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BILLING CODE 4510–27–P
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
CORPORATION
[MCC FR 19–06]
Report on Countries That Are
Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Account Eligibility in Fiscal Year 2020
and Countries That Would Be
Candidates But for Legal Prohibitions
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Section 608(a) 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 2020. The
report is set forth in full below.
SUMMARY:
Dated: September 23, 2019.
Brian Finkelstein,
Acting General Counsel.
Report on Countries that are
Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Compact Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2020
and Countries that would be
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions
Summary
This report to Congress is provided in
accordance with section 608(a) of the
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as
amended, 22 U.S.C. 7701, 7707(a) (the
Act).
The Act authorizes the provision of
assistance for global development
through the Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC) for countries that
enter into a Millennium Challenge
Compact with the United States to
support policies and programs that
advance the progress of such countries
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to achieve lasting economic growth and
poverty reduction. The Act requires
MCC to take a number of steps in
selecting countries with which MCC
will seek to enter into a compact,
including determining the countries that
will be eligible countries for fiscal year
(FY) 2020 based on (a) a country’s
demonstrated commitment to (i) just
and democratic governance, (ii)
economic freedom, and (iii) investments
in its people; and (b) the opportunity to
reduce poverty and generate economic
growth in the country, and (c) the
availability of funds to MCC. These
steps include the submission to the
congressional committees specified in
the Act and publication in the Federal
Register of reports on the following:
• The countries that are ‘‘candidate
countries’’ for FY 2020 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);
• 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 determine ‘‘eligible
countries’’ from among the ‘‘candidate
countries’’ (section 608(b) of the Act);
and
• The list of countries determined by
the Board to be ‘‘eligible countries’’
for FY 2020, identification of such
countries with which the Board will
seek to enter into compacts, and a
justification for such eligibility
determination and selection for
compact negotiation (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 2020
The Act requires the identification of
all countries that are candidate
countries for FY 2020 and the
identification of all countries that would
be candidate countries but for specified
legal prohibitions on assistance. Under
sections 606(a) and (b) of the Act,
candidate countries must qualify as low
income or lower middle income
countries as defined in the Act.
Specifically, a country will be a
candidate country in the low income
category for FY 2020 if it
• has a per capita income that is not
greater than the World Bank’s lower
middle income country threshold for
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such fiscal year ($3,995 gross national
income per capita for FY 2020);
• is among the 75 countries identified
by the World Bank as having the
lowest per capita income; and
• is not ineligible to receive United
States 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.
A country will be a candidate country
in the lower middle income category for
FY 2020 if it
• has a per capita income that is not
greater than the World Bank’s lower
middle income country threshold for
such fiscal year ($3,995 gross national
income per capita for FY 2020);
• is not among the 75 countries
identified by the World Bank as
having the lowest per capita income;
and
• is not ineligible to receive United
States economic assistance under part
I of the Foreign Assistance Act by
reason of the application of the
Foreign Assistance Act or any other
provision of law.
Under section 606(c) of the Act as
applied for FY 2020, a country with per
capita income changes from FY 2019 to
FY 2020 such that the country would be
reclassified from the low income
category to the lower middle income
category or vice versa will retain its
income status in its former category for
FY 2020 and two subsequent fiscal years
(FY 2021 and FY 2022). A country that
has transitioned to the upper middle
income category does not qualify as a
candidate country.
Pursuant to section 606(d) of the Act,
the Board identified the following
countries as candidate countries under
the Act for FY 2020. In so doing, the
Board referred to the prohibitions on
assistance to countries for FY 2019
under the Department of State, Foreign
Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2019 (FY 2019
SFOAA).
Candidate Countries: Low Income
Category
1. Afghanistan
2. Angola
3. Bangladesh
4. Benin
5. Bhutan *
6. Burkina Faso
7. Cabo Verde
8. Cameroon
9. Central African Republic
10. Chad
11. Coˆte d’Ivoire
12. Djibouti
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13. Egypt
14. Eswatini
15. Ethiopia
16. Gambia, The *
17. Ghana
18. Guinea
19. Guinea-Bissau
20. Haiti
21. Honduras
22. India
23. Indonesia
24. Kenya
25. Kiribati
26. Kyrgyzstan
27. Laos
28. Lesotho
29. Liberia
30. Madagascar
31. Malawi
32. Mali
33. Micronesia, Federated States of
34. Moldova
35. Morocco
36. Mozambique
37. Nepal
38. Niger
39. Nigeria
40. Pakistan
41. Papua New Guinea *
42. Philippines
43. Republic of the Congo
44. Rwanda
45. Sa˜o Tome´ and Principe
46. Senegal
47. Sierra Leone
48. Solomon Islands
49. Somalia
50. Tajikistan
51. Tanzania
52. Timor-Leste
53. Togo
54. Uganda
55. Ukraine
56. Uzbekistan
57. Vanuatu
58. Vietnam
59. Yemen
60. Zambia
Candidate Countries: Lower Middle
Income Category
1. Mongolia
2. El Salvador
3. Tunisia
Countries that Would Be Candidate
Countries but for Legal Provisions
that Prohibit Assistance
Countries that would be considered
candidate countries for FY 2020 but are
* Bhutan, The Gambia, and Papua New Guinea
were included on the list of Tier 3 countries in the
2019 Trafficking in Persons Report. If the President
determines to withhold non-humanitarian
nontrade-related assistance to such countries under
section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000, each would no longer be a candidate
country for FY 2020.
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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. This
list is based on legal prohibitions
against economic assistance that apply
as of July 19, 2019.
Prohibited Countries: Low Income
Category
D Bolivia is ineligible to receive foreign
assistance pursuant to section 706(3)
of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Pub. L. 107228), regarding adherence to
obligations under international
counternarcotics agreements and
other counternarcotics measures.
D Burma is ineligible to receive foreign
assistance, including due to concerns
relative to its record on human rights.
D Burundi is ineligible to receive
foreign assistance due to its status as
a Tier 3 country under the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
D Cambodia is ineligible to receive
foreign assistance pursuant to section
7043(b)(1)(A) of the FY 2019 SFOAA,
which restricts assistance to the
Government of Cambodia unless the
Secretary of State certifies that the
Government of Cambodia is taking
effective steps to strengthen regional
security and stability and respect the
rights and responsibilities enshrined
in the Constitution of the Kingdom of
Cambodia.
D Comoros is ineligible to receive
foreign assistance due to its status as
a Tier 3 country under the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
D Democratic Republic of Congo is
ineligible to receive foreign assistance
due to its status as a Tier 3 country
under the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101
et seq.).
D Eritrea is ineligible to receive foreign
assistance, including due to its status
as a Tier 3 country under the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of
2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
D Mauritania is ineligible to receive
foreign assistance due to its status as
a Tier 3 country under the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
D Nicaragua is ineligible to receive
foreign assistance pursuant to section
7047(c) of the FY 2019 SFOAA, which
prohibits assistance for the central
government of a country that the
Secretary of State determines has
recognized the independence of, or
has established diplomatic relations
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with, the Russian occupied Georgian
territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali
Region/South Ossetia.
D North Korea is ineligible to receive
foreign assistance, including pursuant
to section 7007 of the FY 2019
SFOAA, which prohibits direct
assistance to the government of North
Korea.
D South Sudan is ineligible to receive
foreign assistance, including pursuant
to section 7042(f) of the FY 2019
SFOAA, which prohibits (with
limited exceptions) assistance to the
central government of South Sudan.
D Sudan is ineligible to receive foreign
assistance, including pursuant to
section 7042(g) of the FY 2019
SFOAA, which prohibits (with
limited exceptions) assistance to the
government of Sudan.
D Syria is ineligible to receive foreign
assistance, including pursuant to
section 7007 of the FY 2019 SFOAA,
which prohibits direct assistance to
the government of Syria.
D Zimbabwe is ineligible to receive
foreign assistance, including pursuant
to section 7042(h)(2) of the FY 2019
SFOAA, which prohibits (with
limited exceptions) assistance for the
central government of Zimbabwe
unless the Secretary of State certifies
and reports to Congress that the rule
of law has been restored, including
respect for ownership and title to
property, and freedoms of expression,
association, and assembly.
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 the Foreign Assistance
Act or any other provision of law for FY
2020.
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
CORPORATION
[MCC FR 19–07]
Report on the Criteria and
Methodology for Determining the
Eligibility of Candidate Countries for
Millennium Challenge Account
Assistance for Fiscal Year 2020
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
This report to Congress is
provided in accordance with the
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as
amended (Act). The Millennium
Challenge Act of 2003 requires the
Millennium Challenge Corporation to
publish a report that identifies the
criteria and methodology that MCC
intends to use to determine which
candidate countries may be eligible to
be considered for assistance under the
Act for fiscal year 2020. The report is set
forth in full below.
SUMMARY:
Dated: September 23, 2019.
Brian Finkelstein,
Acting General Counsel.
Report on the Criteria and Methodology
for Determining the Eligibility of
Candidate Countries for Millennium
Challenge Account Assistance in Fiscal
Year 2020
Summary
In accordance with section 608(b)(2)
of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7707(b)(2)), the
Millennium Challenge Corporation
(MCC) is submitting the enclosed report.
This report identifies the criteria and
methodology that MCC intends to use to
determine which candidate countries
may be eligible to be considered for
assistance under the Act for fiscal year
2020.
Under section 608(c)(1) of the Act (22
U.S.C. 7707(c)(1)), MCC will, for a
thirty-day period following publication,
accept and consider public comment for
purposes of determining eligible
countries under section 607 of the Act
(22 U.S.C. 7706).
This document explains how the
Board of Directors (the Board) of the
Millennium Challenge Corporation
(MCC) will identify, evaluate, and select
eligible countries for fiscal year (FY)
2020. Specifically, this document
discusses the following:
I. Which countries MCC will evaluate?
II. How the Board evaluates these countries?
A. Overall Evaluation
B. For Selection of an Eligible Country for
a First Compact
C. For Selection of an Eligible Country for
a Second or Subsequent Compact
D. For Selection of an Eligible Country for
a Concurrent Compact
E. For Threshold Program Assistance
F. A Note on Potential Transition to Upper
Middle Income Country Status After
Initial Selection
This report is provided in accordance
with section 608(b) of the Millennium
Challenge Act of 2003, as amended (the
Act), as more fully described in
Appendix A.
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[MCC FR 19-06]
Report on Countries That Are Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Account Eligibility in Fiscal Year 2020 and Countries That Would Be
Candidates But for Legal Prohibitions
AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Section 608(a) 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 2020. The report is set forth in
full below.
Dated: September 23, 2019.
Brian Finkelstein,
Acting General Counsel.
Report on Countries that are Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Compact Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2020 and Countries that would be
Candidates but for Legal Prohibitions
Summary
This report to Congress is provided in accordance with section
608(a) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as amended, 22 U.S.C.
7701, 7707(a) (the Act).
The Act authorizes the provision of assistance for global
development through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) for
countries that enter into a Millennium Challenge Compact with the
United States to support policies and programs that advance the
progress of such countries
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to achieve lasting economic growth and poverty reduction. The Act
requires MCC to take a number of steps in selecting countries with
which MCC will seek to enter into a compact, including determining the
countries that will be eligible countries for fiscal year (FY) 2020
based on (a) a country's demonstrated commitment to (i) just and
democratic governance, (ii) economic freedom, and (iii) investments in
its people; and (b) the opportunity to reduce poverty and generate
economic growth in the country, and (c) the availability of funds to
MCC. These steps include the submission to the congressional committees
specified in the Act and publication in the Federal Register of reports
on the following:
The countries that are ``candidate countries'' for FY 2020
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);
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 determine ``eligible countries'' from among the ``candidate
countries'' (section 608(b) of the Act); and
The list of countries determined by the Board to be ``eligible
countries'' for FY 2020, identification of such countries with which
the Board will seek to enter into compacts, and a justification for
such eligibility determination and selection for compact negotiation
(section 608(d) of the Act).
This report is the first of three required reports listed above.
Candidate Countries for FY 2020
The Act requires the identification of all countries that are
candidate countries for FY 2020 and the identification of all countries
that would be candidate countries but for specified legal prohibitions
on assistance. Under sections 606(a) and (b) of the Act, candidate
countries must qualify as low income or lower middle income countries
as defined in the Act.
Specifically, a country will be a candidate country in the low
income category for FY 2020 if it
has a per capita income that is not greater than the World
Bank's lower middle income country threshold for such fiscal year
($3,995 gross national income per capita for FY 2020);
is among the 75 countries identified by the World Bank as
having the lowest per capita income; and
is not ineligible to receive United States 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.
A country will be a candidate country in the lower middle income
category for FY 2020 if it
has a per capita income that is not greater than the World
Bank's lower middle income country threshold for such fiscal year
($3,995 gross national income per capita for FY 2020);
is not among the 75 countries identified by the World Bank as
having the lowest per capita income; and
is not ineligible to receive United States economic assistance
under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act by reason of the application
of the Foreign Assistance Act or any other provision of law.
Under section 606(c) of the Act as applied for FY 2020, a country
with per capita income changes from FY 2019 to FY 2020 such that the
country would be reclassified from the low income category to the lower
middle income category or vice versa will retain its income status in
its former category for FY 2020 and two subsequent fiscal years (FY
2021 and FY 2022). A country that has transitioned to the upper middle
income category does not qualify as a candidate country.
Pursuant to section 606(d) of the Act, the Board identified the
following countries as candidate countries under the Act for FY 2020.
In so doing, the Board referred to the prohibitions on assistance to
countries for FY 2019 under the Department of State, Foreign
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019 (FY 2019
SFOAA).
Candidate Countries: Low Income Category
1. Afghanistan
2. Angola
3. Bangladesh
4. Benin
5. Bhutan *
6. Burkina Faso
7. Cabo Verde
8. Cameroon
9. Central African Republic
10. Chad
11. C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire
12. Djibouti
13. Egypt
14. Eswatini
15. Ethiopia
16. Gambia, The *
17. Ghana
18. Guinea
19. Guinea-Bissau
20. Haiti
21. Honduras
22. India
23. Indonesia
24. Kenya
25. Kiribati
26. Kyrgyzstan
27. Laos
28. Lesotho
29. Liberia
30. Madagascar
31. Malawi
32. Mali
33. Micronesia, Federated States of
34. Moldova
35. Morocco
36. Mozambique
37. Nepal
38. Niger
39. Nigeria
40. Pakistan
41. Papua New Guinea *
42. Philippines
43. Republic of the Congo
44. Rwanda
45. S[atilde]o Tom[eacute] and Principe
46. Senegal
47. Sierra Leone
48. Solomon Islands
49. Somalia
50. Tajikistan
51. Tanzania
52. Timor-Leste
53. Togo
54. Uganda
55. Ukraine
56. Uzbekistan
57. Vanuatu
58. Vietnam
59. Yemen
60. Zambia
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* Bhutan, The Gambia, and Papua New Guinea were included on the
list of Tier 3 countries in the 2019 Trafficking in Persons Report.
If the President determines to withhold non-humanitarian nontrade-
related assistance to such countries under section 110 of the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, each would no longer be
a candidate country for FY 2020.
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Candidate Countries: Lower Middle Income Category
1. Mongolia
2. El Salvador
3. Tunisia
Countries that Would Be Candidate Countries but for Legal Provisions
that Prohibit Assistance
Countries that would be considered candidate countries for FY 2020
but are
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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. This list is based on legal prohibitions against
economic assistance that apply as of July 19, 2019.
Prohibited Countries: Low Income Category
[ssquf] Bolivia is ineligible to receive foreign assistance pursuant to
section 706(3) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year
2003 (Pub. L. 107-228), regarding adherence to obligations under
international counternarcotics agreements and other counternarcotics
measures.
[ssquf] Burma is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including
due to concerns relative to its record on human rights.
[ssquf] Burundi is ineligible to receive foreign assistance due to its
status as a Tier 3 country under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
[ssquf] Cambodia is ineligible to receive foreign assistance pursuant
to section 7043(b)(1)(A) of the FY 2019 SFOAA, which restricts
assistance to the Government of Cambodia unless the Secretary of State
certifies that the Government of Cambodia is taking effective steps to
strengthen regional security and stability and respect the rights and
responsibilities enshrined in the Constitution of the Kingdom of
Cambodia.
[ssquf] Comoros is ineligible to receive foreign assistance due to its
status as a Tier 3 country under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
[ssquf] Democratic Republic of Congo is ineligible to receive foreign
assistance due to its status as a Tier 3 country under the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
[ssquf] Eritrea is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including
due to its status as a Tier 3 country under the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
[ssquf] Mauritania is ineligible to receive foreign assistance due to
its status as a Tier 3 country under the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
[ssquf] Nicaragua is ineligible to receive foreign assistance pursuant
to section 7047(c) of the FY 2019 SFOAA, which prohibits assistance for
the central government of a country that the Secretary of State
determines has recognized the independence of, or has established
diplomatic relations with, the Russian occupied Georgian territories of
Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia.
[ssquf] North Korea is ineligible to receive foreign assistance,
including pursuant to section 7007 of the FY 2019 SFOAA, which
prohibits direct assistance to the government of North Korea.
[ssquf] South Sudan is ineligible to receive foreign assistance,
including pursuant to section 7042(f) of the FY 2019 SFOAA, which
prohibits (with limited exceptions) assistance to the central
government of South Sudan.
[ssquf] Sudan is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including
pursuant to section 7042(g) of the FY 2019 SFOAA, which prohibits (with
limited exceptions) assistance to the government of Sudan.
[ssquf] Syria is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including
pursuant to section 7007 of the FY 2019 SFOAA, which prohibits direct
assistance to the government of Syria.
[ssquf] Zimbabwe is ineligible to receive foreign assistance, including
pursuant to section 7042(h)(2) of the FY 2019 SFOAA, which prohibits
(with limited exceptions) assistance for the central government of
Zimbabwe unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports to
Congress that the rule of law has been restored, including respect for
ownership and title to property, and freedoms of expression,
association, and assembly.
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 the Foreign Assistance Act or any other
provision of law for FY 2020.
[FR Doc. 2019-20977 Filed 9-24-19; 11:15 am]
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