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gross mismanagement; gross waste of
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Dated: December 14, 2007.
William G. Anderson, Jr.,
Vice President & General Counsel,
Millennium Challenge Corporation.
[FR Doc. E7–24631 Filed 12–18–07; 8:45 am]
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
CORPORATION
[MCC FR 07–14]
Notice of Quarterly Report (July 1,
2007–September 30, 2007)
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC) is reporting for the
quarter July 1, 2007 through September
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 website of the MCC
(https://www.mcc.gov) in accordance
with Section 612(b) of the Act.
AGENCY:
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605
Projects
Obligated
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
Country: Madagascar
Year: 2007
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar
Total Obligation: $109,773,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $4,774,000
$37,803,000
Increase Land Titling and Security.
$3,983,000
Finance Project .........................
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Land Tenure Project .................
35,888,000
Increase Competition in the Financial Sector.
3,507,000
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Legislative proposal reflecting the National Land Tenure Program submitted to Parliament and passed.
Number of land disputes reported and resolved in the target
zones and sites of implementation.
Percentage of land documents inventoried, restored, and/or
digitized.
Average time and cost required to carry out property transactions.
Percent of reported land conflicts resolved on titled land in
zone 3, 4, 5 during the title regularization operations.
Percentage of land in the zones that is demarcated and ready
for titling.
The number of savings accounts and outstanding value of accounts from primary banks.
Maximum check clearing delay.
Volume of funds in payment system and number of transactions.
Increased public awareness of new financial instruments as
measured by surveys within intervention zones and large
towns.
The amount of government debt issued with maturities in excess of 52 weeks.
The number of new individual investors buying government
debt securities.
The number of bank branches of the Central Bank of Madagascar capable of accepting auction tenders.
Percentage of all loans included in the central database.
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ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605—Continued
Projects
Obligated
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
Agricultural Business Investment Project.
17,683,000
Improve Agricultural Projection
Technologies and Market
Capacity in Rural Areas.
4,488,000
Program Administration* and
Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports** ..
18,399,000
...................................................
11,813,000
........................
...................................................
¥1,061,000
Projects
Obligated
Objectives
$72,195,000
Increase the productivity and
business skills of farmers
who operate small and medium-size farms and their
employees.
$6,667,000
Transportation Project ..............
125,700,000
927,000
Program Administration* and
Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports** ..
17,105,000
Reduce transportation costs
between targeted production
centers and national, regional and global markets.
...................................................
........................
...................................................
Obligated
$10,848,000
1,574,000
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
Increase agricultural production
in three targeted watershed
areas on three islands.
Increase integration of the internal market and reduce
transportation costs.
Infrastructure Improvement ......
78,760,000
Private Sector Development .....
7,200,000
Program Administration* and
Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports** ..
13,270,000
........................
...................................................
Obligated
6,121,000
128,000
4,288,000
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
$26,400,000
Increase
Investment
by
strengthening property rights.
$967,000
Transportation Project ..............
92,800,000
973,000
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.
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Total Obligation: $175,000,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,174,000
Property Regularization Project
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Increase in horticultural productivity.
Increase in annual income.
Value-added for farms and agribusiness.
Volume of goods shipped between Praia and other islands.
Mobility Ratio: Percentage of beneficiary population who take
at least 5 trips per month.
Savings on transport costs from improvements.
Value added in priority sectors above current trends.
Volume of private investment in priority sectors above current
trends.
2,977,000
Country: Nicaragua
Year: 2007
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Nicaragua
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Measures
Total Obligation: $110,078,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $4,327,000
$417,000
Spur private sector development on all islands through
increased investment in the
priority sectors and through
financial sector reform.
...................................................
Projects
Increase in farm income resulting from Rural Development
Project.
Funds lent by MCA-Honduras to financial institutions.
Increase in employment income resulting from Rural Development Project.
Number of Program farmers harvesting high-value horticulture
crops.
Number of hectares harvesting high-value horticulture crops.
Freight shipment cost from Tegucigalpa to Puerto Cortes.
Price of basic food basket.
Number of days per year road is passable.
1,804,000
Country: Cape Verde
Year: 2007
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Cape Verde
Watershed and Agricultural
Support.
Measures
Total Obligation: $215,000,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,688,000
Rural Development Project ......
Projects
Number of rural producers receiving or soliciting information
from Agricultural Business Centers about the opportunities.
Intervention zones identified and description of beneficiaries
within each zone submitted.
Number of visitors receiving information from National Coordinating Center with respect to business opportunities.
Change in farm income due to improved production and marketing practices.
Change in enterprise income due to improved production and
marketing practices.
Number of farmers and business employing technical assistance received.
Cumulative
disbursements
Country: Honduras
Year: 2007
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras
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Measures
2,852,000
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Value of investment on land.
Value of urban land.
Value of rural land.
Number of days to conduct a land transaction.
Total cost to conduct a land transaction.
Price of a basket of goods.
Travel Time.
Annual percentage increase in value-added of clients of business office.
Number of jobs created.
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Projects
Obligated
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
Measures
Number of program farm plots harvesting higher-value crops or
reforesting under improvement of Water Supply Activities.
Program Administration*, Due
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports** ..
22,300,000
...................................................
3,438,000
........................
...................................................
1,445,000
Projects
Obligated
Objectives
Cumulative
disbursements
Country: Georgia
Year: 2007
Quarter 3
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Georgia
Total Obligation: $294,693,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,000,000
Regional Infrastructure Rehabilitation.
$211,700,000
Key Regional Infrastructure Rehabilitated.
$16,376,000
Regional Enterprise Development.
47,500,000
Enterprises in Regions Developed.
3,765,000
Program Administration*, Due
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports** ..
35,493,000
...................................................
5,948,000
........................
...................................................
Projects
Obligated
Transportation Infrastructure
Project.
Reduction in Akhalkalaki-Ninotsminda-Teleti journey time.
Reduction in vehicle operating costs.
Increase in internal regional traffic volumes.
Decreased technical losses in gas through the main NorthSouth pipeline
Reduction in the production of greenhouse gas emissions
measured in tons of CO2 equivalent.
Increased collection rate of the Georgian Gas Company
(GOGC).
Number of household beneficiaries served by Regional Infrastructure Development projects.
Actual operations and maintenance expenditures.
Increase in annual revenue in portfolio companies.
Increase in number of portfolio company employees and number of local suppliers.
Increase in portfolio companies’ wages and payments to local
suppliers.
Jobs created.
Increase in aggregate incremental net revenue to project assisted firms.
Direct household net income.
Direct household net income for market information initiative
beneficiaries.
Number of beneficiaries.
3,948,000
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
Country: Vanuatu
Year: 2007
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Vanuatu
Measures
Total Obligation: $65,690,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $286,000
$60,690,000
Facilitate transportation to increase tourism and business
development.
$2,000
Program Administration*, Due
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports** ..
5,000,000
...................................................
........................
...................................................
714,000
Obligated
Objectives
Number of Tourists.
Number of days per year road is closed.
Number of S–W Bay, Malekula flights cancelled per year due
to flooding.
Vessel wait time at wharf.
1,291,000
Projects
Cumulative
disbursements
Country: Armenia
Year: 2007
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Armenia
Irrigated Agriculture Project ......
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Measures
Rural Road Rehabilitation
Project.
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Total Obligation: $235,650,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,185,000
$145,680,000
Increase agricultural productivity and Improve Quality of
Irrigation.
$3,545,000
67,100,000
Better access to economic and
social infrastructure.
914,000
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Increase in hectares covered by high value added horticultural
and fruit crops.
Percentage of respondents satisfied with irrigation services.
Share of Water User Association water charges as percentage
of Water User Association annual operations and maintenance costs.
Number of farmers using improved on-farm water management
practices.
Annual increase in irrigated land in Project area.
State budget expenditures on maintenance of irrigation system.
Value of loans provided under the project.
Government budgetary allocations for routine maintenance of
the entire road network.
Average daily traffic in Project area.
Kilometers of Package 1 road sections rehabilitated.
Kilometers of Package 2 road sections rehabilitated.
Kilometers of Package 3 road sections rehabilitated.
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Projects
Program Administration*, Due
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports** ..
Obligated
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
22,870,000
...................................................
........................
...................................................
Projects
Obligated
1,987,000
1,488,000
Country: Benin
Year: 2007
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Benin
Measures
Total Obligation: $307,298,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $8,104,000
Access to Financial Services ...
$19,650,000
Expand Access to Financial
Services.
$490,000
Access to Justice ......................
34,270,000
Improved Ability of Justice System to Enforce Contracts and
Reconcile Claims.
489,000
Access to Land .........................
36,020,000
Strengthen property rights and
increase investment in rural
and urban land.
2,188,000
Access to Markets ....................
169,447,000
47,911,000
Improve Access to Markets
through Improvements to the
Port of Cotonou.
...................................................
1,117,000
Program Administration*, Due
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports** ..
3,458,000
........................
...................................................
5,685,000
Projects
Obligated
Objectives
Operational self-sufficiency of participating microfinance institutions.
Number of microfinance institutions supervised by the microfinance cellule.
Total incremental increase in value of new credit extended and
savings received by financial institutions participating in the
project.
Share value of all loans outstanding that have one or more installments of principal over 30 days past due.
Total number of loans guaranteed by land titles per year.
Number of cases processed at the arbitration center.
Percentage of all cases in the ‘‘Tribunal de Premiere Instance’’
courts per year.
Percentage of all cases resolved in court of appeals per year.
Average distance to reach TPI.
Number of enterprises registered through the registration center.
Average number of days required to register an enterprise.
Total value of additional investments in target rural land parcels.
Total value of additional investments in target urban land parcels.
Total metric tons of exports and imports passing through Port
of Cotonou per year.
Cumulative
disbursements
Country: Ghana
Year: 2007
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Ghana
Measures
Total Obligation: $547,010,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $6,424,000
Agriculture Project ....................
$242,352,000
Enhance Profitability of cultivation, services to agriculture
and product handling in support of the expansion of commercial agriculture among
groups of smallholder farms.
$2,017,000
Rural Development ...................
101,288,000
Strengthen the rural institutions
that provide services complementary to, and supportive of, agricultural and
agriculture business development.
0
Transportation ...........................
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Measures
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
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141,736,000
Reduce
the
transportation
costs affecting agriculture
commerce at sub-regional
levels.
20,000
Program Administration*, Due
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports** ..
61,634,000
...................................................
1,725,000
........................
...................................................
5,579,000
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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.
Metric tons of products passing through post-harvest treatment.
Portfolio-at-risk of agriculture loan fund.
Value of loans disbursed to clients from agricultural loan fund.
Number of additional loans.
Vehicle operating costs on minor, medium and major rehabilitated roads.
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 vehicle and passenger traffic.
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Projects
Obligated
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
Country: El Salvador
Year: 2007
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA El Salvador
Human Development Project ...
Total Obligation: $460,940,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,224,000
$91,675,000
Increase human and physical
capital of residents of the
Northern Zone to take advantage of employment and
business opportunities.
$0
84,196,000
Productive Development
Project.
0
0
2,224,000
Connectivity Project ..................
234,963,000
Program Administration* and
Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**
50,106,000
Increase production and employment in the Northern
Zone.
Reduce travel cost and time
within the Northern Zone,
with the rest of the country,
and within the region.
...................................................
........................
...................................................
Projects
Obligated
Objectives
0
$91,631,000
Weighted average of the International Roughness Index for the
rehabilitation of the Transnational Highway.
Weighted average of the International Roughness Index for the
rehabilitation of the network of connecting roads.
Measures
Total Obligation: $460,684,000
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,054,000
Establish an independent and
secure link to the regional
and global economy.
Develop a platform for industrial activity to be located
within the Airport domain.
Increase the agricultural production and productivity in
the Alatona zone of the ON.
$151,000
Industrial Park Project ..............
97,040,000
Alatona Irrigation Project ..........
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Number of students enrolled in the Chalatenango Center functioning as a MEGATEC institute.
Graduation rate of students enrolled in the Chalatenango Center functioning as a MEGATEC institute.
Number of students enrolled in participating middle technical
schools.
Graduation rate of students enrolled in participating middle
technical schools.
Number of students enrolled in non-formal training activites.
Graduation rate of students enrolled in non-formal training
activites.
Number of households with access to water in the Northern
Zone.
Number of households with access to basic sanitation in the
Northern Zone.
Number of households with electricity in the Northern Zone.
Number of individuals that benefit annually from the strategic
infrastructure projects.
Investment in productive chains by selected beneficiaries.
Cumulative
disbursements
Country: Mali
Year: 2007
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mali
´
Bamako Senou Airport Improvement Project.
Measures
234,608,000
Program Administration* and
Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**
37,405,000
...................................................
1,608,000
........................
...................................................
Number of weekly flight arrivals and departures.
Average time for passengers to complete departures and arrivals procedures.
Occupancy level.
Average number of days required for operator to connect to Industrial Park water and electricity services.
Weighted average of the International Roughness Index for the
rehabilitation of the Niono-Goma Coura road.
Annual average daily count of vehicles on the Niono-Goma
Coura road.
Total amount of land irrigated by the Project in the Alatona
zone.
Average water volume delivered at the farm level in the
Alatona zone.
Crop water requirements as a percentage share of water supply at the Canal headworks in the Alatona Zone.
Number of 5 and 10 hectare farm plots allocated in the
Alatona zone.
Total market garden parcels allocated in the Alatona zone.
Number of titles registered in the land registration office granted to households in the Alatona zone.
Number of students enrolled in schools established by the
Project.
Graduation rate of students enrolled in schools established by
the Project.
Number of farms adopting at least one new extension technique as a percentage of all farms receiving technical assistance under the Project.
Total amount of credit extended in loan portfolios by participating microfinance institutions and banks in the Alatona
zone.
Number of active clients of microfinance institutions and banks
in the Alatona zone.
0
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Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
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Measures
Country: Mozambique (CIF ONLY)
Year: 2007
Quarter 4
Total Obligation: $25,346,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mozambique
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $0
Water and Sanitation Project ...
N/A
Increase access to reliable and
quality water and sanitation
facilities.
N/A
Road Rehabilitation Project ......
N/A
Increase access to productive
resources and markets.
N/A
Land Tenure Services Project ..
N/A
Establish efficient, secure land
access for households and
investors.
N/A
Farmer Income Support Project
N/A
Improve coconut productivity
and diversification into cash
crop.
N/A
Program Administration* and
Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**
N/A
...................................................
N/A
........................
...................................................
$0
Projects
Obligated
Objectives
Value of productive days gained due to less diarrhea, cholera
and/or malaria.
School attendance days gained due to less diarrhea, cholera
and/or malaria.
Number (Percent) of businesses with access to improved
water source.
Reduction in time for rural/urban households to access improved water sources.
Number (Percent) of urban households with access to improved water sources.
Number (Percent) of rural households with access to improved
water sources.
Number (Percent) of urban households with access to improved sanitation facilities.
Increase in agricultural production among communities affected by road rehabilitation works.
Increase in the number of new businesses within 5 km of rehabilitated roads.
Reduction in vehicle operating costs as a result of rehabilitated
roads.
Time savings due to a reduction in time to travel a fixed length
of rehabilitated road.
Weighted average of the International Roughness Index for the
rehabilitation roads.
Average annual daily traffic volume on rehabilitated roads
disaggregated by vehicle type.
Increase (Percent) in value of new investments on land.
Number of new businesses.
Reduction (Percent) in time to right to land usage.
More efficient, free and secure land transfers/transactions.
Increase (Percentage) in parcel-holder land value.
Reduction (Percent) in costs to right to land usage.
Reduction (Percentage) in loss of coconut production and coconut products’ sales.
Increased income (Percentage) from sales from intercropping
activities to small farm plot holders.
Increased number (Percentage) of live coconut trees.
Increased productive capacity (Percentage) of coconut trees.
Cumulative
disbursements
Measures
Country: Lesotho (CIF ONLY)
Year: 2007
Quarter 4
Total Obligation: $15,668,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Lesotho
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $0
$4,913,000
Improve the water supply for
industrial
and
domestic
needs, and enhance rural
livelihoods through improved
watershed management.
$0
Health Project ...........................
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4,436,000
Increase access to life-extending ART and essential health
services by providing a sustainable delivery platform.
0
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Increased urban access to potable water supply.
Increase in volume of water delivered after treatment at
Metolong site.
Decrease in percentage of urban water that is not accounted
for (non-revenue losses plus physical losses).
Number of people covered per year in rural areas with MCC
funded rural water supply.
Number of new VIP latrines provided to households.
Increase in the percentage of health facilities providing full
package of standard services for level of center (MoHSW
2007 standard).
Increase in TB treatment success rate.
Increase in the percentage of health facilities staffed with
standard number and type of qualified staff (MoHSW 2007
standard).
Increase in the number of patients treated in health centers in
Lesotho.
Increase in mmunization rate (measles).
Number of people receiving ARV treatment (number).
Increase in annual enrollment at National Health Training College.
Increase in average referred tests performed at the central laboratory per quarter during the past year.
Increase in average number of blood units collected per quarter during the past year.
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Projects
Obligated
Private Sector Development
Project.
Program Administration* and
Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
710,000
Stimulate investment by improving access to credit, reducing transaction costs and
increasing the participation of
women in the economy.
0
5,609,000
...................................................
0
........................
...................................................
Measures
Projects
Obligated
Increase in the percentage of the adult population listed by a
private credit bureau with current information on repayment
history, unpaid debts or credit outstanding.
Increase in the number of payments associated with salaries
and pensions made through EFT per year.
Land used as collateral (number of mortgage bonds registered).
Land transaction costs (percent of property value).
Land transaction times (median number of days necessary to
complete a procedure).
Increase in the number of pending civil cases in the High
Court.
Gender equality index (percent change in index of knowledge,
attitudes, and practices for supporting gender equality in
economic rights).
0
Cumulative
disbursements
Objectives
Measures
Country: Morocco (CIF ONLY)
Year: 2007
Quarter 4
Total Obligation: $32,400,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Lesotho
Total Quarterly Disbursement: $0
Fruit Tree Productivity ..............
Small Scale Fisheries ...............
Artisan and Fez Medina ...........
Financial Services ....................
Enterprise Support ....................
Program Administration* and
Control, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**
$6,960,000
7,006,000
6,142,000
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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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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[MCC FR 07-14]
Notice of Quarterly Report (July 1, 2007-September 30, 2007)
AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.
SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is reporting for
the quarter July 1, 2007 through September 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 website 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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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Madagascar Year: 2007 Quarter 4 Total Obligation: $109,773,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar Total Quarterly Disbursement: $4,774,000
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Land Tenure Project.............. $37,803,000 Increase Land $3,983,000 Legislative proposal
Titling and reflecting the National
Security. Land Tenure Program
submitted to Parliament
and passed.
Number of land disputes
reported and resolved
in the target zones and
sites of
implementation.
Percentage of land
documents inventoried,
restored, and/or
digitized.
Average time and cost
required to carry out
property transactions.
Percent of reported land
conflicts resolved on
titled land in zone 3,
4, 5 during the title
regularization
operations.
Percentage of land in
the zones that is
demarcated and ready
for titling.
Finance Project.................. 35,888,000 Increase 3,507,000 The number of savings
Competition in the accounts and
Financial Sector. outstanding value of
accounts from primary
banks.
Maximum check clearing
delay.
Volume of funds in
payment system and
number of transactions.
Increased public
awareness of new
financial instruments
as measured by surveys
within intervention
zones and large towns.
The amount of government
debt issued with
maturities in excess of
52 weeks.
The number of new
individual investors
buying government debt
securities.
The number of bank
branches of the Central
Bank of Madagascar
capable of accepting
auction tenders.
Percentage of all loans
included in the central
database.
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Agricultural Business Investment 17,683,000 Improve 4,488,000 Number of rural
Project. Agricultural producers receiving or
Projection soliciting information
Technologies and from Agricultural
Market Capacity in Business Centers about
Rural Areas. the opportunities.
Intervention zones
identified and
description of
beneficiaries within
each zone submitted.
Number of visitors
receiving information
from National
Coordinating Center
with respect to
business opportunities.
Change in farm income
due to improved
production and
marketing practices.
Change in enterprise
income due to improved
production and
marketing practices.
Number of farmers and
business employing
technical assistance
received.
Program Administration* and 18,399,000 ................... 11,813,000
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... -1,061,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Honduras Year: 2007 Quarter 4 Total Obligation: $215,000,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,688,000
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Rural Development Project........ $72,195,000 Increase the $6,667,000 Increase in farm income
productivity and resulting from Rural
business skills of Development Project.
farmers who Funds lent by MCA-
operate small and Honduras to financial
medium-size farms institutions.
and their Increase in employment
employees. income resulting from
Rural Development
Project.
Number of Program
farmers harvesting high-
value horticulture
crops.
Number of hectares
harvesting high-value
horticulture crops.
Transportation Project........... 125,700,000 Reduce 927,000 Freight shipment cost
transportation from Tegucigalpa to
costs between Puerto Cortes.
targeted Price of basic food
production centers basket.
and national, Number of days per year
regional and road is passable.
global markets.
Program Administration* and 17,105,000 ................... 1,804,000
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 1,574,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Cape Verde Year: 2007 Quarter 4 Total Obligation: $110,078,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Cape Verde Total Quarterly Disbursement: $4,327,000
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Watershed and Agricultural $10,848,000 Increase $417,000 Increase in
Support. agricultural horticultural
production in productivity.
three targeted Increase in annual
watershed areas on income.
three islands. Value-added for farms
and agribusiness.
Infrastructure Improvement....... 78,760,000 Increase 6,121,000 Volume of goods shipped
integration of the between Praia and other
internal market islands.
and reduce Mobility Ratio:
transportation Percentage of
costs. beneficiary population
who take at least 5
trips per month.
Savings on transport
costs from
improvements.
Private Sector Development....... 7,200,000 Spur private sector 128,000 Value added in priority
development on all sectors above current
islands through trends.
increased Volume of private
investment in the investment in priority
priority sectors sectors above current
and through trends.
financial sector
reform.
Program Administration* and 13,270,000 ................... 2,977,000
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 4,288,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Nicaragua Year: 2007 Quarter 4 Total Obligation: $175,000,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Nicaragua Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,174,000
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Property Regularization Project.. $26,400,000 Increase Investment $967,000 Value of investment on
by strengthening land.
property rights. Value of urban land.
Value of rural land.
Number of days to
conduct a land
transaction.
Total cost to conduct a
land transaction.
Transportation Project........... 92,800,000 Reduce 973,000 Price of a basket of
transportation goods.
costs between Leon Travel Time.
and Chinandega and
national, regional
and global markets.
Rural Business Development 33,500,000 Increase the value 2,852,000 Annual percentage
Project. added of farms and increase in value-added
enterprises in the of clients of business
region. office.
Number of jobs created.
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Number of program farm
plots harvesting higher-
value crops or
reforesting under
improvement of Water
Supply Activities.
Program Administration*, Due 22,300,000 ................... 3,438,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 1,445,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Georgia Year: 2007 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $294,693,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Georgia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,000,000
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Regional Infrastructure $211,700,000 Key Regional $16,376,000 Reduction in Akhalkalaki-
Rehabilitation. Infrastructure Ninotsminda-Teleti
Rehabilitated. journey time.
Reduction in vehicle
operating costs.
Increase in internal
regional traffic
volumes.
Decreased technical
losses in gas through
the main North-South
pipeline
Reduction in the
production of
greenhouse gas
emissions measured in
tons of CO2 equivalent.
Increased collection
rate of the Georgian
Gas Company (GOGC).
Number of household
beneficiaries served by
Regional Infrastructure
Development projects.
Actual operations and
maintenance
expenditures.
Regional Enterprise Development.. 47,500,000 Enterprises in 3,765,000 Increase in annual
Regions Developed. revenue in portfolio
companies.
Increase in number of
portfolio company
employees and number of
local suppliers.
Increase in portfolio
companies' wages and
payments to local
suppliers.
Jobs created.
Increase in aggregate
incremental net revenue
to project assisted
firms.
Direct household net
income.
Direct household net
income for market
information initiative
beneficiaries.
Number of beneficiaries.
Program Administration*, Due 35,493,000 ................... 5,948,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 3,948,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Vanuatu Year: 2007 Quarter 4 Total Obligation: $65,690,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Vanuatu Total Quarterly Disbursement: $286,000
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Transportation Infrastructure $60,690,000 Facilitate $2,000 Number of Tourists.
Project. transportation to Number of days per year
increase tourism road is closed.
and business Number of S-W Bay,
development. Malekula flights
cancelled per year due
to flooding.
Vessel wait time at
wharf.
Program Administration*, Due 5,000,000 ................... 1,291,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 714,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Armenia Year: 2007 Quarter 4 Total Obligation: $235,650,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Armenia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,185,000
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Irrigated Agriculture Project.... $145,680,000 Increase $3,545,000 Increase in hectares
agricultural covered by high value
productivity and added horticultural and
Improve Quality of fruit crops.
Irrigation. Percentage of
respondents satisfied
with irrigation
services.
Share of Water User
Association water
charges as percentage
of Water User
Association annual
operations and
maintenance costs.
Number of farmers using
improved on-farm water
management practices.
Annual increase in
irrigated land in
Project area.
State budget
expenditures on
maintenance of
irrigation system.
Value of loans provided
under the project.
Rural Road Rehabilitation Project 67,100,000 Better access to 914,000 Government budgetary
economic and allocations for routine
social maintenance of the
infrastructure. entire road network.
Average daily traffic in
Project area.
Kilometers of Package 1
road sections
rehabilitated.
Kilometers of Package 2
road sections
rehabilitated.
Kilometers of Package 3
road sections
rehabilitated.
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Program Administration*, Due 22,870,000 ................... 1,987,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 1,488,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Benin Year: 2007 Quarter 4 Total Obligation: $307,298,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Benin Total Quarterly Disbursement: $8,104,000
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Access to Financial Services..... $19,650,000 Expand Access to $490,000 Operational self-
Financial Services. sufficiency of
participating
microfinance
institutions.
Number of microfinance
institutions supervised
by the microfinance
cellule.
Total incremental
increase in value of
new credit extended and
savings received by
financial institutions
participating in the
project.
Share value of all loans
outstanding that have
one or more
installments of
principal over 30 days
past due.
Total number of loans
guaranteed by land
titles per year.
Access to Justice................ 34,270,000 Improved Ability of 489,000 Number of cases
Justice System to processed at the
Enforce Contracts arbitration center.
and Reconcile Percentage of all cases
Claims. in the ``Tribunal de
Premiere Instance''
courts per year.
Percentage of all cases
resolved in court of
appeals per year.
Average distance to
reach TPI.
Number of enterprises
registered through the
registration center.
Average number of days
required to register an
enterprise.
Access to Land................... 36,020,000 Strengthen property 2,188,000 Total value of
rights and additional investments
increase in target rural land
investment in parcels.
rural and urban Total value of
land. additional investments
in target urban land
parcels.
Access to Markets................ 169,447,000 Improve Access to 1,117,000 Total metric tons of
Markets through exports and imports
Improvements to passing through Port of
the Port of Cotonou per year.
Cotonou.
Program Administration*, Due 47,911,000 ................... 3,458,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 5,685,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Ghana Year: 2007 Quarter 4 Total Obligation: $547,010,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Ghana Total Quarterly Disbursement: $6,424,000
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Agriculture Project.............. $242,352,000 Enhance $2,017,000 Number of hectares
Profitability of irrigated.
cultivation, Number of days to
services to conduct a land
agriculture and transaction.
product handling Number of land disputes
in support of the in the pilot
expansion of registration districts.
commercial Registration of land
agriculture among rights in the pilot
groups of registration districts.
smallholder farms. Metric tons of products
passing through post-
harvest treatment.
Portfolio-at-risk of
agriculture loan fund.
Value of loans disbursed
to clients from
agricultural loan fund.
Number of additional
loans.
Vehicle operating costs
on minor, medium and
major rehabilitated
roads.
Rural Development................ 101,288,000 Strengthen the 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................... 141,736,000 Reduce the 20,000 Volume capacity ratio.
transportation Vehicles per hour at
costs affecting peak hour.
agriculture Travel time at peak
commerce at sub- hour.
regional levels. International roughness
index.
Annual average daily
vehicle and passenger
traffic.
Program Administration*, Due 61,634,000 ................... 1,725,000
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 5,579,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: El Salvador Year: 2007 Quarter 4 Total Obligation: $460,940,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA El Salvador Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,224,000
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Human Development Project........ $91,675,000 Increase human and $0 Number of students
physical capital enrolled in the
of residents of Chalatenango Center
the Northern Zone functioning as a
to take advantage MEGATEC institute.
of employment and Graduation rate of
business students enrolled in
opportunities. the Chalatenango Center
functioning as a
MEGATEC institute.
Number of students
enrolled in
participating middle
technical schools.
Graduation rate of
students enrolled in
participating middle
technical schools.
Number of students
enrolled in non-formal
training activites.
Graduation rate of
students enrolled in
non-formal training
activites.
Number of households
with access to water in
the Northern Zone.
Number of households
with access to basic
sanitation in the
Northern Zone.
Number of households
with electricity in the
Northern Zone.
Number of individuals
that benefit annually
from the strategic
infrastructure
projects.
Productive Development Project... 84,196,000 Increase production 0 Investment in productive
and employment in chains by selected
the Northern Zone. beneficiaries.
Connectivity Project............. 234,963,000 Reduce travel cost 0 Weighted average of the
and time within International Roughness
the Northern Zone, Index for the
with the rest of rehabilitation of the
the country, and Transnational Highway.
within the region. Weighted average of the
International Roughness
Index for the
rehabilitation of the
network of connecting
roads.
Program Administration* and 50,106,000 ................... 0
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**...... .............. ................... 2,224,000
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Mali Year: 2007 Quarter 4 Total Obligation: $460,684,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mali Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,054,000
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Bamako S[eacute]nou Airport $91,631,000 Establish an $151,000 Number of weekly flight
Improvement Project. independent and arrivals and
secure link to the departures.
regional and Average time for
global economy. passengers to complete
departures and arrivals
procedures.
Industrial Park Project.......... 97,040,000 Develop a platform 295,000 Occupancy level.
for industrial Average number of days
activity to be required for operator
located within the to connect to
Airport domain. Industrial Park water
and electricity
services.
Alatona Irrigation Project....... 234,608,000 Increase the 0 Weighted average of the
agricultural International Roughness
production and Index for the
productivity in rehabilitation of the
the Alatona zone Niono-Goma Coura road.
of the ON. Annual average daily
count of vehicles on
the Niono-Goma Coura
road.
Total amount of land
irrigated by the
Project in the Alatona
zone.
Average water volume
delivered at the farm
level in the Alatona
zone.
Crop water requirements
as a percentage share
of water supply at the
Canal headworks in the
Alatona Zone.
Number of 5 and 10
hectare farm plots
allocated in the
Alatona zone.
Total market garden
parcels allocated in
the Alatona zone.
Number of titles
registered in the land
registration office
granted to households
in the Alatona zone.
Number of students
enrolled in schools
established by the
Project.
Graduation rate of
students enrolled in
schools established by
the Project.
Number of farms adopting
at least one new
extension technique as
a percentage of all
farms receiving
