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[MCC FR 08–11]
Report on Countries That Are
Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Account Eligibility in Fiscal Year 2009
and Countries That Would Be
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
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ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: Section 608(d) of the
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003
requires the Millennium Challenge
Corporation to publish a report that
identifies countries that are ‘‘candidate
countries’’ for Millennium Challenge
Account assistance during FY 2009. The
report is set forth in full below.
Dated: September 5, 2008.
William G. Anderson, Jr.
Vice President and General Counsel,
Millennium Challenge Corporation.
Report on Countries That Are
Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Account Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2009
and Countries That Would Be
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions
This report to Congress is provided in
accordance with Section 608(a) of the
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003,
22 U.S.C. 7701, 7707(a) (Act).
The Act authorizes the provision of
Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)
assistance to countries that enter into
Compacts with the United States to
support policies and programs that
advance the progress of such countries
achieving lasting economic growth and
poverty reduction. The Act requires
Millennium Challenge Corporation
(MCC) to take a number of steps in
determining the countries that will be
eligible for MCA assistance for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2009 based on a country’s
demonstrated commitment to (i) just
and democratic governance, (ii)
economic freedom and investing in their
people, and (iii) the opportunity to
reduce poverty and generate economic
growth in the country. These steps
include the submission of reports to the
congressional committees specified in
the Act and the publication of notices in
the Federal Register that identify:
1. The countries that are ‘‘candidate
countries’’ for MCA assistance for FY
2009 based on their per-capita income
levels and their eligibility to receive
assistance under U.S. law and countries
that would be candidate countries but
for specified legal prohibitions on
assistance (Section 608(a) of the Act);
2. The criteria and methodology that
the MCC Board of Directors (Board) will
use to measure and evaluate the relative
policy performance of the ‘‘candidate
countries’’ consistent with the
requirements of subsections (a) and (b)
of Section 607 of the Act in order to
select ‘‘MCA eligible countries’’ from
among the ‘‘candidate countries’’
(Section 608(b) of the Act); and
3. The list of countries determined by
the Board to be ‘‘MCA eligible
countries’’ for FY 2009, with a
justification for such eligibility
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determination and selection for compact
negotiation, including which of the
MCA eligible countries the Board will
seek to enter into MCA Compacts
(Section 608(d) of the Act).
This report is the first of three
required reports listed above.
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Candidate Countries for FY 2009
The Act requires the identification of
all countries that are candidates for
MCA assistance for FY 2009 and the
identification of all countries that would
be candidate countries but for specified
legal prohibitions on assistance.
Sections 606(a) and (b) of the Act
provide that for FY 2009 a country shall
be a candidate for the MCA if it:
• Meets one of the following two
income level tests:
Æ Has a per capita income equal to
or less than the historical ceiling of the
International Development Association
eligibility for the fiscal year involved (or
$1,785 gross national income (GNI) per
capita for FY 2009) (the ‘‘low income
category’’); or
Æ Is classified as a lower middle
income country in the then most recent
edition of the World Development
Report for Reconstruction and
Development published by the
International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development and has an income
greater than the historical ceiling for
International Development Association
eligibility for the fiscal year involved (or
$1,786 to $3,705 GNI per capita for FY
2009) (the ‘‘lower middle income
category’’); and
Æ Is not ineligible to receive U.S.
economic assistance under Part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
amended (the ‘‘Foreign Assistance
Act’’), by reason of the application of
the Foreign Assistance Act or any other
provision of law.
Pursuant to Section 606(c) of the Act,
the Board has identified the following
countries as candidate countries under
the Act for FY 2009. In so doing, the
Board has anticipated that prohibitions
against assistance as applied to
countries in the Department of State,
Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 2008
(Div. J, Pub. L. 110–161 (‘‘FY 2008
SFOAA’’)), will again apply for FY
2009, even though the Department of
State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act for FY
2009 has not yet been enacted and
certain findings under other statutes
have not yet been made. As noted
below, MCC will provide any required
updates on subsequent changes in
applicable legislation or other
circumstances that affect the status of
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any country as a candidate country for
FY 2009.
Candidate Countries: Low Income
Category
1. Afghanistan; 2. Bangladesh; 3.
Benin; 4. Bhutan; 5. Bolivia; 6. Burkina
Faso; 7. Burundi; 8. Cambodia; 9.
Cameroon; 10. Central African Republic;
11. Chad; 12. Comoros; 13. Congo, Dem.
Rep.; 14. Congo, Rep.; 15. Djibouti; 16.
Egypt; 17. Eritrea; 18. Ethiopia; 19.
Gambia; 20. Ghana; 21. Guinea; 22.
Guinea-Bissau; 23. Guyana; 24. Haiti;
25. Honduras; 26. India; 27. Indonesia;
28. Kenya; 29. Kiribati; 30. Kosovo; 31.
Kyrgyz Republic; 32. Laos; 33. Lesotho;
34. Liberia; 35. Madagascar; 36. Malawi;
37. Mali; 38. Moldova; 39. Mongolia; 40.
Mozambique; 41. Nepal; 42. Nicaragua;
43. Niger; 44. Nigeria; 45. Pakistan; 46.
Papua New Guinea; 47. Paraguay; 48.
Philippines; 49. Rwanda; 50. Sao Tome
and Principe; 51. Senegal; 52. Sierra
Leone; 53. Solomon Islands; 54.
Somalia; 55. Sri Lanka; 56. Tajikistan;
57. Tanzania; 58. Timor-Leste; 59. Togo;
60. Turkmenistan; 61. Uganda; 62.
Vietnam; 63. Yemen; 64. Zambia.
Candidate Countries: Lower Middle
Income Category
1. Albania;
2. Algeria;
3. Angola;
4. Armenia;
5. Azerbaijan;
6. Bosnia and Herzegovina;
7. Cape Verde;
8. Colombia;
9. Dominican Republic;
10. Ecuador;
11. El Salvador;
12. Georgia;
13. Guatemala;
14. Jordan;
15. Macedonia;
16. Maldives;
17. Marshall Islands;
18. Micronesia, Fed. Sts.;
19. Morocco;
20. Namibia;
21. Peru;
22. Samoa;
23. Swaziland;
24. Thailand;
25. Tonga;
26. Tunisia;
27. Tuvalu;
28. Ukraine;
29. Vanuatu.
Countries That Would Be Candidate
Countries but for Legal Prohibitions
That Prohibit Assistance
Countries that would be considered
candidate countries for FY 2009, but are
ineligible to receive United States
economic assistance under Part I of the
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Foreign Assistance Act by reason of the
application of any provision of the
Foreign Assistance Act or any other
provision of law are listed below. As
noted above, this list is based on legal
prohibitions against economic
assistance that apply for FY 2008 and
that are anticipated to apply again for
FY 2009.
Prohibited Countries: Low Income
Category
1. Burma is subject to numeous
restrictions, including but not limited to
Section 570 of the FY 1997 Foreign
Operations, Export Financing, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act
(Pub. L. 104–208) which prohibits
assistance to the government of Burma
until it makes progress on improving
human rights and implementing
democratic government, and due to its
status as a major drug-transit or major
illicit drug producing country for 2008
(Presidential Determination No. 2007–
33 (9/14/2007)) and a Tier III country
under the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act (Presidential Determination No.
2008–4 (10/18/2007)).
2. The Cote d’Ivoire is subject to
Section 608 of the FY 2008 SFOAA,
which prohibits assistance to the
government of a country whose duly
elected head of government is deposed
by military coup or decree.
3. Iraq is subject to Section 699K of
the FY 2008 SFOAA, which prohibits
the use of FY 2008 SFOAA funds for
assistance to Iraq.
4. Mauritania is subject to section 608
of the FY 2008 SFOAA, which prohibits
assistance to the government of a
country whose duly elected head of
government is deposed by military coup
or decree.
5. North Korea is subject to numerous
restrictions, including but not limited to
section 620A of the Foreign Assistance
Act which prohibits assistance to
governments supporting international
terrorism and Section 607 of the FY
2008 SFOAA.
6. Sudan is subject to numerous
restrictions, including but not limited to
Section 620A of the Foreign Assistance
Act which prohibits assistance to
governments supporting international
terrorism, Section 612 of the FY 2008
SFOAA, and Section 620(q) of the
Foreign Assistance Act, both of which
prohibit assistance to countries in
default in payment to the U.S. in certain
circumstances, Section 608 of the FY
2008 SFOAA, which prohibits
assistance to a country whose duly
elected head of government being
deposed by military coup or decree, and
Section 666 of the FY 2008 SFOAA.
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7. Syria is subject to numerous
restrictions, including but not limited to
620A of the Foreign Assistance Act
which prohibits assistance to
governments supporting international
terrorism, Section 607 of the FY 2008
SFOAA which prohibits direct
assistance, and section 612 of the FY
2008 SFOAA and Section 620(q) of the
Foreign Assistance Act, both of which
prohibit assistance to countries in
default in payment to the U.S. in certain
circumstances.
8. Uzbekistan’s central government is
subject to Section 685 of the FY 2008
SFOAA, which requires that funds
appropriated for assistance to the
central government of Uzbekistan may
be made available only if the Secretary
of State determines and reports to the
Congress that the government is making
substantial and continuing progress in
meeting its commitments under a
framework agreement with the United
States.
9. Zimbabwe is subject to Section
620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act and
Section 612 of the FY 2008 SFOAA,
which prohibit assistance to countries
in default in payment to the United
States in certain circumstances.
Prohibited Countries: Lower Middle
Income Category
1. China is not eligible to receive
economic assistance from the United
States, absent special authority, because
of concerns relative to China’s record on
human rights.
2. Iran is subject to numerous
restrictions, including but not limited to
Section 620A of the Foreign Assistance
Act which prohibits assistance to
governments supporting international
terrorism and Section 607 of the FY
2008 SFOAA which prohibits direct
assistance.
Countries identified above as
candidate countries, as well as countries
that would be considered candidate
countries but for the applicability of
legal provisions that prohibit U.S.
economic assistance, may be the subject
of future statutory restrictions or
determinations, or changed country
circumstances, that affect their legal
eligibility for assistance under Part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act by reason of
application of Foreign Assistance Act or
any other provision of law for FY 2009.
MCC will include any required updates
on such statutory eligibility that affect
countries’ identification as candidate
countries for FY 2009, at such time as
it publishes the notices required by
Sections 608(b) and 608(d) of the Act or
at other appropriate times. Any such
updates with regard to the legal
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countries identified in this report will
not affect the date on which the Board
is authorized to determine eligible
countries from among candidate
countries which, in accordance with
Section 608(a) of the Act, shall be no
sooner than 90 days from the date of
publication of this report.
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[MCC FR 08-11]
Report on Countries That Are Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Account Eligibility in Fiscal Year 2009 and Countries That Would Be
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions
AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Section 608(d) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003
requires the Millennium Challenge Corporation to publish a report that
identifies countries that are ``candidate countries'' for Millennium
Challenge Account assistance during FY 2009. The report is set forth in
full below.
Dated: September 5, 2008.
William G. Anderson, Jr.
Vice President and General Counsel, Millennium Challenge Corporation.
Report on Countries That Are Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Account Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2009 and Countries That Would Be
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions
This report to Congress is provided in accordance with Section
608(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, 22 U.S.C. 7701, 7707(a)
(Act).
The Act authorizes the provision of Millennium Challenge Account
(MCA) assistance to countries that enter into Compacts with the United
States to support policies and programs that advance the progress of
such countries achieving lasting economic growth and poverty reduction.
The Act requires Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to take a
number of steps in determining the countries that will be eligible for
MCA assistance for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 based on a country's
demonstrated commitment to (i) just and democratic governance, (ii)
economic freedom and investing in their people, and (iii) the
opportunity to reduce poverty and generate economic growth in the
country. These steps include the submission of reports to the
congressional committees specified in the Act and the publication of
notices in the Federal Register that identify:
1. The countries that are ``candidate countries'' for MCA
assistance for FY 2009 based on their per-capita income levels and
their eligibility to receive assistance under U.S. law and countries
that would be candidate countries but for specified legal prohibitions
on assistance (Section 608(a) of the Act);
2. The criteria and methodology that the MCC Board of Directors
(Board) will use to measure and evaluate the relative policy
performance of the ``candidate countries'' consistent with the
requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of Section 607 of the Act in
order to select ``MCA eligible countries'' from among the ``candidate
countries'' (Section 608(b) of the Act); and
3. The list of countries determined by the Board to be ``MCA
eligible countries'' for FY 2009, with a justification for such
eligibility
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determination and selection for compact negotiation, including which of
the MCA eligible countries the Board will seek to enter into MCA
Compacts (Section 608(d) of the Act).
This report is the first of three required reports listed above.
Candidate Countries for FY 2009
The Act requires the identification of all countries that are
candidates for MCA assistance for FY 2009 and the identification of all
countries that would be candidate countries but for specified legal
prohibitions on assistance. Sections 606(a) and (b) of the Act provide
that for FY 2009 a country shall be a candidate for the MCA if it:
Meets one of the following two income level tests:
[cir] Has a per capita income equal to or less than the historical
ceiling of the International Development Association eligibility for
the fiscal year involved (or $1,785 gross national income (GNI) per
capita for FY 2009) (the ``low income category''); or
[cir] Is classified as a lower middle income country in the then
most recent edition of the World Development Report for Reconstruction
and Development published by the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development and has an income greater than the historical ceiling
for International Development Association eligibility for the fiscal
year involved (or $1,786 to $3,705 GNI per capita for FY 2009) (the
``lower middle income category''); and
[cir] Is not ineligible to receive U.S. economic assistance under
Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (the ``Foreign
Assistance Act''), by reason of the application of the Foreign
Assistance Act or any other provision of law.
Pursuant to Section 606(c) of the Act, the Board has identified the
following countries as candidate countries under the Act for FY 2009.
In so doing, the Board has anticipated that prohibitions against
assistance as applied to countries in the Department of State, Foreign
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (Div. J, Pub.
L. 110-161 (``FY 2008 SFOAA'')), will again apply for FY 2009, even
though the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act for FY 2009 has not yet been enacted and
certain findings under other statutes have not yet been made. As noted
below, MCC will provide any required updates on subsequent changes in
applicable legislation or other circumstances that affect the status of
any country as a candidate country for FY 2009.
Candidate Countries: Low Income Category
1. Afghanistan; 2. Bangladesh; 3. Benin; 4. Bhutan; 5. Bolivia; 6.
Burkina Faso; 7. Burundi; 8. Cambodia; 9. Cameroon; 10. Central African
Republic; 11. Chad; 12. Comoros; 13. Congo, Dem. Rep.; 14. Congo, Rep.;
15. Djibouti; 16. Egypt; 17. Eritrea; 18. Ethiopia; 19. Gambia; 20.
Ghana; 21. Guinea; 22. Guinea-Bissau; 23. Guyana; 24. Haiti; 25.
Honduras; 26. India; 27. Indonesia; 28. Kenya; 29. Kiribati; 30.
Kosovo; 31. Kyrgyz Republic; 32. Laos; 33. Lesotho; 34. Liberia; 35.
Madagascar; 36. Malawi; 37. Mali; 38. Moldova; 39. Mongolia; 40.
Mozambique; 41. Nepal; 42. Nicaragua; 43. Niger; 44. Nigeria; 45.
Pakistan; 46. Papua New Guinea; 47. Paraguay; 48. Philippines; 49.
Rwanda; 50. Sao Tome and Principe; 51. Senegal; 52. Sierra Leone; 53.
Solomon Islands; 54. Somalia; 55. Sri Lanka; 56. Tajikistan; 57.
Tanzania; 58. Timor-Leste; 59. Togo; 60. Turkmenistan; 61. Uganda; 62.
Vietnam; 63. Yemen; 64. Zambia.
Candidate Countries: Lower Middle Income Category
1. Albania;
2. Algeria;
3. Angola;
4. Armenia;
5. Azerbaijan;
6. Bosnia and Herzegovina;
7. Cape Verde;
8. Colombia;
9. Dominican Republic;
10. Ecuador;
11. El Salvador;
12. Georgia;
13. Guatemala;
14. Jordan;
15. Macedonia;
16. Maldives;
17. Marshall Islands;
18. Micronesia, Fed. Sts.;
19. Morocco;
20. Namibia;
21. Peru;
22. Samoa;
23. Swaziland;
24. Thailand;
25. Tonga;
26. Tunisia;
27. Tuvalu;
28. Ukraine;
29. Vanuatu.
Countries That Would Be Candidate Countries but for Legal Prohibitions
That Prohibit Assistance
Countries that would be considered candidate countries for FY 2009,
but are ineligible to receive United States economic assistance under
Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act by reason of the application of
any provision of the Foreign Assistance Act or any other provision of
law are listed below. As noted above, this list is based on legal
prohibitions against economic assistance that apply for FY 2008 and
that are anticipated to apply again for FY 2009.
Prohibited Countries: Low Income Category
1. Burma is subject to numeous restrictions, including but not
limited to Section 570 of the FY 1997 Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 104-208)
which prohibits assistance to the government of Burma until it makes
progress on improving human rights and implementing democratic
government, and due to its status as a major drug-transit or major
illicit drug producing country for 2008 (Presidential Determination No.
2007-33 (9/14/2007)) and a Tier III country under the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act (Presidential Determination No. 2008-4 (10/18/
2007)).
2. The Cote d'Ivoire is subject to Section 608 of the FY 2008
SFOAA, which prohibits assistance to the government of a country whose
duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree.
3. Iraq is subject to Section 699K of the FY 2008 SFOAA, which
prohibits the use of FY 2008 SFOAA funds for assistance to Iraq.
4. Mauritania is subject to section 608 of the FY 2008 SFOAA, which
prohibits assistance to the government of a country whose duly elected
head of government is deposed by military coup or decree.
5. North Korea is subject to numerous restrictions, including but
not limited to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act which
prohibits assistance to governments supporting international terrorism
and Section 607 of the FY 2008 SFOAA.
6. Sudan is subject to numerous restrictions, including but not
limited to Section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act which prohibits
assistance to governments supporting international terrorism, Section
612 of the FY 2008 SFOAA, and Section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance
Act, both of which prohibit assistance to countries in default in
payment to the U.S. in certain circumstances, Section 608 of the FY
2008 SFOAA, which prohibits assistance to a country whose duly elected
head of government being deposed by military coup or decree, and
Section 666 of the FY 2008 SFOAA.
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7. Syria is subject to numerous restrictions, including but not
limited to 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act which prohibits
assistance to governments supporting international terrorism, Section
607 of the FY 2008 SFOAA which prohibits direct assistance, and section
612 of the FY 2008 SFOAA and Section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance
Act, both of which prohibit assistance to countries in default in
payment to the U.S. in certain circumstances.
8. Uzbekistan's central government is subject to Section 685 of the
FY 2008 SFOAA, which requires that funds appropriated for assistance to
the central government of Uzbekistan may be made available only if the
Secretary of State determines and reports to the Congress that the
government is making substantial and continuing progress in meeting its
commitments under a framework agreement with the United States.
9. Zimbabwe is subject to Section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance
Act and Section 612 of the FY 2008 SFOAA, which prohibit assistance to
countries in default in payment to the United States in certain
circumstances.
Prohibited Countries: Lower Middle Income Category
1. China is not eligible to receive economic assistance from the
United States, absent special authority, because of concerns relative
to China's record on human rights.
2. Iran is subject to numerous restrictions, including but not
limited to Section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act which prohibits
assistance to governments supporting international terrorism and
Section 607 of the FY 2008 SFOAA which prohibits direct assistance.
Countries identified above as candidate countries, as well as
countries that would be considered candidate countries but for the
applicability of legal provisions that prohibit U.S. economic
assistance, may be the subject of future statutory restrictions or
determinations, or changed country circumstances, that affect their
legal eligibility for assistance under Part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act by reason of application of Foreign Assistance Act or any other
provision of law for FY 2009. MCC will include any required updates on
such statutory eligibility that affect countries' identification as
candidate countries for FY 2009, at such time as it publishes the
notices required by Sections 608(b) and 608(d) of the Act or at other
appropriate times. Any such updates with regard to the legal
eligibility or ineligibility of particular countries identified in this
report will not affect the date on which the Board is authorized to
determine eligible countries from among candidate countries which, in
accordance with Section 608(a) of the Act, shall be no sooner than 90
days from the date of publication of this report.
[FR Doc. E8-21272 Filed 9-10-08; 8:45 am]
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