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application, or, if the applicant is
approved to the VPP, subsequent
cessation of active participation in the
VPP.
b. Upon approval, VPP participants
will continue to be removed from OSHA
inspection lists for the duration of
approved participation.
c. Removal from OSHA programmed
inspection lists does not apply to a
corporate headquarters or DGA
headquarters unless these locations
have applied or been approved for sitebased participation.
2. Unprogrammed Inspections
a. Workplace complaints to OSHA, all
fatalities and catastrophes, and other
significant events will be handled by
enforcement personnel in accordance
with normal OSHA enforcement
procedures.
b. The history of the VPP
demonstrates that safety and health
problems discovered during any contact
with VPP participants normally are
resolved cooperatively. Nevertheless,
OSHA must reserve the right, where
employees’ safety and health are
seriously endangered and management
refuses to correct the situation, to refer
the situation to the Assistant Secretary
for review and enforcement action. The
employer will be informed that a
referral will be made to the Assistant
Secretary and that enforcement action
may result.
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other accidents, OSHA may choose to
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involved. OSHA will use VPP personnel
to determine whether the accident or
incident reflects a serious deficiency in
the participant’s safety and health
management system that warrants
reevaluation of the participant’s VPP
qualification.
[MCC 09–05]
Authority: The Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970, 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of
January, 2009.
Thomas M. Stohler,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. E9–165 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am]
Notice of Quarterly Report (July 1,
2008–September 30, 2008)
AGENCY: Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC) is reporting for the
quarter July 1, 2008 through September
30, 2008 in 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 or allocations of funds to other
federal agencies pursuant to Section
619(b) of the Act. The following report
shall be made available to the public by
means of publication in the Federal
Register and on the Internet Web site of
the MCC (https://www.mcc.gov) in
accordance with Section 612(b) of the
Act.
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ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605
Projects
Obligated
Objectives
Cumulative disbursements
Country: Madagascar
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar
Total obligation: $109,773,000
Total quarterly disbursement: $12,296,269
$37,803,000
Increase Land Titling and
Security.
$15,491,326
Finance Project ................
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Land Tenure Project ........
$35,888,000
Increase Competition in
the Financial Sector.
$11,298,895
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Measures
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.
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ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 605—Continued
Projects
Obligated
Objectives
Cumulative disbursements
Agricultural Business Investment Project.
$17,683,000
Improve Agricultural Projection Technologies
and Market Capacity in
Rural Areas.
$8,923,689
Program Administration *
and Control, Monitoring
and Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.
$18,399,000
.........................................
.........................................
Percentage of all loans included in the central
database.
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.
$10,483,218
..........................
Measures
$12,654,499
* 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).
Projects
Obligated
Objective
Cumulative disbursements
Country: Honduras
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras
Rural Development
Project.
$70,687,000
Transportation Project .....
$127,491,876
Program Administration *
and Control, Monitoring
and Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.
Increase the productivity
and business skills of
farmers who operate
small and medium-size
farms and their employees..
Total obligation: $215,000,000
Total quarterly disbursement: $13,479,730
$21,844,528
$8,329,169
$16,821,124
Reduce transportation
costs between targeted
production centers and
national, regional and
global markets.
.........................................
..........................
.........................................
Obligated
Objectives
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.
$3,994,766
Cumulative disbursements
Country: Cape Verde
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Cape Verde
Watershed and Agricultural Support.
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Increase in farm income resulting from Rural Development Project.
Funds lent by MCA-Honduras to financial institutions.
$776,067
Projects
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Increase agricultural production in three targeted watershed areas
on three islands.
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Measures
Total obligation: $110,078,488
Total quarterly disbursement: $9,450,397
$3,541,205
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Increase in horticultural productivity.
Increase in annual income.
Value-added for farms and agribusiness.
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Projects
Obligated
Objectives
Cumulative disbursements
Infrastructure Improvement.
$83,160,208
Increase integration of
the internal market and
reduce transportation
costs.
$16,923,184
Private Sector Development.
$2,800,000
$356,711
$13,269,650
Spur private sector development on all islands
through increased investment in the priority
sectors and through financial sector reform.
.........................................
$6,218,097
..........................
.........................................
0
Obligated
Objective
Program Administration *
and Control, Monitoring
and Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.
Projects
Property Regularization
Project.
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.
Cumulative disbursements
Country: Nicaragua
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Nicaragua
Measures
Total obligation: $174,710,890
Total quarterly disbursement: $ 11,129,188
$22,000,000
Increase Investment by
strengthening property
rights.
$4,669,995
Transportation Project .....
$105,193,200
$32,897,500
Reduce transportation
costs between Leon
and Chinandega and
national, regional and
global markets.
Increase the value added
of farms and enterprises in the region.
$8,990,461
Rural Business Development Project.
Program Administration *,
Due Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.
$14,909,300
.........................................
$6,867,070
..........................
.........................................
$2,129,337
Obligated
Objective
Projects
$11,325,597
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.
Number of program farm plots harvesting highervalue crops or reforesting under improvement of
Water Supply Activities.
Cumulative disbursements
Country: Georgia
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Georgia
Measures
Total obligation: $295,300,000
Total quarterly disbursement: $21,853,277
Regional Infrastructure
Rehabilitation.
$216,600,000
Key Regional Infrastructure Rehabilitated.
$45,138,132
Regional Enterprise Development.
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Measures
$47,350,000
Enterprises in Regions
Developed.
$16,230,586
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 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.
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.
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Projects
Obligated
Objective
Cumulative disbursements
955
Measures
Direct household net income for market information
initiative beneficiaries.
Number of beneficiaries.
Program Administration *,
Due Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.
$36,100,000
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$10,630,824
..........................
.........................................
$1,162,968
Obligated
Objective
Projects
Cumulative disbursements
Country: Vanuatu
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Vanuatu
Total obligation: $65,690,000
Total quarterly disbursement: $9,498,932
Transportation Infrastructure Project.
$60,587,816
Facilitate transportation
to increase tourism and
business development.
$188,462
Program Administration *,
Due Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.
$5,074,768
.........................................
$19,844,963
..........................
.........................................
$19,844,963
Obligated
Objective
Projects
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.
Cumulative disbursements
Country: Armenia
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Armenia
Measures
Total obligation: $235,650,000
Total quarterly disbursement: $5,030,672
Irrigated Agriculture
Project (Agriculture and
Water).
$145,680,000
Increase agricultural productivity Improve and
Quality of Irrigation.
$12,015,860
Rural Road Rehabilitation
Project.
$67,100,000
Better access to economic and social infrastructure.
$5,541,926
Program Administration *,
Due Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.
$22,870,000
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$5,411,097
..........................
.........................................
$1,224,709
Obligated
Objective
Projects
Access to Financial Services.
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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.
Cumulative disbursements
Country: Benin
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Benin
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Measures
Measures
Total obligation: $307,298,040
Total quarterly disbursement: $9,377
$1,737,505
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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.
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Projects
Obligated
Objective
Cumulative disbursements
Access to Justice .............
$34,270,000
Improved Ability of Justice System to Enforce
Contracts and Reconcile Claims.
$1,424,538
Access to Land ................
$36,020,000
Strengthen property
rights and increase investment in rural and
urban land.
$6,417,860
Access to Markets ...........
$169,447,000
$47,911,040
Improve Access to Markets through Improvements to the Port of
Cotonou.
.........................................
Program Administration *,
Due Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.
..........................
.........................................
Objective
Cumulative disbursements
Country: Ghana
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Ghana
Measures
Total obligation: $547,009,000
Total quarterly disbursement: $10,423,856
Agriculture Project ...........
$240,984,001
Enhance Profitability of
cultivation, services to
agriculture and product
handling in support of
the expansion of commercial agriculture
among groups of
smallholder farms.
$12,127,070
Rural Development ..........
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Total value of additional investments in target
urban land parcels.
Total metric tons of exports and imports passing
through Port of Cotonou per year.
$933,326
Obligated
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.
$9,554,759
Projects
$4,328,427
Measures
$101,288,000
Strengthen the rural institutions that provide
services complementary to, and supportive
of, agricultural and agriculture business development.
$973,565
Transportation ..................
$143,104,000
Reduce the transportation costs affecting
agriculture commerce
at sub-regional levels.
$1,913,952
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.
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Projects
Obligated
Objective
Cumulative disbursements
957
Measures
Annual average daily vehicle and passenger traffic.
Program Administration *,
Due Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.
$61,632,999
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$10,134,998
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$808,368
Obligated
Objective
Projects
Cumulative disbursements
Country: El Salvador
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA El Salvador
Total obligation: $460,940,000
Total quarterly disbursement: $6,521,093
Human Development
Project.
$95,073,000
Increase human and
physical capital of residents of the Northern
Zone to take advantage of employment
and business opportunities.
$1,172,454
Productive Development
Project.
$87,466,000
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.
$5,514,266
Connectivity Project .........
$233,560,000
Measures
$94,900
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
activities.
Graduation rate of students enrolled in non-formal
training activities.
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.
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.
Program Administration *
and Control, Monitoring
and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **.
$44,841,000
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$4,998,673
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$703,921
Obligated
Objective
Projects
Cumulative disbursements
Country: Mali
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mali
Bamako Senou Airport
Improvement Project.
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Industrial Park Project .....
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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.
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Measures
Total obligation: $460,811,164
Total quarterly disbursement: $1,638,291
$1,377,281
Number of weekly flight arrivals and departures.
Average time for passengers to complete departures and arrivals procedures.
$2,080,155
Occupancy level.
Average number of days required for operator to
connect to Industrial Park water and electricity
services.
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Projects
Obligated
Objective
Cumulative disbursements
Alatona Irrigation Project
$234,884,675
Increase the agricultural
production and productivity in the Alatona
zone of the ON.
$436,925
Program Administration *
and Control, Monitoring
and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **.
$41,838,793
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$6,363,455
..........................
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$43,016
Obligated
Objective
Projects
Property Rights Project ....
$188,378,000
Increase security and
capitalization of land
assets held by lowerincome Mongolians,
and increased periurban herder productivity and incomes.
Rail Project ......................
$23,062,286
$25,512,856
Increase employment
and income among unemployed and underemployed Mongolians.
Measures
Total obligation: $284,911,363
Total quarterly disbursement: $1,216,243
$0
Increase rail traffic and
shipping efficiency.
Vocational Education
Project.
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.
Cumulative disbursements
Country: Mongolia
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mongolia
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Measures
$0
$5,000
Immovable property value of hashaa plots.
Households accessing bank credit.
Hashaa plots directly registered by the Property
Rights Project.
Income of herder households on long-term lease
land.
Herd mortality rate.
Number of herder groups adopting intensive/semiintensive farm management techniques.
Increase in GDP due to rail improvements.
Freight turnover.
Mine traffic.
Percent of wagons leased by private firms.
Railway operating ratio.
Customer satisfaction.
Wagon time to destination.
Average locomotive availability.
Annual salary.
Rate of employment.
Non-governmental funding of vocational education.
Students completing newly designed long-term programs.
Certified vocational education teachers.
Percent of active teachers receiving certification
training.
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Projects
Obligated
Health Project ..................
Objective
$17,027,119
Cumulative disbursements
Increase the adoption of
behaviors that reduce
non-communicable diseases (NCDIs) among
target populations and
improved medical treatment and control of
NCDIs.
$16,377
959
Measures
Diabetes and hypertension controlled.
Cervical cancer prevention.
Percentage of cancer cases diagnosed in early
stages.
Percentage of those with known diagnosis of hypertension/diabetes out of all actual cases in
adult population.
Women screened for breast and cervical cancer.
Counseling for diabetes and hypertension.
Program Administration *
and Control, Monitoring
and Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.
$30,931,102
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$1,635,428
..........................
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$0
Obligated
Objective
Projects
Cumulative disbursements
Country: Mozambique
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mozambique
Water and Sanitation
Project.
Road Rehabilitation
Project.
Land Tenure Services
Project.
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Farmer Income Support
Project.
$203,585,393
$176,307,480
$39,068,307
$17,882,211
Increase access to reliable and quality water
and sanitation facilities.
Total obligation: $506,924,053
Total quarterly disbursement: $2,662,982
$0
Increase access to productive resources and
markets.
$0
Establish efficient, secure
land access for households and investors.
$0
Improve coconut productivity and diversification
into cash crop.
Measures
$123,900
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.
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Obligated
Program Administration *
and Control, Monitoring
and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **.
Objective
Cumulative disbursements
$70,924,053
.........................................
$2,670,336
..........................
.........................................
$48,716
Obligated
Objective
Projects
Cumulative disbursements
Country: Lesotho
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Lesotho
Water Project ...................
Health Project ..................
$164,027,584
Measures
Total obligation: $362,551,000
Total quarterly disbursement: $2,178,797
Improve the water supply
for industrial and domestic needs, and enhance rural livelihoods
through improved watershed management.
$4,621
$122,398,000
Increase access to lifeextending ART and essential health services
by providing a sustainable delivery platform.
$548,807
Private Sector Development Project.
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$36,208,000
Stimulate investment by
improving access to
credit, reducing transaction costs and increasing the participation of women in the
economy.
$401,992
Program Administration *
and Control, Monitoring
and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **.
$39,917,416
.........................................
.........................................
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 immunization rate (measles).
Number of people receiving ARV treatment (number).
Increase in annual enrolment 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.
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).
$3,054,152
$0
Increased urban access to potable water supply.
Increase in volume of water delivered after treatment at Metolong site.
$422
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Obligated
Objective
Cumulative disbursements
Country: Morocco
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Lesotho
Fruit Tree Productivity .....
$306,411,391
$109,162,154
$433,590
Improve quality of fish
moving through domestic channels and
assure the sustainable
use of fishing resources.
$0
Artisan and Fez Medina ..
$106,331,421
Increase value added to
tourism and artisan
sectors.
$0
Financial Services ............
$46,200,000
$36,442,894
Program Administration *
and Control, Monitoring
and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **.
$92,952,140
Increase supply and decrease costs of financial services available
to microenterprises.
Improved survival rate of
new SMEs and INDHfunded income generating activities; increased revenue for
new SMEs and INDHfunded income generating activities.
.........................................
$0
Enterprise Support ...........
$0
.........................................
Total annual volume of production of dates and olives.
Cropped area covered by olive trees.
Survival rate of newly planted olive trees after 2
years project-supported establishment period.
Yield of rehabilitated olive trees.
Cropped area covered by date trees.
Yield of rehabilitated date palms.
State of fish stock.
Domestic fish consumption level.
Fisherman net revenue.
Average fisherman sales price at PDA.
Volume sold at wholesale markets.
Fish sale price.
Average sales price.
Volume of sales among mobile fish vendors.
Average revenue of potters receiving Artisan Production Activity.
Employment and wages among Project graduates.
Tourist arrivals.
Artisan profits (artisans engaged in product finishing and points of sale).
Employment created.
SME value added.
Gross loan portfolio outstanding of microcredit associations.
Portfolio at risk >30 days ratio.
Operating Expense Ratio.
Average annual sales of participating businesses.
Survival rate of participating businesses.
$342,304
$0
Projects
Obligated
Objective
$0
Cumulative disbursements
Country: Tanzania
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Tanzania
Energy Sector ..................
$206,471,000
Transport Sector ..............
$372,776,000
Water Sector Project .......
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Total obligation: $697,500,000
Total quarterly disbursement: $639,367
Reduce volatility of agricultural production and
increase volume of fruit
agricultural production.
Small Scale Fisheries ......
$66,335,000
Program Administration *
and Control, Monitoring
and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **.
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Total obligation: $698,136,000
Total quarterly disbursement: $315,187
$52,554,000
Increase value added to
businesses.
Increase cash crop revenue and aggregate
visitor spending.
Increase investment in
human and physical
capital and to reduce
the prevalence of
water-related disease.
.........................................
$563,129
$0
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Obligated
Cumulative disbursements
Objective
Measures
Country: Burkina Faso (CIF ONLY)
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Total obligation: $16,101,0650
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Burkina Faso
Total quarterly disbursement: $3,260,580
Roads Project ..................
Rural Land Governance
Project.
$1,105,412
Agriculture Development
Project.
$4,771,602
Bright 2 Schools Project ..
$3,000,000
Program Administration *
and Control, Monitoring
and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **.
$6,886,068
Enhance access to markets through investments in the road network.
Increase investment in
land and rural productivity through improved
land tenure security
and land management.
Expand the productive
use of land in order to
increase the volume
and value of agricultural production in
project zones.
Increase primary school
completion rates.
.........................................
$0
.........................................
Projects
$337,983
Obligated
$0
TBD.
$0
TBD.
$0
TBD.
$3,000,000
TBD.
$201,694
$58,886
Cumulative disbursements
Objective
Measures
Country: Namibia (CIF ONLY)
Year: 2008
Quarter 4
Total obligation: $19,543,175
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Namibia
Total quarterly disbursement: $0
Education Project .............
$8,976,296
Tourism Project ................
$2,475,145
Agriculture Project ...........
$1,369,139
Program Administration *
and Control, Monitoring
and Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **.
$6,722,595
Improve the education
sector’s effectiveness,
efficiency and quality.
Increase incomes and
create employment opportunities by improving the marketing,
management and infrastructure of Etosha National Park.
Sustainably improve the
economic performance
and profitability of the
livestock sector and increase the volume of
the indigenous natural
products for export.
.........................................
$0
$0
.........................................
TBD.
$0
TBD.
$0
TBD.
$0
$0
* Program administration funds are used to pay items such as salaries, rent, and the cost of office equipment.
** These amounts represent disbursements made that will be allocated to individual projects in the subsequent quarter(s) and reported as such
in subsequent quarterly report(s).
619(b) transfer or allocation of funds
U.S. agency to which funds were transferred or allocated
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Dated: January 2, 2009.
Matthew McLean,
Vice President, Congressional and Public
Affairs, Millennium Challenge Corporation.
[FR Doc. E9–181 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 9211–03–P
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Kathy Plowitz-Worden,
Panel Coordinator, National Endowment for
the Arts.
[FR Doc. E9–187 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am]
National Endowment for the Arts;
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
ACTION:
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
ADDRESSES: Sarah Cunningham,
National Endowment for the Arts, 1100
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 703,
Washington, DC 20506–0001, telephone
(202) 682–5515 (this is not a toll-free
number), fax (202) 682–5002.
Notice.
BILLING CODE 7537–01–P
The National Endowment for
the Arts (NEA), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, conducts a
preclearance consultation program to
provide the general public and federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(A)]. This program helps
to ensure that requested data can be
provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the NEA is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
information collection to evaluate
methods of assessing student learning
arts education programs. A copy of the
current information collection request
can be obtained by contacting the office
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of
this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
address section below on or before
March 5, 2009. The NEA is particularly
interested in comments which:
• 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; and
• 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
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ARTS AND HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the Arts;
Submission of OMB Review: Comment
Request
The National Endowment for the Arts
(NEA) has submitted the following
public information collection request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval
in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 [Pub. L. 104–13,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35]. Copies of the ICR,
with applicable supporting
documentation, may be obtained by
contacting Sunil Iyengar via telephone
at 202–682–5654 (this is not a toll-free
number) or e-mail at
research@arts.endow.gov. Individuals
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TTY/TDD) may call 202–
682–5496 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
Comments should be sent to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the
National Endowment for the Arts, Office
of Management and Budget, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503, 202–
395–7316, within 30 days from the date
of this publication in the Federal
Register.
The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) is particularly interested in
comments which:
• 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; and
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• 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
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Agency: National Endowment for the
Arts.
Title: Study of Outdoor Arts Festivals.
OMB Number: New.
Frequency: One time.
Affected Public: Festival organizers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
7769.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 16.0
minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 2071 hours.
Total Annualized Capital/Startup
Costs: 0.
Total Annual Costs (Operating/
Maintaining Systems or Purchasing
Services): 0.
Description: The National Endowment
for the Arts plans to conduct a study of
outdoor arts festivals in the United
States. There currently is no single,
comprehensive research publication or
database that describes the range and/or
impact of arts festivals in this country.
The study proposed here is a twopronged research effort to describe the
U.S. outdoor festival community—
among other characteristics, its number,
types, financing, staffing, regional
distribution, and artist employment
patterns. The first prong of the study is
a national on-line survey of the universe
of outdoor arts festivals, and the second
is a series of seven case studies of
festivals involving site visits, audience
surveys, interviews with festival
administrators, focus groups of artists,
and focus groups of volunteers.
Festivals in the study may be one-day or
season-long programs, multidisciplinary or discipline-specific, and
funded by non-profit or for-profit
organizations. The activities include
collecting uniform data from festival
organizers while still keeping data
collection burdens to a minimum.
ADDRESSES: Sunil Iyengar, National
Endowment for the Arts, 1100
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 616,
Washington, DC 20506–0001, telephone
(202) 682–5654 (this is not a toll-free
number), fax (202) 682–5677.
Kathleen Edwards,
Support Services Supervisor, Administrative
Services, National Endowment for the Arts.
[FR Doc. E9–200 Filed 1–8–09; 8:45 am]
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[MCC 09-05]
Notice of Quarterly Report (July 1, 2008-September 30, 2008)
AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.
SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is reporting for
the quarter July 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008 in 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 or
allocations of funds to other federal agencies pursuant to Section
619(b) of the Act. The following report shall be made available to the
public by means of publication in the Federal Register and on the
Internet Web site of the MCC (https://www.mcc.gov) in accordance with
Section 612(b) of the Act.
Assistance Provided Under Section 605
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Madagascar Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $109,773,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar Total quarterly disbursement: $12,296,269
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Land Tenure Project............. $37,803,000 Increase Land $15,491,326 Legislative proposal
Titling and reflecting the
Security. 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.
Finance Project................. $35,888,000 Increase $11,298,895 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.
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Percentage of all loans
included in the
central database.
Agricultural Business Investment $17,683,000 Improve $8,923,689 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 ................... $10,483,218
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $12,654,499
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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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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Honduras Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $215,000,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras Total quarterly disbursement: $13,479,730
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rural Development Project....... $70,687,000 Increase the $21,844,528 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
employees..
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.
Transportation Project.......... $127,491,876 Reduce $8,329,169 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 $16,821,124 ................... $3,994,766
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $776,067
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Cape Verde Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $110,078,488
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Cape Verde Total quarterly disbursement: $9,450,397
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Watershed and Agricultural $10,848,630 Increase $3,541,205 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.
[[Page 954]]
Infrastructure Improvement...... $83,160,208 Increase $16,923,184 Volume of goods shipped
integration of the between Praia and
internal market other 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...... $2,800,000 Spur private sector $356,711 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 $13,269,650 ................... $6,218,097
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... 0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Nicaragua Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $174,710,890
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Nicaragua Total quarterly disbursement: $ 11,129,188
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Property Regularization Project. $22,000,000 Increase Investment $4,669,995 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.......... $105,193,200 Reduce $8,990,461 Price of a basket of
transportation goods.
costs between Leon Travel Time.
and Chinandega and
national, regional
and global markets.
Rural Business Development $32,897,500 Increase the value $11,325,597 Annual percentage
Project. added of farms and increase in value-
enterprises in the added of clients of
region. business office.
Number of jobs created.
Number of program farm
plots harvesting
higher-value crops or
reforesting under
improvement of Water
Supply Activities.
Program Administration *, Due $14,909,300 ................... $6,867,070
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $2,129,337
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Georgia Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $295,300,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Georgia Total quarterly disbursement: $21,853,277
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regional Infrastructure $216,600,000 Key Regional $45,138,132 Reduction in
Rehabilitation. Infrastructure Akhalkalaki-
Rehabilitated. Ninotsminda-Teleti
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. $47,350,000 Enterprises in $16,230,586 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.
[[Page 955]]
Direct household net
income for market
information initiative
beneficiaries.
Number of
beneficiaries.
Program Administration *, Due $36,100,000 ................... $10,630,824
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $1,162,968
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Vanuatu Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $65,690,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Vanuatu Total quarterly disbursement: $9,498,932
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transportation Infrastructure $60,587,816 Facilitate $188,462 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 $5,074,768 ................... $19,844,963
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $19,844,963
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Armenia Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $235,650,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Armenia Total quarterly disbursement: $5,030,672
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Irrigated Agriculture Project $145,680,000 Increase $12,015,860 Increase in hectares
(Agriculture and Water). agricultural covered by high value
productivity added horticultural
Improve and and fruit crops.
Quality of Percentage of
Irrigation. 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 $67,100,000 Better access to $5,541,926 Government budgetary
Project. economic and allocations for
social routine maintenance of
infrastructure. 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.
Program Administration *, Due $22,870,000 ................... $5,411,097
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $1,224,709
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
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Country: Benin Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $307,298,040
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Benin Total quarterly disbursement: $9,377
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Access to Financial Services.... $19,650,000 Expand Access to $1,737,505 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.
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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 $1,424,538 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 $6,417,860 Total value of
rights and additional investments
increase in target rural land
investment in parcels.
rural and urban
land.
Total value of
additional investments
in target urban land
parcels.
Access to Markets............... $169,447,000 Improve Access to $4,328,427 Total metric tons of
Markets through exports and imports
Improvements to passing through Port
the Port of of Cotonou per year.
Cotonou.
Program Administration *, Due $47,911,040 ................... $9,554,759
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $933,326
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
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Country: Ghana Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $547,009,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Ghana Total quarterly disbursement: $10,423,856
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Agriculture Project............. $240,984,001 Enhance $12,127,070 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
commercial districts.
agriculture among Registration of land
groups of rights in the pilot
smallholder farms. 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.
Rural Development............... $101,288,000 Strengthen the $973,565 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.................. $143,104,000 Reduce the $1,913,952 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.
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Annual average daily
vehicle and passenger
traffic.
Program Administration *, Due $61,632,999 ................... $10,134,998
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ................... $808,368
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
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Country: El Salvador Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $460,940,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA El Salvador Total quarterly disbursement: $6,521,093
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Human Development Project....... $95,073,000 Increase human and $1,172,454 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 activities.
Graduation rate of
students enrolled in
non-formal training
activities.
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.. $87,466,000 Increase production $5,514,266 Investment in
and employment in productive chains by
the Northern Zone. selected
beneficiaries.
Connectivity Project............ $233,560,000 Reduce travel cost $94,900 Weighted average of the
and time within International
the Northern Zone, Roughness Index for
with the rest of the rehabilitation of
the country, and the Transnational
within the region. Highway.
Weighted average of the
International
Roughness Index for
the rehabilitation of
the network of
connecting roads.
Program Administration * and $44,841,000 ................... $4,998,673
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **.... ............... ................... $703,921
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
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Country: Mali Year: 2008 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $460,811,164
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mali Total quarterly disbursement: $1,638,291
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Bamako Senou Airport Improvement $182,007,541 Establish an $1,377,281 Number of weekly flight
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......... $2,080,155 Develop a platform $2,080,155 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.
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Alatona Irrigation Project...... $234,884,675 Increase the $436,925 Weighted average of the
agricultural International
production and Roughness Index for
productivity in the rehabilitation of
the Alatona zone the Niono-Goma Coura
of the ON. 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
