 and 22,000, rural and
urban, respectively).
Projected areas demarcated.
Number of projected area management plans implemented.
Number of conflicts resolved by program mediation.
N–1 Road: Kilometers of road upgraded.
Secondary Roads: Kilometers of secondary road upgraded.
Rural business development centers: Value of TA
and support services delivered to program businesses.
Improvement of water supply for farming and forest
production: Watershed Management Action Plan.
Funds disbursed for improvement of water supply
for farming and forest production projects.
Country: Georgia
Year: 2007
Quarter 1
Total Obligation: $294,693,000
Entity To Which the Assistance Is Provided: MCA Georgia
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $11,768,000
$211,700,000
Key Regional Infrastructure Rehabilitated.
$0
Regional Enterprise Development.
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Regional Infrastructure Rehabilitation.
$47,500,000
Enterprises in Regions
Developed.
$0
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Reduction in journey time: Akhalkalaki-NinotsmindaTeleti (hours).
Reduction in vehicle operating costs (cumulative).
Increase in internal regional traffic volumes (cumulative).
Decreased technical losses.
Reduction in the production of greenhouse gas
emissions measured in tons of CO2 equivalent.
Increased in collection rate of GGIC.
Number of household beneficiaries served by RID
projects (cumulative).
Actual operations and maintenance expenditures
(USD).
Increase in annual revenue in portfolio companies
(in (1,000 USD).
Increase in number of portfolio company employees
and number of local suppliers.
Increase in portfolio companies’ wages and payments to local suppliers (in 1,000 USD).
Jobs created.
Increase in aggregate incremental net revenue to
project assisted firms (in 1,000 USD and cumulative over five years).
Direct household net income (in 1,000 USD cumulative over five years).
Direct household net income for market information
initiative beneficiaries (in 1,000 USD cumulative
over five years).
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ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605—Continued
Projects
Obligated
Objectives
Quarterly disbursements
Measures
Number of beneficiaries.
Program Administration*,
Due Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation.
To be allocated** ..............
35,493,000
..........................................
$0
$0
..........................................
$11,768,000
Country: Vanuatu
Year: 2007
Quarter 1
Total Obligation: $65,690,000
Entity To Which the Assistance Is Provided: MCA Vanuatu
Transportation Infrastructure Project.
$60,690,000
Facilitate transportation to
increase tourism and
business development.
Total Quarterly Disbursement:
$0
Traffic volume (average annual daily traffic).
Days road is closed (number per annum).
Number of S–W Bay, Malekula flights cancelled due
to flooding (per annum).
Time of wharf (hours/vessel).
Program Administration*,
Due Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation.
$5,000,000
..........................................
$0
Country: Armenia
Year: 2007
Quarter 1
Total Obligation: $235,150,000
Entity To Which the Assistance Is Provided: MCA Armenia
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $882,000
Irrigated Agriculture Project
$145,680,000
Increase agricultural productivity and improve
quality of irrigation.
$0
Rural Road Rehabilitation
Project.
$67,100,000
Better access to economic and social infrastructure.
$0
Program Administration*,
Due Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation.
To be allocated** ..............
$22,370,000
..........................................
$0
$0
..........................................
Increase in hectares covered by HVA crops (i.e.,
vegetables, potato, fruits, grapes).
Percentage of respondents satisfied with irrigation
services.
Share of WUA water charges compared WUA annual operations and maintenance cost (percentage).
Number of farmers using better on-farm water management: drip irrigation; ET Gage, and soil moisture monitoring.
Loans provided under the project (USD in thousands).
Annual increase in irrigated land in Project area
(hectares).
State budget expenditures on maintenance of irrigation system (AMD in millions).
Reduction in kilowatt hours used (thousand KWh).
Share of water losses compared to total water intake (percentage).
Share of WUA water charges compared to WUA annual operations and maintenance cost (percentage).
$882,000
Country: Benin
Year: 2007
Quarter 1
Total Obligation: $305,761,000
Entity To Which the Assistance Is Provided: MCA Benin
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,097,000
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Access to Financial Services.
$19,650,000
Expand Access to Financial Services.
$0
Access to Justice ..............
$34,270,000
Improved Ability of Justice
System to Enforce Contracts and Reconcile
Claims.
$0
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Strengthen capacity of select financial institutions.
Strengthen monitoring capacity of Supervisory Authority.
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 past due over 30
days.
Total number of loans guaranteed by land titles, per
year.
Increase efficiency and improved services of courts
and the arbitration center.
Increase access to court system.
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ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605—Continued
Projects
Obligated
Quarterly disbursements
Objectives
Access to Land .................
$36,020,000
Strengthen property rights
and increase investment in rural and urban
land.
$0
Access to Markets ............
$168,020,000
$0
Program Administration*,
Due Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation.
To be allocated** ..............
$22,370,000
Improve Access to Markets through Improvements to the Port of
Cotonou.
..........................................
..........................................
Improve enterprise registration center.
Value of investments made to rural land parcels per
year; land investment data will come from self-reported data through EMICoV.
Value of investments made to urban land parcels
per year; land investment data will come from
self-reported data through EMICoV.
Total volume of exports and imports passing
through Port of Cotonou, per year in million metric
tons.
$0
$0
Measures
$2,097,000
619 Transfer Funds
U.S. Agency to which funds were
transferred
Amount
USAID ..................................................
Country
$149,670,094
Description of program or project
.....................................
Threshold Program.
*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).
Dated: February 7, 2007.
Frances C. McNaught,
Vice President, Congressional & Public
Affairs, Millennium Challenge Corporation.
[FR Doc. E7–2447 Filed 2–12–07; 8:45 am]
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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION
SAFETY BOARD
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meeting
Biweekly Notice; Applications and
Amendments to Facility Operating
Licenses Involving No Significant
Hazards Considerations
Agenda
9:30 a.m., Wednesday,
February 21, 2007.
TIME AND DATE:
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION
ADMINISTRATION
NTSB Conference Center, 429
L’Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC
20594.
PLACE:
Sunshine Act Meeting
10 a.m., Thursday,
February 15, 2007.
PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room
7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA
22314–3428.
STATUS: Open.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Quarterly Insurance Fund Report.
2. Report to Congress on the Study of
Possible Changes to the Deposit
Insurance System.
3. Appeal from Delaware Federal
Credit of the Regional Director’s Denial
of Conversion from a Multiple Common
Bond to a Community Charter.
4. Final Rule: Part 701 of NCUA’s
Rules and Regulations, General Lending
Maturity Limit and Other Financial
Services.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Rupp, Secretary of the Board,
Telephone: 703–518–6304.
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September 23, 2005.
MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED:
Public Affairs,
Telephone: (202) 314–6100.
Individuals requesting specific
accommodations should contact Chris
Bisett at (202) 314–6305 by Friday,
February 16, 2007.
The public may view the meeting via
a live or archived webcast by accessing
a link under ‘‘News & Events’’ on the
NTSB home page at www.ntsb.gov.
NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vicky D’Onofrio, (202) 314–6410.
Mary Rupp,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 07–653 Filed 2–8–07; 4:20 pm]
Dated: February 9, 2007.
Vicky D’Onofrio,
Federal Register Liaison Officer
[FR Doc. 07–682 Filed 2–9–07; 1:53 pm]
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(the Act), the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (the Commission or NRC
staff) is publishing this regular biweekly
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issued and grants the Commission the
authority to issue and make
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[MCC FR 07-03]
Notice of Quarterly Report (October 1, 2006-December 31, 2006)
AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.
SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is reporting for
the quarter October 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006 with 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 of
funds to other federal agencies pursuant to section 619 of that 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 (https://www.mcc.gov) in accordance with section 612(b) of the Act.
Assistance Provided Under Section 605
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Quarterly
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Madagascar Year: 2007
Entity To Which The Assistance Is Provided: MCA Madagascar Total Quarterly Disbursement: $4,823,000
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Land Tenure Project.............. $37,803,000 Increase Land $0 Legislative proposal
Titling and (``loin de cadrage'')
Security. reflecting the PNF
submitted to Parliament
and passed
Percentage of land
documents inventoried,
restored, and/or
digitized.
Average time and cost
required to carry out
property-related
transactions at the
local and/or national
land services offices.
Time/cost to respond to
information request,
issue titles and to
modify titles after the
first land right.
Number of land disputes
reported and resolved
in the target zones and
sites of
implementation.
Percentage of land in
the zones that is
demarcated and ready
for titling.
Promote knowledge and
awareness of land
tenure reforms among
inhabitants in the
zones (surveys).
Finance Project.................. $35,888,000 Increase $0 Submission to Parliament
Competition in the and passage of new laws
Financial Sector. recommended by outside
experts and relevant
commissions.
CPA Association (CSC)
list of accountants
registered.
Maximum check clearing
delay.
Volume of funds in
payment system and
number of transactions.
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Public awareness of new
financial instruments
(surveys).
Report of credit and
payment information to
a central database.
Number of holders of new
denomination T-bill
holdings, and T-bill
issuance outside
Antananarivo as
measured by Central
Bank report of
redemption date.
Volume of production
covered by warehouse
receipts in the zones.
Volume of MFI lending in
the zones.
MFI portfolio-at-risk
delinquency rate.
Number of new bank
accounts in the zones.
Agricultural Business Investment $17,683,000 Improve $0 Number of rural
Project. Agricultural producers receiving or
Projection soliciting information
Technologies and from ABCs about the
Market Capacity in opportunities.
Rural Areas. Zones identified and
description of
beneficiaries within
each zone submitted.
Number of cost-effective
investment strategies
developed.
Number of plans
prepared.
Number of farmers and
business employing
technical assistance
received.
Program Administration* and $18,399,000 ................... $0 ........................
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
To be allocated**................ $0 ................... $4,823,000 ........................
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Country: Honduras Year: 2007 Quarter 1
Total Obligation: $215,000,000
Entity To Which the Assistance Is Provided: MCA Honduras Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,297,000
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Rural Development Project........ $72,195,000 Increase the $0 Hours of technical
productivity and assistance delivered to
business skills of Program Farmers
farmers who (thousands)
operate small and Funds lent by MCA-
medium-size farms Honduras to financial
and their institutions
employees. (cumulative).
Hours of technical
assistance to financial
institutions
(cumulative).
Lien Registry equipment
installed.
Kilometers of farm-to-
market road upgraded
(cumulative).
Transportation Project........... $125,700,000 Reduce $0 Kilometers of highway
transportation upgraded.
costs between Kilometers of secondary
targeted road upgraded.
production centers
and national,
regional and
global markets.
Number of weight
stations built.
Program Administration* and $17,105,000 ................... $0 ........................
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
To be allocated**................ $0 ................... $1,297,000 ........................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Cape Verde Year: 2007
Entity To Which the Assistance Is Provided: MCA Cape Verde Total Quarterly Disbursement: $0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Watershed and Agricultural $10,848,000 Increase $0 Productivity:
Support. agricultural Horticulture (tons per
production in hectare).
three targeted Value-added for farms
watershed areas on and agribusiness
three islands. (millions of dollars).
Infrastructure Improvement....... $78,760,000 Increase $0 Volume of goods shipped
integration of the between Praia and other
internal market islands (tons).
and reduce Mobility Ratio:
transportation Percentage of
costs. beneficiary population
who take at least 5
trips per month.
Savings on transport
costs from improvements
(million dollars).
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Private Sector Development....... $7,200,000 Spur private sector $0 Value added in priority
development on all sectors above current
islands through trends (escudos).
increased Volume of private
investment in the investment in priority
priority sectors sectors above current
and through trends.
financial sector
reform.
Program Administration* and $13,270,000 ................... $0 ........................
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
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Country: Nicaragua Year: 2007 Quarter 1
Total Obligation: $174,925,000
Entity To Which the Assistance Is Provided: MCA Nicaragua Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,316,000
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Property Regularization Project.. $26,400,000 Increase Investment $0 Automated registry-
by strengthening cadastre database
property rights. installed Number of
parcels with a
registered title, rural
and urban (total of
21,000 and 22,000,
rural and urban,
respectively).
Projected areas
demarcated.
Number of projected area
management plans
implemented.
Number of conflicts
resolved by program
mediation.
Transportation Project........... $92,800,000 Reduce $0 N-1 Road: Kilometers of
transportation road upgraded.
costs between Leon Secondary Roads:
and Chinandega and Kilometers of secondary
national, regional road upgraded.
and global markets.
Rural Business Development $33,500,000 Increase the value $0 Rural business
Project. added of farms and development centers:
enterprises in the Value of TA and support
region. services delivered to
program businesses.
Improvement of water
supply for farming and
forest production:
Watershed Management
Action Plan.
Funds disbursed for
improvement of water
supply for farming and
forest production
projects.
Program Administration*, Due $22,225,000 ................... $0 ........................
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
To be allocated**................ $0 ................... $1,316,000 ........................
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Country: Georgia Year: 2007 Quarter 1
Total Obligation: $294,693,000
Entity To Which the Assistance Is Provided: MCA Georgia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $11,768,000
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Regional Infrastructure $211,700,000 Key Regional $0 Reduction in journey
Rehabilitation. Infrastructure time: Akhalkalaki-
Rehabilitated. Ninotsminda-Teleti
(hours).
Reduction in vehicle
operating costs
(cumulative).
Increase in internal
regional traffic
volumes (cumulative).
Decreased technical
losses.
Reduction in the
production of
greenhouse gas
emissions measured in
tons of CO2 equivalent.
Increased in collection
rate of GGIC.
Number of household
beneficiaries served by
RID projects
(cumulative).
Actual operations and
maintenance
expenditures (USD).
Regional Enterprise Development.. $47,500,000 Enterprises in $0 Increase in annual
Regions Developed. revenue in portfolio
companies (in (1,000
USD).
Increase in number of
portfolio company
employees and number of
local suppliers.
Increase in portfolio
companies' wages and
payments to local
suppliers (in 1,000
USD).
Jobs created.
Increase in aggregate
incremental net revenue
to project assisted
firms (in 1,000 USD and
cumulative over five
years).
Direct household net
income (in 1,000 USD
cumulative over five
years).
Direct household net
income for market
information initiative
beneficiaries (in 1,000
USD cumulative over
five years).
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Number of beneficiaries.
Program Administration*, Due 35,493,000 ................... $0 ........................
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
To be allocated**................ $0 ................... $11,768,000 ........................
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Country: Vanuatu Year: 2007 Quarter 1
Total Obligation: $65,690,000
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Entity To Which the Assistance Is Provided: MCA Vanuatu Total Quarterly Disbursement:
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Transportation Infrastructure $60,690,000 Facilitate $0 Traffic volume (average
Project. transportation to annual daily traffic).
increase tourism Days road is closed
and business (number per annum).
development.
Number of S-W Bay,
Malekula flights
cancelled due to
flooding (per annum).
Time of wharf (hours/
vessel).
Program Administration*, Due $5,000,000 ................... $0 ........................
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
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Country: Armenia Year: 2007 Quarter 1
Total Obligation: $235,150,000
Entity To Which the Assistance Is Provided: MCA Armenia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $882,000
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Irrigated Agriculture Project.... $145,680,000 Increase $0 Increase in hectares
agricultural covered by HVA crops
productivity and (i.e., vegetables,
improve quality of potato, fruits,
irrigation. grapes).
Percentage of
respondents satisfied
with irrigation
services.
Share of WUA water
charges compared WUA
annual operations and
maintenance cost
(percentage).
Number of farmers using
better on-farm water
management: drip
irrigation; ET Gage,
and soil moisture
monitoring.
Loans provided under the
project (USD in
thousands).
Rural Road Rehabilitation Project $67,100,000 Better access to $0 Annual increase in
economic and irrigated land in
social Project area
infrastructure. (hectares).
State budget
expenditures on
maintenance of
irrigation system (AMD
in millions).
Reduction in kilowatt
hours used (thousand
KWh).
Share of water losses
compared to total water
intake (percentage).
Share of WUA water
charges compared to WUA
annual operations and
maintenance cost
(percentage).
Program Administration*, Due $22,370,000 ................... $0
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
To be allocated**................ $0 ................... $882,000 ........................
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Country: Benin Year: 2007 Quarter 1
Total Obligation: $305,761,000
Entity To Which the Assistance Is Provided: MCA Benin Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,097,000
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Access to Financial Services..... $19,650,000 Expand Access to $0 Strengthen capacity of
Financial Services. select financial
institutions.
Strengthen monitoring
capacity of Supervisory
Authority.
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 past due over
30 days.
Total number of loans
guaranteed by land
titles, per year.
Access to Justice................ $34,270,000 Improved Ability of $0 Increase efficiency and
Justice System to improved services of
Enforce Contracts courts and the
and Reconcile arbitration center.
Claims. Increase access to court
system.
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Improve enterprise
registration center.
Access to Land................... $36,020,000 Strengthen property $0 Value of investments
rights and made to rural land
increase parcels per year; land
investment in investment data will
rural and urban come from self-reported
land. data through EMICoV.
Value of investments
made to urban land
parcels per year; land
investment data will
come from self-reported
data through EMICoV.
Access to Markets................ $168,020,000 Improve Access to $0 Total volume of exports
Markets through and imports passing
Improvements to through Port of
the Port of Cotonou, per year in
Cotonou. million metric tons.
Program Administration*, Due $22,370,000 ................... $0 ........................
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
To be allocated**................ $0 ................... $2,097,000 ........................
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619 Transfer Funds
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U.S. Agency to which funds were Description of program or
transferred Amount Country project
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USAID.................................. $149,670,094 ......................... 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).
Dated: February 7, 2007.
Frances C. McNaught,
Vice President, Congressional & Public Affairs, Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
[FR Doc. E7-2447 Filed 2-12-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9211-01-P
