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SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge
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quarter January 1, 2007 through March
31, 2007 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
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ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605
Projects
Obligated
Objectives
Cumulative
disbursements
Measures
Country: Madagascar
Year: 2007
Quarter 2
Total Obligation: $109,773,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $0
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Land Tenure Project ...................................
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Increase Land Titling
and Security.
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$1,913,000
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).
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ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605—Continued
Projects
Obligated
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
Finance Project ...........................................
35,888,000
Increase Competition in the Financial Sector.
Agricultural Business Investment Project ...
17,683,000
Improve Agricultural
Projection Technologies and Market Capacity in
Rural Areas.
2,109,000
Program Administration* and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.
To be allocated** ........................................
18,399,000
.................................
6,751,000
........................
.................................
1,906,000
Country: Honduras
Year: 2007
Quarter 2
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras
Rural Development Project .........................
72,195,000
Transportation Project ................................
125,700,000
Program Administration* and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.
To be allocated** ........................................
827,000
Measures
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.
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.
Total Obligation: $215,000,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,014,000
Increase the productivity and business
skills of farmers
who operate small
and medium-size
farms and their
employees.
3,947,000
443,000
17,105,000
Reduce transportation costs between targeted
production centers
and national, regional and global
markets.
.................................
........................
.................................
Hours of technical assistance delivered to
Program Farmers (thousands).
Funds lent by MCA-Honduras to financial
institutions (cumulative).
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.
Number of weight stations built.
1,906,000
790,000
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Country: Cape Verde
Year: 2007
Quarter 2
Total Obligation: $110,078,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Cape Verde
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $0
.
Watershed and Agricultural Support ..........
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Increase agricultural
production in three
targeted watershed areas on
three islands.
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216,000
Productivity: Horticulture (tons per hectare).
Value-added for farms and agribusiness
(millions of dollars).
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ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605—Continued
Projects
Obligated
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
Infrastructure Improvement .........................
78,760,000
Increase integration
of the internal
market and reduce transportation costs.
Private Sector Development .......................
7,200,000
Program Administration* and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.
To be allocated** ........................................
13,270,000
Spur private sector
development on
all islands through
increased investment in the priority
sectors and
through financial
sector reform.
.................................
2,089,000
........................
.................................
1,684,000
Country: Nicaragua
Year: 2007
Quarter 2
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Nicaragua
3,360,000
0
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).
Value added in priority sectors above current trends (escudos).
Volume of private investment in priority
sectors above current trends.
Total Obligation: $174,925,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $447,000
Property Regularization Project ..................
26,400,000
Increase Investment
by strengthening
property rights.
143,000
Transportation Project ................................
92,800,000
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.
0
Rural Business Development Project .........
Program Administration,* Due Diligence,
Monitoring and Evaluation.
To be allocated** ........................................
22,225,000
.................................
1,974,000
0
.................................
681,000
Country: Georgia
Year: 2007
Quarter 2
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Georgia
Regional Infrastructure Rehabilitation ........
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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.
Total Obligation: $294,693,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $3,655,000
Key Regional Infrastructure Rehabilitated.
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1,116,000
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.
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6,594,000
Reduction in journey time: AkhalkalakiNinotsminda-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.
Increase in collection rate of GGIC.
Number of household beneficiaries
served by RID projects (cumulative).
Actual operations and maintenance expenditures (USD).
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ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605—Continued
Projects
Obligated
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
Regional Enterprise Development ..............
47,500,000
Enterprises in Regions Developed.
1,185,000
Program Administration*, Due Diligence,
Monitoring and Evaluation.
To be allocated** ........................................
35,493,000
.................................
3,991,000
0
.................................
Measures
13,765,000
Country: Vanuatu
Year: 2007
Quarter 2
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Vanuatu
Transportation Infrastructure Project ..........
60,690,000
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).
Number of beneficiaries.
Total Obligation: $65,690,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $147,000
Facilitate transportation to increase
tourism and business development.
2,000
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.
To be allocated** ........................................
5,000,000
.................................
805,000
........................
.................................
$915,000
Country: Armenia
Year: 2007
Quarter 2
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Armenia
Total Obligation: $235,150,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,709,000
145,680,000
Increase agricultural
productivity and
Improve Quality of
Irrigation.
0
Rural Road Rehabilitation Project ..............
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Irrigated Agriculture 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
.................................
143,000
0
.................................
3,448,000
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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).
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ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605—Continued
Projects
Obligated
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
Country: Benin
Year: 2007
Quarter 2
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Benin
Total Obligation: $305,761,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,356,000
Access to Financial Services ......................
19,650,000
Expand Access to
Financial Services.
49,000
Access to Justice ........................................
34,270,000
0
Access to Land ...........................................
36,020,000
Improved Ability of
Justice System to
Enforce Contracts
and Reconcile
Claims.
Strengthen property
rights and increase investment
in rural and urban
land.
Access to Markets ......................................
168,020,000
Program Administration*, Due Diligence,
Monitoring and Evaluation.
To be allocated** ........................................
44,000
22,370,000
Improve Access to
Markets through
Improvements to
the Port of
Cotonou.
.................................
0
0
.................................
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.
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.
1,363,000
1,997,000
Country: Ghana
Year: 2007
Quarter 2
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Ghana
Total Obligation: $536,639,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $741,000
Agriculture Project ......................................
239,552,000
Enhance Profitability
of cultivation,
services to agriculture and product handling in
support of the expansion of commercial agriculture
among groups of
smallholder farms.
0
Rural Development .....................................
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Measures
101,288,000
Strengthen the rural
institutions that
provide services
complementary to,
and supportive of,
agricultural and
agriculture business development.
0
Number of hectares irrigated.
Number of days to conduct a land transaction.
Number of land disputes in the pilot registration districts.
Registration of land rights in the pilot registration districts.
Volume of products passing through postharvest treatment (metric tons).
Portfolio-at-risk of agriculture loan fund.
Value of loans disbursed to clients from
agricultural loan fund (US$).
Number of additional loans.
Vehicle operating costs (on roads requiring minor, medium and major rehabilitation).
Time/quality per procurement.
Score card of citizen satisfaction with
services.
Gross enrollment rates.
Gender parity in school enrollment.
Distance to collect water.
Time to collect water.
Distance to sanitation facility.
Travel tine to sanitation facility.
Incidence of guinea worm, diarrhea or
bilharzia.
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ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605—Continued
Projects
Obligated
Transportation .............................................
136,804,000
Objectives
Cumulative
disbursements
Reduce the transportation costs affecting agriculture
commerce at subregional levels.
0
Measures
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.
Volume capacity ratio.
Vehicles per hour at peak hour.
Travel time at peak hour.
International roughness index.
Annual average daily traffic.
Travel time for walk-on passengers and
small vehicles.
Travel time for trucks.
Program Administration*, Due Diligence,
Monitoring and Evaluation.
To be allocated** ........................................
22,370,000
.................................
0
........................
.................................
$741,000
* 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 Transfer Funds
U.S. Agency to which funds were transferred
Amount
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USAID ..........................................................................................................................................................
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Information pertaining to the
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or affected Indian Tribes, or their
representatives, requesting consultation
with the NRC staff regarding review of
the potential high-level waste geologic
repository site, or wishing to participate
in a license application review for the
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or affected Indian Tribes must submit a
statement of their authority to act in
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$4,717,048
$13,541,023
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Submit, by July 9, 2007, comments
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[MCC FR 07-04]
Notice of Quarterly Report (January 1, 2007-March 31, 2007)
AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.
SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is reporting for
the quarter January 1, 2007 through March 31, 2007 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.
Dated: May 4, 2007.
Frances C. McNaught,
Vice President, Congressional and Public Affairs, Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
Assistance Provided Under Section 605
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Madagascar Year: 2007 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $109,773,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar Total Quarterly Disbursement: $0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Land Tenure Project.............. $37,803,000 Increase Land $1,913,000 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).
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Finance Project.................. 35,888,000 Increase 827,000 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.
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 2,109,000 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 ................... 6,751,000
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
To be allocated**................ .............. ................... 1,906,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Honduras Year: 2007 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $215,000,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,014,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rural Development Project........ 72,195,000 Increase the 3,947,000 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 443,000 Kilometers of highway
transportation upgraded.
costs between Kilometers of secondary
targeted road upgraded.
production centers Number of weight
and national, stations built.
regional and
global markets.
Program Administration* and 17,105,000 ................... 790,000
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
To be allocated**................ .............. ................... 1,906,000
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Country: Cape Verde Year: 2007 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $110,078,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Cape Verde Total Quarterly Disbursement: $0
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Watershed and Agricultural 10,848,000 Increase 216,000 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).
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Infrastructure Improvement....... 78,760,000 Increase 3,360,000 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).
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 ................... 2,089,000
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
To be allocated**................ .............. ................... 1,684,000
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Country: Nicaragua Year: 2007 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $174,925,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Nicaragua Total Quarterly Disbursement: $447,000
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Property Regularization Project.. 26,400,000 Increase Investment 143,000 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 1,116,000 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 ................... 1,974,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
To be allocated**................ 0 ................... 681,000
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Country: Georgia Year: 2007 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $294,693,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Georgia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $3,655,000
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Regional Infrastructure 211,700,000 Key Regional 6,594,000 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.
Increase in collection
rate of GGIC.
Number of household
beneficiaries served by
RID projects
(cumulative).
Actual operations and
maintenance
expenditures (USD).
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Regional Enterprise Development.. 47,500,000 Enterprises in 1,185,000 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).
Number of beneficiaries.
Program Administration*, Due 35,493,000 ................... 3,991,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
To be allocated**................ 0 ................... 13,765,000
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Country: Vanuatu Year: 2007 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $65,690,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Vanuatu Total Quarterly Disbursement: $147,000
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Transportation Infrastructure 60,690,000 Facilitate 2,000 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 ................... 805,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
To be allocated**................ .............. ................... $915,000
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Country: Armenia Year: 2007 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $235,150,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Armenia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,709,000
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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 ................... 143,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
To be allocated **............... 0 ................... 3,448,000
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Country: Benin Year: 2007 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $305,761,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Benin Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,356,000
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Access to Financial Services..... 19,650,000 Expand Access to 49,000 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.
Improve enterprise
registration center.
Access to Land................... 36,020,000 Strengthen property 44,000 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 ................... 1,363,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
To be allocated**................ 0 ................... 1,997,000
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Country: Ghana Year: 2007 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $536,639,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Ghana Total Quarterly Disbursement: $741,000
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Agriculture Project.............. 239,552,000 Enhance 0 Number of hectares
Profitability of irrigated.
cultivation, Number of days to
services to conduct a land
agriculture and transaction.
product handling Number of land disputes
in support of the in the pilot
expansion of registration districts.
commercial Registration of land
agriculture among rights in the pilot
groups of registration districts.
smallholder farms. Volume of products
passing through post-
harvest treatment
(metric tons).
Portfolio-at-risk of
agriculture loan fund.
Value of loans disbursed
to clients from
agricultural loan fund
(US$).
Number of additional
loans.
Vehicle operating costs
(on roads requiring
minor, medium and major
rehabilitation).
Rural Development................ 101,288,000 Strengthen the 0 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 tine to
sanitation facility.
Incidence of guinea
worm, diarrhea or
bilharzia.
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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................... 136,804,000 Reduce the 0 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
traffic.
Travel time for walk-on
passengers and small
vehicles.
Travel time for trucks.
Program Administration*, Due 22,370,000 ................... 0
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
To be allocated**................ .............. ................... $741,000
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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).
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619 Transfer Funds
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U.S. Agency to which funds Description of program or
were transferred Amount project
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USAID....................... $8,296,400 Threshold Program.
USAID....................... $4,717,048 Threshold Program.
USAID....................... $13,541,023 Threshold Program.
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[FR Doc. E7-8961 Filed 5-9-07; 8:45 am]
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