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provided will be the same, and the
series will be continuous.
The NCS will continue to provide
employee benefit provision and
participation data. These data include
estimates of how many workers receive
the various employer-sponsored
benefits. The data also will include
information about the common
provisions of benefit plans.
The NCS is revising the update
collection forms from two (one benefits
and one wages), to six forms by having
unique private industry and government
update collection forms and versions
for: Benefits only collection, wages only
collection, and combined benefit and
wage collection. NCS update collection
forms give respondents their previously
reported information and the dates they
expected change to occur to these data
and space for reporting these changes.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility.
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
Total
respondents
per form
Form
Establishment collection form (NCS Form 04–
1G).
Establishment collection form (NCS Form 04–
1P).
Earnings form (NCS Form 04–2G) .....................
Earnings form (NCS Form 04–2P) ......................
Wage only—Government ....................................
Wage only—Private Industry ...............................
Work Level Form (NCS Form 04–3G) ................
Work Level Form (NCS Form 04–3P) ................
Work Schedule Form (NCS 05–4G) ...................
Work Schedule Form (NCS 04–4P) ....................
Benefits Collection Form (NCS 04–5G) ..............
Benefits Collection Form (NCS 04–5P) ..............
Index benefits summary only—Government .......
Index benefits summary only—Private industry ..
Index wage and benefits—Government ..............
Index wage and benefits—Private industry ........
Collection not tied to a specific form for private industry and government (testing,
QA/QM, etc.).
Frequency
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: National Compensation Survey.
OMB Number: 1220–0164.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit; not-for-profit institutions; and
State, local, and tribal government.
Total Respondents: 39,904 (three-year
average).
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
All figures in the table below are
based on a three-year average. The total
respondents in the table are greater than
the figure shown above because many
respondents are asked to provide
information relating to more than one
form.
Total annual
responses
Avg. minutes
for the
predominant
form use**
Total hours
(*)
(*)
19
(*)
6,065
Annual ............................
6,065
19
1,921
(*)
6,065
2,272
15,042
(*)
6,065
(*)
6,065
(*)
3,032
108
2,316
2,055
9,266
5,204
........................................
Annual ............................
Annual or quarterly ........
Annual or quarterly ........
........................................
Annual ............................
........................................
Annual ............................
........................................
Annual ............................
Quarterly ........................
Quarterly ........................
Quarterly ........................
Quarterly ........................
Unknown ........................
(*)
6,065
2,526
20,486
(*)
6,065
(*)
6,065
(*)
3,032
362
7,759
6,884
31,040
6,819
20
20
20
20
25
25
10
10
177
177
19
19
39
39
38
(*)
2,022
842
6,828
(*)
2,527
(*)
1,011
(*)
8,944
115
2,457
4,475
20,176
4,319
63,555
Totals ............................................................
........................................
........................................
103,168
........................
55,637
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* Most NCS Government forms (NCS 04–XG), are only used for government sample initiations, but if any new metropolitan or non-metropolitan
areas are added during collection period NCS Government initiation forms would be used. A non-substantive change request will be submitted to
OMB if any new areas need to be added during the collection period.
** Collection forms can have multiple uses. The table above shows the average collection times for the predominant uses of the forms. Record
checks (for quality assurance and measurement) are done on a sub-sample of respondents verifying responses for pre-selected sections of the
forms.
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Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of
August 2007.
Cathy Kazanowski,
Chief, Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. E7–15540 Filed 8–8–07; 8:45 am]
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
CORPORATION
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Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC) is reporting for the
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quarter April 1, 2007 through June 30,
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
(www.mcc.gov) in accordance with
Section 612(b) of the Act.
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605
Projects
Obligated
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
Country: Madagascar
Year: 2007
Quarter 3
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar
Total Obligation: $109,773,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: 3,485,000
Land Tenure Project ..................
$37,803,000
Increase Land Titling and Security.
$2,279,000
Finance Project ..........................
$35,888,000
Increase Competition in the Financial Sector.
$1,495,000
Agricultural Business Investment
Project.
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Measures
$17,683,000
Improve Agricultural Projection
Technologies and Market
Capacity in Rural Areas.
$2,607,000
Program Administration* and
Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **
$18,399,000
..................................................
$8,076,000
........................
..................................................
$3,499,000
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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.
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.
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Projects
Obligated
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
Country: Honduras
Year: 2007
Quarter 3
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras
Total Obligation: $215,000,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $3,497,000
Rural Development Project ........
*$72,195,000
Increase the productivity and
business skills of farmers
who operate small and medium-size farms and their
employees.
$5,264,000
Transportation Project ...............
$125,700,000
$17,105,000
Reduce transportation costs
between targeted production
centers and national, regional and global markets.
..................................................
$478,000
Program Administration* and
Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **
$1,253,000
........................
..................................................
$2,290,000
Projects
Obligated
Objectives
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.
Cumulative
disbursements
Country: Cape Verde
Year: 2007
Quarter 3
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Cape Verde
Measures
Total Obligation: $110,078,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,077,000
Watershed and Agricultural Support.
$10,848,000
Increase agricultural production
in three targeted watershed
areas on three islands.
$247,000
Infrastructure Improvement ........
$78,760,000
Increase integration of the internal market and reduce
transportation costs.
$4,084,000
Private Sector Development ......
$7,200,000
$13,270,000
Spur private sector development on all islands through
increased investment in the
priority sectors and through
financial sector reform.
..................................................
$88,000
Program Administration* and
Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **
$4,979,000
........................
..................................................
$3,815,000
Projects
Obligated
Objectives
$26,400,000
Increase
Investment
by
strengthening property rights.
$685,000
Transportation Project ...............
$92,800,000
Reduce transportation costs
between
Leon
and
Chinandega and national, regional and global markets.
$58,000
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Measures
Total Obligation: $174,925,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,300,000
Property Regularization Project
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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).
Value added in priority sectors above current trends (escudos)
Volume of private investment in priority
sectors above current trends.
Cumulative
disbursements
Country: Nicaragua
Year: 2007
Quarter 3
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Nicaragua
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Measures
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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Projects
Obligated
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
Rural Business Development
Project.
$33,500,000
Increase the value added of
farms and enterprises in the
region.
$1,623,000
Program Administration*, Due
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **
$22,225,000
..................................................
$2,700,000
$0
..................................................
Measures
$2,445,000
Projects
Obligated
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
Country: Georgia
Year: 2007
Quarter 3
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Georgia
Regional Infrastructure Rehabilitation.
$211,700,000
Key Regional
Rehabilitated.
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.
Measures
Total Obligation: $294,693,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $3,500,000
Infrastructure
$13,330,000
Regional Enterprise Development.
$47,500,000
Enterprises in Regions Developed.
$6,439,000
Program Administration*, Due
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **
$35,493,000
..................................................
$4,806,000
$0
..................................................
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.
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).
Number of beneficiaries.
$4,462,000
Projects
Obligated
Cumulative
disbursements
Objective
Measures
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Country: Vanuatu
Year: 2007
Quarter 3
Total Obligation: $65,690,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Vanuatu
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $0
Transportation Infrastructure
Project.
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Facilitate transportation to increase tourism and business
development.
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$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).
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Projects
Obligated
Program Administration*, Due
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **
Cumulative
disbursements
Objective
..................................................
$1,035,000
........................
..................................................
$684,000
Obligated
Projects
$5,000,000
Objective
Cumulative
disbursements
Country: Armenia
Year: 2007
Quarter 3
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Armenia
Irrigated Agriculture Project .......
Measures
Total Obligation: $235,150,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,157,000
$145,680,000
Increase agricultural productivity and Improve Quality of
Irrigation.
$2,496,000
Rural Road Rehabilitation
Project.
$67,100,000
Better access to economic and
social infrastructure.
$445,000
Program Administration*, Due
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **
$22,370,000
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$1,382,000
$0
..................................................
$1,425,000
Projects
Obligated
$19,650,000
Expand Access to Financial
Services.
$271,000
Access to Justice .......................
$34,270,000
Improved Ability of Justice System to Enforce Contracts
and Reconcile Claims.
$76,000
Access to Land ..........................
$36,020,000
Strengthen property rights and
increase investment in rural
and urban land.
$45,000
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Measures
Total Obligation: $305,761,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,872,000
Access to Financial Services .....
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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).
Cumulative
disbursements
Objective
Country: Benin
Year: 2007
Quarter 3
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Benin
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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.
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.
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Cumulative
disbursements
Projects
Obligated
Objective
Access to Markets .....................
$168,020,000
$22,370,000
Improve Access to Markets
through Improvements to the
Port of Cotonou.
..................................................
$2,770,000
$0
..................................................
2,159,000
Program Administration*, Due
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **
Projects
Obligated
$4,000
Measures
Total volume of exports and imports
passing through Port of Cotonou, per
year in million metric tons.
Cumulative
disbursements
Objective
Country: Ghana
Year: 2007
Quarter 3
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Ghana
Measures
Total Obligation: $536,639,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,174,000
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 ....................
$101,288,000
Strengthen the rural institutions
that provide services complementary to, and supportive of, agricultural and
agriculture business development.
$0
Transportation ............................
$136,804,000
Reduce
the
transportation
costs affecting agriculture
commerce at sub-regional
levels.
$0
$22,370,000
..................................................
$0
........................
..................................................
$2,915,000
Program Administration*, Due
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **
Number of hectares irrigated.
Number of days to conduct a land transaction.
Number of land disputes in the pilot registration districts.
Registration of land rights in the pilot registration districts.
Volume of products passing through postharvest treatment (metric tons).
Portfolio-at-risk of agriculture loan fund.
Value of loans disbursed to clients from
agricultural loan fund (US$).
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 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.
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 funds are used to pay items such as salaries, rent, and the cost of office equipment.
** Pending subsequent report amounts represent funds that have been disbursed to the country for specific projects and activities that will be reported by project in the subsequent quarterly.
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U.S. agency to which funds were transferred
Amount
Description of program or project
$0
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Dated: August 3, 2007.
Frances C. McNaught,
Vice President, Congressional and Public
Affairs, Millennium Challenge Corporation.
[FR Doc. 07–3879 Filed 8–8–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9211–03–P
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
[Notice: (07–055)]
Notice of Centennial Challenges 2007
Tether Challenge
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of Centennial Challenges
2007 Tether Challenge
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice is issued in
accordance with 42 U.S.C. 2451 (314)
(d). The 2007 Tether Challenge is now
scheduled, and teams that wish to
compete may now register. The NASA
Centennial Challenges Program is a
program of prize contests to stimulate
innovation and competition in space
exploration and ongoing NASA mission
areas. The 2007 Tether Challenge is a
prize contest designed to develop very
strong tether material for use in various
structural applications. The 2007 Tether
Challenge is being administered for
NASA by the Spaceward Foundation.
Their Web site is: https://
www.spaceward.org. The Centennial
Challenges Web site is https://
www.centennialchallenges.nasa.gov.
DATES: The 2007 Tether Challenge will
be held on the dates of October 19–21,
2007.
ADDRESSES: The location of the 2007
Tether Challenge will be held at the
Davis County Event Center just outside
of Salt Lake City, Utah. Questions and
comments regarding the NASA
Centennial Challenges Program should
be addressed to Mr. Ken Davidian,
Centennial Challenges Program,
Innovative Partnerships Program Office,
NASA Headquarters, 20546–0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Ken Davidian, Centennial Challenges
Program, Innovative Partnerships
Program Office, NASA Headquarters,
20546–0001, (202) 358–0748,
kdavidian@nasa.gov. To register for and
get additional information regarding the
2007 Tether Challenge, visit: https://
www.elevator2010.org/site/
competitionTether2007.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary
The purpose of the 2007 Tether
Challenge is to develop very strong
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tether material for use in various
structural applications. The competition
requires a 50% improvement in
breaking force from year to year, starting
with a commercially available tether in
2006. Additional requirements (such as
operating temperature range, vacuum
compatibility, and controlled electrical
conductivity) will be added in future
years.
I. Challenge Basis and Prize Amount
The complete 2007 Tether Challenge
purse is $500,000. The 2007 Tether
Challenge will be conducted in two
rounds. The first round will pit tethers
from two teams directly against each
other to determine the team with the
strongest tether. The second round will
determine if the first-round winner(s) is/
are at least 50% stronger than a house
tether that represents off-the-shelf
materials. If it is (or they are), that/those
team(s) will win the competition and
share the prize purse.
II. Eligibility
The Centennial Challenges Program
has established the following language
in the 2007 Tether Challenge Team
Agreement governing eligibility. For this
section, challenge is the 2007 Tether
Challenge.
A team is an individual or private
entity, or a group of individuals or
private entities, that register to
participate in challenge. A team is
comprised of a team leader and team
members. A team leader is, by
definition, also a team member.
Team members are participants on the
team that are not the team leader. To be
eligible to win the challenge prize, an
individual or entity, (a) In the case of a
private entity, shall be incorporated in
and maintain a primary place of
business in the United States, and (b) in
the case of an individual, whether
participating individually or as a
member of a group, shall be a citizen or
permanent resident of the United States.
A team leader is a single private entity
or individual which is the sole agent
representing a team regarding its
participation in challenge. In the case of
the team leader that is a private entity,
it must appoint an individual who is an
officer of the private entity to represent
the team leader. All team members will
apply to register for the challenge
through team leader and must receive
written concurrence by Spaceward.
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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 153 (Thursday, August 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44867-44873]
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[MCC 07-08]
Notice of Quarterly Report (April 1, 2007-June 30, 2007)
AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.
SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is reporting for
the
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quarter April 1, 2007 through June 30, 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 (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: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $109,773,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar Total Quarterly Disbursement: 3,485,000
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Land Tenure Project.............. $37,803,000 Increase Land $2,279,000 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).
Finance Project.................. $35,888,000 Increase $1,495,000 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 $2,607,000 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 ................... $8,076,000
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... .............. ................... $3,499,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Honduras Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $215,000,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras Total Quarterly Disbursement: $3,497,000
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Rural Development Project........ *$72,195,000 Increase the $5,264,000 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 $478,000 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 ................... $1,253,000
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... .............. ................... $2,290,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Cape Verde Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $110,078,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Cape Verde Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,077,000
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Watershed and Agricultural $10,848,000 Increase $247,000 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).
Infrastructure Improvement....... $78,760,000 Increase $4,084,000 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 $88,000 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 ................... $4,979,000
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... .............. ................... $3,815,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Nicaragua Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $174,925,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Nicaragua Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,300,000
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Property Regularization Project.. $26,400,000 Increase Investment $685,000 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 $58,000 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.
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Rural Business Development $33,500,000 Increase the value $1,623,000 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 ................... $2,700,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... $0 ................... $2,445,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Georgia Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $294,693,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Georgia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $3,500,000
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Regional Infrastructure $211,700,000 Key Regional $13,330,000 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.
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 $6,439,000 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 ................... $4,806,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... $0 ................... $4,462,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
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Country: Vanuatu Year: 2007 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 $60,690,000 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).
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Program Administration*, Due $5,000,000 ................... $1,035,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... .............. ................... $684,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
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Country: Armenia Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $235,150,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Armenia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,157,000
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Irrigated Agriculture Project.... $145,680,000 Increase $2,496,000 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 $445,000 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 ................... $1,382,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... $0 ................... $1,425,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
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Country: Benin Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $305,761,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Benin Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,872,000
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Access to Financial Services..... $19,650,000 Expand Access to $271,000 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 $76,000 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 $45,000 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.
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Access to Markets................ $168,020,000 Improve Access to $4,000 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 ................... $2,770,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... $0 ................... 2,159,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
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Country: Ghana Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $536,639,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Ghana Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,174,000
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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 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................... $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.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... .............. ................... $2,915,000
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* Program administration funds are used to pay items such as salaries, rent, and the cost of office equipment.
** Pending subsequent report amounts represent funds that have been disbursed to the country for specific
projects and activities that will be reported by project in the subsequent quarterly.
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U.S. agency to which funds were Description of program
transferred Amount or project
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Dated: August 3, 2007.
Frances C. McNaught,
Vice President, Congressional and Public Affairs, Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
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