[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 38 (Friday, February 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8997-9007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4255]
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[MCC 09-07]
Notice of Quarterly Report (October 1, 2008-December 31, 2008)
AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is reporting for
the quarter October 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008 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 Website of the MCC (http://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
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Country: Madagascar Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $109,773,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar Total Quarterly Disbursement: $6,222,776
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Land Tenure Project.............. $36,028,000 Increase Land $17,142,693 Legislative proposal
Titling and reflecting the National
Security. Land Tenure Program
submitted to Parliament
and passed.
Number of land disputes
reported and resolved
in the target zones and
sites of
implementation.
Percentage of land
documents inventoried,
restored, and/or
digitized.
.............. .............. Average time and cost
required to carry out
property transactions.
.............. .............. Percent of reported land
conflicts resolved on
titled land in zone 3,
4, 5 during the title
regularization
operations.
.............. .............. Percentage of land in
the zones that is
demarcated and ready
for titling.
Finance Project.................. $32,445,000 Increase $14,549,224 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.
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.............. .............. The amount of government
debt issued with
maturities in excess of
52 weeks.
.............. .............. The number of new
individual investors
buying government debt
securities.
.............. .............. The number of bank
branches of the Central
Bank of Madagascar
capable of accepting
auction tenders.
.............. .............. Percentage of all loans
included in the central
database.
Agricultural Business Investment $17,683,000 Improve $9,762,473 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 $23,617,000 ................... $14,351,711
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... $460,963
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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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Country: Honduras Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $215,000,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras Total Quarterly Disbursement: $15,297,903
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Rural Development Project........ $52,344,239 Increase the $24,866,742 Increase in farm income
productivity and resulting from Rural
business skills of Development Project.
farmers who Funds lent by MCA-
operate small and Honduras to financial
medium-size farms institutions.
and their Increase in employment
employees. income resulting from
Rural Development
Project.
.............. .............. Number of Program
farmers harvesting high-
value horticulture
crops.
.............. .............. Number of hectares
harvesting high-value
horticulture crops.
Transportation Project........... $147,299,772 Reduce $19,263,386 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 $15,355,989 ................... $4,552,618
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... $1,559,688
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Country: Cape Verde Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $110,078,488
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Cape Verde Total Quarterly Disbursement: $7,794,448
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Watershed and Agricultural $11,001,130 Increase $4,035,499 Increase in
Support. agricultural horticultural
production in productivity.
three targeted Increase in annual
watershed areas on income.
three islands. Value-added for farms
and agribusiness.
Infrastructure Improvement....... $83,160,208 Increase $23,417,059 Volume of goods shipped
integration of the between Praia and other
internal market islands.
and reduce Mobility Ratio:
transportation Percentage of
costs. beneficiary population
who take at least 5
trips per month.
Savings on transport
costs from
improvements.
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Private Sector Development....... $2,081,223 Spur private sector $468,509 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 $13,835,927 ................... $6,578,966
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... $333,611
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Country: Nicaragua Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $174,710,890
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Nicaragua Total Quarterly Disbursement: $9,834,608
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Property Regularization Project.. $22,000,000 Increase Investment $5,800,844 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 $14,886,975 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 $13,344,818 Annual percentage
Project. added of farms and increase in value-added
enterprises in the of clients of business
region. 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 $14,620,190 ................... $7,915,248
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... $1,869,184
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Country: Georgia Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $295,300,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Georgia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $9,951,861
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Regional Infrastructure $216,600,000 Key Regional $51,180,914 Reduction in Akhalkalaki-
Rehabilitation. Infrastructure Ninotsminda-Teleti
Rehabilitated. journey time.
Reduction in vehicle
operating costs.
Increase in internal
regional traffic
volumes.
.............. .............. Decreased technical
losses in gas through
the main North-South
pipeline.
.............. .............. Reduction in the
production of
greenhouse gas
emissions measured in
tons of CO2 equivalent.
.............. .............. Increased collection
rate of the Georgian
Gas Company (GOGC).
.............. .............. Number of household
beneficiaries served by
Regional Infrastructure
Development projects.
.............. .............. Actual operations and
maintenance
expenditures.
Regional Enterprise Development.. $47,350,000 Enterprises in $23,617,178 Increase in annual
Regions Developed. revenue in portfolio
companies.
Increase in number of
portfolio company
employees and number of
local suppliers.
Increase in portfolio
companies' wages and
payments to local
suppliers.
.............. .............. Jobs created.
.............. .............. Increase in aggregate
incremental net revenue
to project assisted
firms.
.............. .............. Direct household net
income.
.............. .............. Direct household net
income for market
information initiative
beneficiaries.
.............. .............. Number of beneficiaries.
Program Administration *, Due $31,350,000 ................... $12,009,936 ........................
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... -$3,693,439
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Country: Vanuatu Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $65,690,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Vanuatu Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,775,827
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Transportation Infrastructure $60,587,816 Facilitate $23,857,941 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 $5,102,184 ................... $3,958,043
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... -$1,879,728
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Country: Armenia Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $235,650,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Armenia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $4,237,885
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Irrigated Agriculture Project $145,080,000 Increase $14,866,835 Increase in hectares
(Agriculture and Water). agricultural covered by high value
productivity added horticultural and
Improve 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 Project $67,100,000 Better access to $7,478,640 Government budgetary
economic and allocations for routine
social maintenance of the
infrastructure. entire road network.
Average daily traffic in
Project area.
Kilometers of Package 1
road sections
rehabilitated.
.............. .............. Kilometers of Package 2
road sections
rehabilitated.
.............. .............. Kilometers of Package 3
road sections
rehabilitated.
Program Administration *, Due $23,470,000 ................... $5,858,227
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... $227,775
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Country: Benin Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $307,298,040
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Benin Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,503,595
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Access to Financial Services..... $19,650,000 Expand Access to $1,352,393 Operational self-
Financial Services. sufficiency of
participating
microfinance
institutions.
Number of microfinance
institutions supervised
by the microfinance
cellule.
Total incremental
increase in value of
new credit extended and
savings received by
financial institutions
participating in the
project.
.............. .............. Share value of all loans
outstanding that have
one or more
installments of
principal over 30 days
past due.
.............. .............. Total number of loans
guaranteed by land
titles per year.
Access to Justice................ $34,270,000 Improved Ability of $1,127,987 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.
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Access to Land................... $36,020,000 Strengthen property $7,589,679 Total value of
rights and additional investments
increase in target rural land
investment in parcels.
rural and urban Total value of
land. additional investments
in target urban land
parcels.
Access to Markets................ $169,447,000 Improve Access to $4,411,156 Total metric tons of
Markets through exports and imports
Improvements to passing through Port of
the Port of Cotonou per year.
Cotonou.
Program Administration *, Due $47,911,040 ................... $10,458,375
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... $960,420
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Country: Ghana Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $547,009,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Ghana Total Quarterly Disbursement: $11,512,323
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Agriculture Project.............. $240,984,001 Enhance $20,101,632 Number of hectares
Profitability of irrigated.
cultivation, Number of days to
services to conduct a land
agriculture and transaction.
product handling Number of land disputes
in support of the in the pilot
expansion of registration districts.
commercial Registration of land
agriculture among rights in the pilot
groups of registration districts.
smallholder farms. Metric tons of products
passing through post-
harvest treatment.
Portfolio-at-risk of
agriculture loan fund.
Value of loans disbursed
to clients from
agricultural loan fund.
Number of additional
loans.
Vehicle operating costs
on minor, medium and
major rehabilitated
roads.
Rural Development................ $101,288,000 Strengthen the $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 $2,723,420 Volume capacity ratio.
transportation Vehicles per hour at
costs affecting peak hour.
agriculture Travel time at peak
commerce at sub- hour.
regional levels. International roughness
index.
.............. .............. Annual average daily
vehicle and passenger
traffic.
Program Administration *, Due $61,632,999 ................... $11,349,979
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... $1,341,715
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Country: El Salvador Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $460,940,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA El Salvador Total Quarterly Disbursement: $4,583,638
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Human Development Project........ $95,073,000 Increase human and $1,101,729 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 $2,446,413 Investment in productive
and employment in chains by selected
the Northern Zone. beneficiaries.
Connectivity Project............. $233,560,000 Reduce travel cost $364,100 Weighted average of the
and time within International Roughness
the Northern Zone, Index for the
with the rest of rehabilitation of the
the country, and Transnational Highway.
within the region. Weighted average of the
International Roughness
Index for the
rehabilitation of the
network of connecting
roads.
Program Administration * and $44,841,000 ................... $5,120,171
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... .............. ................... $8,035,440
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Country: Mali Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $460,811,164
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mali Total Quarterly Disbursement: $6,499,300
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Bamako S[eacute]nou Airport $181,444,264 Establish an $1,673,194 Number of weekly flight
Improvement Project. independent and arrivals and
secure link to the departures.
regional and Average time for
global economy. passengers to complete
departures and arrivals
procedures.
Industrial Park Project.......... $2,643,432 Develop a platform $2,438,070 Occupancy level.
for industrial Average number of days
activity to be required for operator
located within the to connect to
Airport domain. Industrial Park water
and electricity
services.
Alatona Irrigation Project....... $234,884,675 Increase the $4,031,870 Weighted average of the
agricultural International Roughness
production and Index for the
productivity in rehabilitation of the
the Alatona zone Niono-Goma Coura road.
of the ON. Annual average daily
count of vehicles on
the Niono-Goma Coura
road.
Total amount of land
irrigated by the
Project in the Alatona
zone.
.............. .............. Average water volume
delivered at the farm
level in the Alatona
zone.
.............. .............. Crop water requirements
as a percentage share
of water supply at the
canal headworks in the
Alatona Zone.
.............. .............. Number of 5 and 10
hectare farm plots
allocated in the
Alatona zone.
.............. .............. Total market garden
parcels allocated in
the Alatona zone.
.............. .............. Number of titles
registered in the land
registration office
granted to households
in the Alatona zone.
.............. .............. Number of students
enrolled in schools
established by the
Project.
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.............. .............. 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.
Program Administration * and $41,838,793 ................... $8,742,254
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... .............. ................... -$85,257
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Country: Mongolia Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $284,911,363
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mongolia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,125,722
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Property Rights Project.......... $23,062,286 Increase security $22,989 Immovable property value
and capitalization of hashaa plots
of land assets Households accessing
held by lower- bank credit
income Mongolians, Hashaa plots directly
and increased peri- registered by the
urban herder Property Rights Project
productivity and Income of herder
incomes. households on long-term
lease land
Herd mortality rate
Number of herder groups
adopting intensive/semi-
intensive farm
management techniques
Rail Project..................... $188,378,000 Increase rail $0 Increase in GDP due to
traffic and rail improvements.
shipping Freight turnover.
efficiency. Mine traffic.
.............. .............. Percent of wagons leased
by private firms.
.............. .............. Railway operating ratio.
.............. .............. Customer satisfaction.
.............. .............. Wagon time to
destination.
.............. .............. Average locomotive
availability.
Vocational Education Project..... $25,512,856 Increase employment $33,773 Annual salary.
and income among Rate of employment.
unemployed and Non-governmental funding
underemployed of vocational
Mongolians. education.
Students completing
newly designed long-
term programs.
.............. .............. Certified vocational
education teachers.
.............. .............. Percent of active
teachers receiving
certification training.
Health Project................... $17,027,119 Increase the $110,204 Diabetes and
adoption of hypertension
behaviors that controlled.
reduce non- Cervical cancer
communicable prevention.
diseases (NCDIs) Percentage of cancer
among target cases diagnosed in
populations and early stages.
improved medical Percentage of those with
treatment and known diagnosis of
control of NCDIs. 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 $30,931,102 ................... $2,615,561
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports **.... .............. ................... $0
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Country: Mozambique Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $506,924,053
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mozambique Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,662,982
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Water and Sanitation Project..... $203,585,393 Increase access to $0 Value of productive days
reliable and gained due to less
quality water and diarrhea, cholera and/
sanitation or malaria.
facilities. School attendance days
gained due to less
diarrhea, cholera and/
or malaria.
Number (Percent) of
businesses with access
to improved water
sources.
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.............. .............. 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.
Road Rehabilitation Project...... $176,307,480 Increase access to $5,325 Increase in agricultural
productive production among
resources and communities affected by
markets. 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
rehabilitated roads.
.............. .............. Average annual daily
traffic volume on
rehabilitated roads
disaggregated by
vehicle type.
Land Tenure Services Project..... $39,068,307 Establish $49,186 Increase (Percent) in
efficient, secure value of new
land access for investments on land.
households and Number of new
investors. 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.
Farmer Income Support Project.... $17,432,211 Improve coconut $144,441 Reduction (Percentage)
productivity and in loss of coconut
diversification production and coconut
into cash crop. 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.
Program Administration * and $70,530,662 ................... $3,753,079
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... .............. ................... $28,481
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Country: Lesotho Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $362,551,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Lesotho Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,826,528
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Water Project.................... $164,027,584 Improve the water $653,612 Increased urban access
supply for to potable water
industrial and supply.
domestic needs, Increase in volume of
and enhance rural water delivered after
livelihoods treatment at Metolong
through improved site.
watershed Decrease in percentage
management. 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.
Health Project................... $122,398,000 Increase access to $1,209,155 Increase in the
life-extending ART percentage of health
and essential facilities providing
health services by full package of
providing a standard services for
sustainable level of center (MoHSW
delivery platform. 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
enrollment at National
Health Training
College.
.............. .............. Increase in average
referred tests
performed at the
central laboratory per
quarter during the past
year.
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.............. .............. Increase in average
number of blood units
collected per quarter
during the past year.
Private Sector Development $36,508,000 Stimulate $612,043 Increase in the
Project. investment by percentage of the adult
improving access population listed by a
to credit, private credit bureau
reducing with current
transaction costs information on
and increasing the repayment history,
participation of unpaid debts or credit
women in the outstanding.
economy. 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).
Program Administration * and $39,917,416 ................... $4,981,073
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... .............. ................... -$619,361
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Country: Morocco Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $697,500,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Lesotho Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,671,198
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Fruit Tree Productivity.......... $305,646,685 Reduce volatility $1,174,399 Total annual volume of
of agricultural production of dates and
production and olives.
increase volume of Cropped area covered by
fruit agricultural olive trees.
production. 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.
Small Scale Fisheries............ $115,344,499 Improve quality of $0 State of fish stock.
fish moving Domestic fish
through domestic consumption level.
channels and Fisherman net revenue.
assure the Average fisherman sales
sustainable use of price at PDA.
fishing resources. Volume sold at wholesale
markets.
Fish sale price.
Average sales price.
Volume of sales among
mobile fish vendors.
Artisan and Fez Medina........... $106,285,975 Increase value $0 Average revenue of
added to tourism potters receiving
and artisan Artisan Production
sectors. 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.
Financial Services............... $46,186,346 Increase supply and $0 Gross loan portfolio
decrease costs of outstanding of
financial services microcredit
available to associations.
microenterprises. Portfolio at risk >30
days ratio.
Operating Expense Ratio.
Enterprise Support............... $35,478,707 Improved survival $0 Average annual sales of
rate of new SMEs participating
and INDH-funded businesses.
income generating Survival rate of
activities; participating
increased revenue businesses.
for new SMEs and
INDH-funded income
generating
activities.
Program Administration * and $88,557,788 ................... $1,260,272
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... $0 ................... $12,420
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Country: Tanzania Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $698,136,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Tanzania Total Quarterly Disbursement: $419,516
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Energy Sector.................... $206,471,000 Increase value $0 TBD.
added to
businesses.
Transport Sector................. $372,776,000 Increase cash crop $0 TBD.
revenue and
aggregate visitor
spending.
Water Sector Project............. $67,135,000 Increase investment $0 TBD.
in human and
physical capital
and to reduce the
prevalence of
water-related
disease.
Program Administration * and $51,754,000 ................... $838,527
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... $0 ................... -$103,825
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Country: Burkina Faso (CIF ONLY) Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $16,101,065
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Burkina Faso Total Quarterly Disbursement: -$1,715,817
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Roads Project.................... $337,983 Enhance access to $0 TBD.
markets through
investments in the
road network.
Rural Land Governance Project.... $1,105,412 Increase investment $0 TBD.
in land and rural
productivity
through improved
land tenure
security and land
management.
Agriculture Development Project.. $4,771,602 Expand the $0 TBD.
productive use of
land in order to
increase the
volume and value
of agricultural
production in
project zones.
Bright 2 Schools Project......... $3,000,000 Increase primary $1,000,000 TBD.
school completion
rates.
Program Administration * and $6,886,068 ................... $547,240
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report **..... .............. ................... -$2,477
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* For Quarterly Disbursements, the Bright 2 Schools Project has a negative value due to new OMB guidance to
transfer this amount to USAID. This adjustment resulted in a $2 million decrease in cumulative disbursements
for this country.
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Country: Namibia (CIF ONLY) Year: 2009 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $19,543,175
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Namibia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $0
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Education Project................ $8,976,296 Improve the $0 TBD.
education sector's
effectiveness,
efficiency and
quality.
Tourism Project.................. $2,475,145 Increase incomes $0 TBD.
and create
employment
opportunities by
improving the
marketing,
management and
infrastructure of
Etosha National
Park.
Agriculture Project.............. $1,369,139 Sustainably improve $0 TBD.
the economic
performance and
profitability of
the livestock
sector and
increase the
volume of the
indigenous natural
products for
export.
Program Administration * and $6,722,595 ................... $0
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
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Pending Subsequent Report **..... .............. ................... $0
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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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619(b) Transfer or Allocation of Funds
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U.S. agency to which funds were Description of program
transferred or allocated Amount or project
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USAID.......................... $558,000 Threshold Program.
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Dated: February 18, 2009.
James Mazzarella,
Managing Director, Congressional Affairs, Acting Vice President,
Congressional and Public Affairs, Millennium Challenge Corporation.
[FR Doc. E9-4255 Filed 2-26-09; 8:45 am]
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