Millennium Challenge AccountMillennium Challenge Account

• Fulfillment of Monterrey commitment to “provide greater resources to countries taking greater responsibility for their own development.”

• Millennium Challenge Account:– rewards countries with pro-development

policies – builds on country ownership and responsibility– focuses on results

Based Based onon Monterrey Principles Monterrey Principles• New untied, grant financing • Set aside up front to ensure predictability• Not designated for specific purpose,

leaving choice to partner country

• MCA targets a single mission:– “reducing poverty through growth.”

• MCC rewards countries doing better than peers on international indicators related to development

• Threshold Program helps countries close to qualifying improve policies

PoliciesPolicies

Compact Eligible CountriesCompact Eligible CountriesAfricaAfrica

BeninBeninBurkina Faso Burkina Faso Cape VerdeCape Verde GhanaGhana LesothoLesotho MadagascarMadagascarMaliMaliMalawiMalawiMoroccoMoroccoMozambiqueMozambiqueNamibiaNamibiaSenegalSenegalTanzaniaTanzania

Latin America BoliviaBoliviaEl SalvadorEl SalvadorHondurasHondurasNicaraguaNicaragua

Eurasia

ArmeniaArmeniaEast TimorEast TimorGeorgiaGeorgiaJordanJordanMoldovaMoldovaMongoliaMongoliaPhilippinesUkraineUkraineVanuatuVanuatu

Threshold CountriesThreshold Countries

AfricaBurkina Faso*Kenya Malawi* Mauritania Niger Rwanda São Tomé and Principe Tanzania*Uganda Zambia

Latin America GuyanaParaguay Peru

* Country also eligible for Compact funding

EurasiaAlbaniaEast Timor*IndonesiaJordan*Kyrgyz RepublicMoldova*Philippines*Ukraine*Yemen

OwnershipOwnership• Eligible countries determine their own priorities Eligible countries determine their own priorities

and develop their own proposals for MCC and develop their own proposals for MCC funding, after consulting with civil society and funding, after consulting with civil society and private sector. private sector.

• MCC assesses proposals based on: MCC assesses proposals based on: The contribution to poverty reduction and The contribution to poverty reduction and

growth growth The quality of the consultative process and The quality of the consultative process and

breadth of supportbreadth of supportThe ability to measure resultsThe ability to measure results

ResultsResults

• MCC and partner governments sign a MCC and partner governments sign a “Compact” that:“Compact” that:

Agrees on specific objectives and measures of success

Elaborates a monitoring and evaluation plan

$5.5 Billion in Signed Compacts$5.5 Billion in Signed Compacts($ in million)($ in million)

Benin $307 Honduras $215 Nicaragua $175 Vanuatu $66

Georgia $295

Cape Verde $110

Madagascar $110

Tanzania $698

Mongolia $285

Armenia $236

Ghana $547

Mali $461

El Salvador $461

Morocco $698 Lesotho $363 Mozambique $507

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The Ghana CompactThe Ghana Compact $547 million Compact signed August 1, 2006 to:• improve agricultural productivity, increasing production

of high-value commercial and basic food crops, • improve access to markets through better transport, • expand availability of community services in rural areas,• foster greater private investment in agriculture.

Expected Results:

• Training of 51,000 farm households• Irrigation for 80,000 hectares of land • Employment opportunities for over 230,000 • Improved welfare and quality of life for over 1 million people

Status of the Ghana CompactStatus of the Ghana Compact

Lessons Learned/ChallengesLessons Learned/Challenges• Country ownership takes time and commitment

Countries must set and own priorities Participatory, meaningful, timely consultation on priorities builds

support for successful action There are trade offs

• Capacity grows through doing Graduated assistance often needed

• Coordination and harmonization can be full time jobs

• MCC (and other development) assistance is only a catalyst Further efforts to leverage other financing for development

essential, especially from private sector