[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 152 (Monday, August 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47839-47855]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19474]
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
[MCC 10-08]
Notice of Quarterly Report (January 1, 2010-March 31, 2010)
AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.
SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is reporting for
the quarter January 1, 2010 through March 31, 2010, on assistance
provided under section 605 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22
U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), as amended (the Act), and on transfers or
allocations of funds to other federal agencies under section 619(b) of
the Act. The following report will be made available to the public by
publication in the Federal Register and on the Internet Web site of the
MCC (http://www.mcc.gov) in accordance with section 612(b) of the Act.
Dated: July 6, 2010.
T. Charles Cooper,
Vice President, Congressional and Public Affairs, Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
Assistance provided Under Section 605
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Madagascar Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $87,998,166
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar Total Quarterly Disbursement: -$371,448
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Land Tenure Project............. $30,123,098 Increase Land $29,303,833 Area secured with land
Titling and certificates or titles
Security. in the Zones.
Proportion of the
population informed
about land tenure
reforms in the Zones.
Legal and regulatory
reforms adopted.
Number of land
documents inventoried
in the Zones and
Antananarivo.
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Number of land
documents restored in
the Zones and
Antananarivo.
Number of land
documents digitized in
the Zones and
Antananarivo.
Average time for Land
Services Offices to
issue a duplicate copy
of a title.
Average cost to a user
to obtain a duplicate
copy of a title from
the Land Services
Offices.
Number of land
certificates delivered
in the Zones during
the period.
Number of new guichets
fonciers operating in
the Zones.
The 256 Plan Local
d'Occupation Foncier--
Local Plan of Land
Occupation (PLOFs) are
completed.
Finance Project................. $25,937,781 Increase $23,535,169 Volume of funds
Competition in the processed annually by
Financial Sector. the national payment
system.
The components
necessary to implement
the national payment
system are
operational: Network
equipment and
integrator, real time
gross settlement
system (RTGS), retail
payment clearing
system,
telecommunication
facilities.
Number of accountants
and financial experts
registered to become
Certified Public
Accountant (CPA).
Percent of Micro-
Finance Institution
(MFI) loans recorded
in the Central Bank
database.
Agricultural Business Investment $13,687,196 Improve $13,581,752 Number of farmers that
Project. Agricultural adopt new technologies
Projection or engage in higher
Technologies and value production.
Market Capacity in Number of enterprises
Rural Areas. that adopt new
technologies or engage
in higher value
production.
Number of farmers
receiving technical
assistance.
Number of farmers
employing technical
assistance.
Number of businesses
receiving technical
assistance.
Number of
Minist[egrave]re de
l'Agriculture, de
l'Elevage et de la
P[ecirc]che--Ministry
of Agriculture,
Livestock, and Fishing
(MAEP) agents trained
in marketing and
investment promotion.
Zones identified and
description of
beneficiaries within
each zone submitted.
Number of people
receiving information
from Agricultural
Business Center (ABCs)
on business
opportunities.
Zonal investment
strategies for the
Zones are developed.
Number of ABC clients
who register as formal
enterprises,
cooperatives, or
associations.
Number of marketing
contracts of ABC
clients.
Program Administration* and $18,250,091 ................... $17,577,500
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**.... ............... ................... $1,368,813
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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).
*** Negative obligations for 2010 resulted from the deobligation of Nicaragua, Madagascar and Honduras. Senegal
and Moldova are expected to be obligated in 2010.
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Honduras Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $205,000,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras Total Quarterly Disbursement: $20,203,531
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Rural Development Project....... $68,327,183 Increase the $50,641,703 Number of program
productivity and farmers harvesting
business skills of high-value
farmers who horticulture crops.
operate small and Number of hectares
medium-size farms harvesting high-value
and their horticulture crops.
employees. Number of business
plans prepared by
program farmers with
assistance from the
implementing entity.
Total value of net
sales.
Total number of
recruited farmers
receiving technical
assistance.
Value of loans
disbursed
(disaggregated by
trust fund, leveraged
from trust fund, and
institutions receiving
technical assistance
from ACDI-VOCA).
Number of loans
disbursed
(disaggregated by
trust fund, leveraged
from trust fund, and
institutions receiving
technical assistance
from ACDI-VOCA).
Percentage of loan
portfolio at risk
(disaggregated by
trust fund and
institutions receiving
technical assistance
from ACDI-VOCA).
Funds lent from the
trust fund to
financial
intermediaries through
lines of credit.
Number of hectares
under irrigation.
Number of beneficial
biological control
agents developed for
use by program farmers
or other farmers for
pilot testing.
Number of improved
coffee hybrids
available for cloning.
Number of farmers
connected to the
community irrigation
system.
Number of certified
deliverables across
all agricultural
public goods grant.
Transportation Project.......... $119,237,242 Reduce $90,472,182 Freight shipment cost
transportation from Tegucigalpa to
costs between Puerto Cortes.
targeted Average annual daily
production centers traffic volume--CA-5.
and national, International roughness
regional and index (IRI)--CA-5.
global markets. Kilometers of road
upgraded--CA-5.
Percent of contracted
road works disbursed--
CA-5.
Average annual daily
traffic volume--
secondary roads.
International roughness
index (IRI)--secondary
roads.
Kilometers of road
upgraded--secondary
roads.
Percent of contracted
road works disbursed--
secondary roads.
Average annual daily
traffic volume--rural
roads.
Average speed--rural
roads.
Kilometers of road
upgraded--rural roads.
Percent of contracted
road works disbursed--
rural roads.
Signed contracts for
feasibility and/or
design studies.
Percent of contracted
studies disbursed.
Kilometers (km) of
roads under design.
Signed contracts for
roads works.
Kilometers (km) of
roads under works
contracts.
Program Administration* and $17,435,575 ................... $9,715,941
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**.... ............... ................... $1,521,767
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Cape Verde Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $110,078,488
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Cape Verde Total Quarterly Disbursement: $6,855,235
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Watershed and Agricultural $11,351,549 Increase $8,732,927 Productivity:
Support. agricultural Horticulture, Paul
production in watershed.
three targeted Productivity:
watershed areas on Horticulture, Faja
three islands. watershed.
Productivity:
Horticulture,
Mosteiros watershed.
Number of farmers
adopting drip
irrigation.
Area irrigated with
drip irrigation.
Percent of contracted
irrigation works
disbursed
(cumulative).
Reservoirs constructed.
Number of farmers that
have completed
training in at least 3
of 5 core agricultural
disciplines.
Infrastructure Improvement...... $83,160,208 Increase $55,788,977 Travel time ratio:
integration of the percentage of
internal market beneficiary population
and reduce further than 30
transportation minutes from nearest
costs. market.
Kilometers of roads
rehabilitated.
Percent of contracted
Santiago Roads works
disbursed
(cumulative).
Percent of contracted
Santo Antao Bridge
works disbursed
(cumulative).
Kilometers (km) of
roads under design.
Signed contracts for
roads works.
Kilometers (km) of
roads under works
contracts.
Port of Praia: percent
of contracted port
works disbursed
(cumulative).
Cargo village: percent
of works completed.
Quay 2 improvements:
percent of works
completed.
Access road: percent of
works completed.
Private Sector Development...... $2,081,223 Spur private sector $1,297,409 Micro-Finance
development on all Institution (MFI)
islands through recovery rate,
increased adjusted.
investment in the MFI portfolio at risk,
priority sectors adjusted.
and through Ratio of MFIs
financial sector operationally self-
reform. sufficient.
Program Administration* and $13,485,508 ................... $9,836,845
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**.... ............... ................... $337,480
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Nicaragua Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $113,546,407
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Nicaragua Total Quarterly Disbursement: $5,858,883
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Property Regularization Project. $7,205,205 Increase Investment $5,586,254 Automated database of
by strengthening registry and cadastre
property rights. installed in the 10
municipalities of
Leon.
Value of land, urban.
Value of land, rural.
Time to conduct a land
transaction.
Number of additional
parcels with a
registered title,
urban.
Number of additional
parcels with a
registered title,
urban.
Number of protected
areas demarcated.
Area covered by
cadastral mapping.
Cost to conduct a land
transaction.
Transportation Project.......... $57,999,999 Reduce $51,794,412 Annual Average daily
transportation traffic volume: N1
costs between Leon Section R1.
and Chinandega and Annual Average daily
national, regional traffic volume: N1
and global markets. Section R2.
Annual Average daily
traffic volume: Port
Sandino (S13).
Annual Average daily
traffic volume:
Villanueva-Guasaule
Annual.
Average daily traffic
volume: Somotillo-
Cinco Pinos (S1).
Annual average daily
traffic volume:
Le[oacute]n-Poneloya-
Las Pe[ntilde]itas.
International Roughness
Index: N-I Section R1.
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International Roughness
Index: N-I Section R2.
International Roughness
Index: Port Sandino
(S13.
International roughness
index: Villanueva-
Guasaule.
International roughness
index: Somotillo-Cinco
Pinos.
International roughness
index: Le[oacute]n-
Poneloya-Las
Pe[ntilde]itas.
Kilometers of NI
upgraded: R1 and R2
and S13.
Kilometers of NI
upgraded: Villanueva-
Guasaule.
Kilometers of S1 road
upgraded.
Kilometers of S9 road
upgraded.
Kilometers of designed
primary roads
(including N-I/Puerto
Sandino and V-G).
Kilometers of designed
secondary roads.
Rural Development Project....... $32,897,500 Increase the value $23,425,961 Number of beneficiaries
added of farms and with business plans
enterprises in the prepared with
region. assistance from the
Rural Development
Business Project.
Numbers of manzanas (1
Manzana = 1.7
hectares), by sector,
harvesting higher-
value crops.
Number of manzanas of
beneficiaries of the
program that harvest
higher-value crops
with irrigation or
commercial
reforestation under
Improvement of Water
Supply Activities.
Number of beneficiaries
implementing business
plans.
Average increase in
income of
beneficiaries due to
program.
Program Administration*, Due $15,443,703 ................... $11,414,813
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**.... ............... ................... $1,459,801
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Georgia Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $395,300,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Georgia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $12,569,994
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Regional Infrastructure $310,750,000 Key Regional $146,760,084 Household savings from
Rehabilitation. Infrastructure Infrastructure
Rehabilitated. Rehabilitation
Activities.
Savings in vehicle
operating costs (VOC).
International roughness
index (IRI).
Annual average daily
traffic (AADT).
Travel Time.
Kilometers of road
paved.
Percent of contracted
works disbursed.
Signed contracts for
feasibility and/or
design studies.
Percent of contracted
studies disbursed.
Kilometers of roads
under design.
Signed contracts for
road works.
Kilometers of toads
under works contracts.
Sites rehabilitated
(phases I, II, III)--
pipeline.
Construction works
completed (phase II)--
pipeline.
Savings in household
expenditures for all
subprojects.
Population Served by
all subprojects.
Subprojects completed.
Value of project grant
agreements signed.
Value of project works
and goods contracts
Signed.
Subprojects with works
initiated.
Regional Enterprise Development. $52,530,800 Enterprises in $38,981,083 Jobs Created by
Regions Developed. Agribusiness
Development Activity
(ADA) and by Georgia
Regional Development
Fund (GRDF).
Household net income--
ADA and GRDF.
Jobs created--ADA.
Firm income ADA.
Household net income--
ADA.
Beneficiaries (direct
and indirect)--ADA.
Grant agreements
signed--ADA.
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Increase in gross
revenues of portfolio
companies (PC).
Increase in portfolio
company employees.
Increase in wages paid
to the portfolio
company employees.
Cumulative number of
Portfolio companies.
Funds disbursed to the
portfolio companies.
Program Administration*, Due $32,019,200 ................... $17,670,271
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**.... ............... ................... $239,930
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November 2008, MCC and the Georgian government signed a Compact amendment making up to $100 million of
additional funds available to the Millennium Challenge Georgia Fund. These funds will be used to complete works
in the Roads, Regional Infrastructure Development, and Energy Rehabilitation Projects contemplated by the
original Compact. The amendment was ratified by the Georgian parliament and entered into force on January 30,
2009.
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Vanuatu Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $65,690,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Vanuatu Total Quarterly Disbursement: $3,126,997
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Transportation Infrastructure $60,162,579 Facilitate $45,219,525 Number of international
Project. transportation to tourists--Efate.
increase tourism Number of international
and business tourists--Santo.
development. Number of room nights
occupied--Efate.
Number of room nights
occupied--Santo.
Average annual daily
traffic--Efate.
Average annual daily
traffic--Santo.
Kilometers of road
upgraded--Efate.
Kilometers of roads
upgraded--Santo.
Signed contracts for
feasibility and/or
design studies.
Percent of contracted
studies disbursed.
Kilometers (km) of
roads under design.
Signed contracts for
roads works.
Kilometers (km) of
roads under works
contracts.
Percent of contracted
roads works disbursed.
Program Administration*, Due $5,527,421 ................... $3,029,668
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**.... ............... ................... $40,780
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Armenia Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $235,650,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Armenia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $9,068,556
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Irrigated Agriculture Project $152,709,208 Increase $45,101,470 Recovery of Water User
(Agriculture and Water). agricultural Associations (WUA)
productivity and operations and
Improve and maintenance cost by
Quality of water charges.
Irrigation. Primary canals
rehabilitated.
Tertiary canals
rehabilitated.
Percent of contracted
irrigation works
disbursed.
Value of signed
contracts for
irrigation works.
Number of farmers using
better on-farm water
management.
Number of farmers
trained.
Number of
agribusinesses
assisted.
Value of agricultural
loans to farmers/
agribusinesses.
Rural Road Rehabilitation $67,100,000 Better access to $7,870,944 Average annual daily
Project. economic and traffic.
social International roughness
infrastructure. index.
Kilometers of roads
rehabilitated.
Percent of contracted
roads works disbursed.
Signed contracts for
roads works.
Percent of contracted
studies disbursed.
kilometers (km) of
roads under design.
Signed contracts for
feasibility and/or
design studies.
Kilometers (km) of
roads under works
contracts.
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Program Administration*, Due $15,840,792 ................... $9,116,839
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**.... ............... ................... $1,007,199
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Benin Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $307,298,040
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Benin Total Quarterly Disbursement: $8,344,844
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Access to Financial Services.... $19,649,999 Expand Access to $3,943,254 Volume of credits
Financial Services. granted by the Micro-
Finance Institutions
(MFI).
Volume of saving
collected by the Micro-
Finance Institutions.
Average portfolio at
risk >90 days of
microfinance
institutions at the
national level.
Operational self-
sufficiency of MFIs at
the national level.
Average time required
by Cellule de
Surveillance des
Structures
Financi[egrave]res
D[eacute]centralis[eac
ute]es (CSSFD) in
treating MFI
applications.
Number of institutions
receiving grants
through the Facility.
Second call for
proposal for grants
launched.
Number of MFIs
inspected by CSSFD.
Access to Justice............... $34,270,000 Improved Ability of $2,474,444 Average time to enforce
Justice System to a contract.
Enforce Contracts Percent of firms
and Reconcile reporting confidence
Claims. in the judicial
system.
Number of cases
processed at
Arbitration Center per
year.
Number of Information,
Education and
Communication Campaign
(IEC) sessions hosted
by Chamber of Commerce
(CAMeC).
Passage of new legal
codes.
Average time required
for Tribunaux de
premiere instance--
arbitration centers
and courts of first
instance (TPI) to
reach a final decision
on a case.
Average time required
for Court of Appeals
to reach a final
decision on a case.
Percent of cases
resolved in TPI per
year.
Percent of cases
resolved in Court of
Appeals per year.
Number of Court
inspections per year.
Number of Court
employees trained.
Number of beneficiaries
of legal aid services.
Complete construction
on 9 new court houses.
Average time required
to register a business
(soci[eacute]t[eacute]
).
Average time required
to register a business
(sole proprietorship).
Number of businesses
accessing CAMEC
service.
Business registration
center (CFE)
information and
outreach campaign
executed throughout
Benin.
Access to Land.................. $36,020,000 Strengthen property $13,378,640 Total value of
rights and investment in targeted
increase urban land parcels.
investment in Total value of
rural and urban investment in targeted
land. rural land parcels.
Average cost required
to obtain a new land
title through on
demand process.
Average cost required
to convert occupancy
permit to land title
through systematic
process.
Percentage of
respondents perceiving
land security in the
Occupancy Permit (PH)
into Land titles (TF)
or Rural Land Plan
Foncier Rural (PFR)
areas.
Number of new land
disputes reported by
commune heads.
Seven studies complete.
Land code texts adopted
(laws, decrees and
land code).
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Value ($) of equipment
purchased.
Number of land
certificates issued
within MCA-Benin
implementation.
Number of habitation
permits converted to
land titles.
Number of Continuously
Operating Reference
(CORS) stations
installed.
Number of public and
private surveyors
trained.
Number of communes with
new cadastres.
Land market information
system established.
Access to Markets............... $169,447,001 Improve Access to $32,086,625 Volume of merchandise
Markets through traffic through the
Improvements to Port Autonome de
the Port of Cotonou.
Cotonou. Bulk ship carriers
waiting times at the
port.
Container ship waiting
times at the port.
Port design-build
contract awarded.
Port crime levels
(number of thefts).
Internal port
circulation time.
Average time to clear
customs.
Execution rate of
training plan.
Port meets--
international port
security standards
(ISPS).
Public consultation
completed (3).
Environmental permits
issued.
Program Administration*, Due $47,911,040 ................... $22,482,370
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**.... ............... ................... $283,061
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Ghana Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $547,009,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Ghana Total Quarterly Disbursement: $21,933,254
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Agriculture Project............. $227,899,382 Enhance $73,381,076 Number of farmers
Profitability of trained.
cultivation, Number of
services to agribusinesses
agriculture and assisted.
product handling Number of hectares
in support of the under production with
expansion of MCC support.
commercial Value of agricultural
agriculture among loans to farmers/
groups of agribusinesses.
smallholder farms. Value of signed
contracts for
feasibility and/or
design studies
(irrigation).
Percent of contracted
(design/feasibility)
studies complete
(irrigation).
Value of signed
contracts for
irrigation works
(irrigation).
Percent of contracted
irrigation works
disbursed.
Percent of people aware
of their land rights.
Total number of parcels
surveyed in the Pilot
Land Registration
Areas (PLRAs).
Volume of products
passing through post-
harvest treatment.
Rural Development Project....... $89,361,539 Strengthen the $14,660,025 Number of students
rural institutions enrolled in schools
that provide affected by Education
services Facilities Sub-
complementary to, Activity.
and supportive of, Number of schools
agricultural and rehabilitated.
agriculture Number of basic school
business blocks constructed to
development. Ministry of Education
(MOE) construction
standards.
Number of schools
designed and due
diligence completed.
Distance to collect
water.
Time to collect water.
Incidence of guinea
worm.
Average number of days
lost due to guinea
worm.
Number of people
affected by Water and
Sanitation Facilities
Sub-Activity.
Number of stand-alone
boreholes/wells/
nonconventional water
systems constructed/
rehabilitated.
Number of small-town
water systems
constructed.
Number of pipe
extension projects
constructed.
Number of stand-alone
boreholes/wells/non-
conventional water
systems identified and
due diligence
performed for
rehabilitation/
construction.
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Number of small-town
water systems designed
and due diligence
completed for
construction.
Number of pipe
extension projects
designed and due
diligence completed
for construction.
Number of agricultural
processing plants in
target districts with
electricity due to
Rural Electrification
Sub-Activity.
Number of electricity
projects identified
and due diligence
completed.
Transportation.................. $174,285,120 Reduce the $35,543,256 International roughness
transportation index.
costs affecting Annualized average
agriculture daily traffic.
commerce at sub- Kilometers of road
regional levels. completed.
Percent of contracted
road works disbursed.
Value of signed
contracts for road
works.
Kilometers of road
designed.
Percent of contracted
design/feasibility
studies completed.
Value of signed
contracts for
feasibility and/or
design studies.
Travel time for walk-on
passengers.
Travel time for small
vehicles.
Travel time for trucks.
Annual average daily
traffic (vehicles).
Annual average daily
traffic (passengers).
Landing stages
rehabilitated.
Ferry terminal
upgraded.
Rehabilitation of
Akosombo Floating Dock
completed.
Percent of contracted
work disbursed
landings and
terminals.
Value of signed
contracts for works:
Ferry and floating
dock.
Value of signed
contracts for works:
Landings and
terminals.
Program Administration*, Due $55,462,959 ................... $21,548,749
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**.... ............... ................... -$1,755
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: El Salvador Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $460,940,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA El Salvador Total Quarterly Disbursement: $26,132,618
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Human Development Project....... $95,073,000 Increase human and $15,830,730 Employment rate of
physical capital graduates of middle
of residents of technical schools.
the Northern Zone Graduation rates of
to take advantage middle technical
of employment and schools.
business Middle technical
opportunities. schools remodeled and
equipped.
Scholarships granted to
students of middle
technical schools.
Students of non-formal
training.
Cost of water.
Time collecting water.
Households benefiting
with water solutions
built.
Potable water and basic
sanitation systems
with construction
contracts signed.
Cost of electricity.
Electricity
consumption.
Households benefiting
with a connection to
the electricity
network.
Household benefiting
with the installation
of isolated solar
systems.
Kilometers of new
electrical lines with
construction contracts
signed.
Population benefiting
from strategic
infrastructure.
Community
Infrastructure Works
with Construction
Contracts Signed.
Productive Development Project.. $87,466,000 Increase production $21,919,506 Number of hectares
and employment in under production with
the Northern Zone. MCC support.
Number of farmers
trained.
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Value of agricultural
loans to farmers/
agribusinesses.
Number of
agribusinesses
assisted.
Connectivity Project............ $233,559,999 Reduce travel cost $41,423,394 Average annual daily
and time within traffic.
the Northern Zone, International roughness
with the rest of index.
the country, and Kilometers of roads
within the region. rehabilitated.
Kilometers of roads
under works contract.
Signed contracts for
roads works.
Percent of contracted
roads works disbursed.
Program Administration* and $54,718,001 ................... $13,105,371
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**..... ............... ................... $0
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Mali Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $460,811,164
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mali Total Quarterly Disbursement: $18,557,892
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Bamako S[eacute]nou Airport $181,254,264 Establish an $11,978,769 Total wage bill of
Improvement Project. independent and tourism industry.
secure link to the Freight volume.
regional and Employment at airport.
global economy. Signature of design
contract.
Average number of
weekly flights
(arrivals).
Passenger traffic
(annual average).
Percent works complete.
Airside Infrastructure
Design, and Airside
Infrastructure
Construction
Supervision, (AIR A01)
and Landside
Infrastructure Design
(New Terminal &
Associated Works) and
Landside Construction
Supervision is
launched.
Time required for
passenger processing
at departures and
arrivals.
Passenger satisfaction
level.
Percent works complete.
Percent of airport
management and
maintenance plan
implemented.
Airport meets Federal
Aviation
Administration (FAA)
and International
Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO)
security standards.
Technical assistance
delivered to project.
Alatona Irrigation Project...... $234,884,675 Increase the $46,189,523 Number of agricultural
agricultural jobs created in
production and Alatona zone.
productivity in Main season rice
the Alatona zone yields.
of the ON. International roughness
index (IRI) on the
Niono-Goma Coura
Route.
Average daily vehicle
count.
Percentage works
complete.
Total irrigated land in
the Alatona zone.
Irrigation system
efficiency on Alatona
Canal during the rainy
season and the dry
season.
Kilometers of road
under design/
feasibility study.
Value of signed
contracts for road
works.
Kilometers of road
under works contract.
Percent of works
completed on main
system construction.
Percent of contracted
irrigation works
disbursed for tranche
1.
Value of signed
contracts for
irrigation works.
Value of signed
contracts for
feasibility and/or
design studies.
Percent of contracted
(design/feasibility)
studies disbursed.
Area planted by new
settlers (wet season).
Titles registered in
the land registration
office of the Alatona
zone (for 5- or 10-
hectare farms).
Total land payments
made.
Total market gardens
allocated in Alatona
zones for the
populations affected
by the project (PAPs).
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Decree transferring
legal control of the
project impact area is
passed.
Selection criteria for
new settlers approved.
Contractor implementing
the ``Mapping of
Agricultural and
Communal Land
Parcels'' contract is
mobilized.
School enrollment rate.
Percent of Alatona
population with access
to drinking water.
Number of schools
available in the
Alatona.
Number of health
centers available in
the Alatona.
Number of concessions
that have been
compensated.
Resettlement census
verified.
Adoption rate of
improved agriculture
techniques among
populations affected
by the project (PAPs).
Number of operational
mixed cooperatives.
Area planted by PAPs
(wet season rice).
Area planted with
shallots during dry
season.
Number of farmers
completing literacy
training.
Number of people
completing the rice
and shallot production
techniques module.
Number of farmers
completing land
titling training.
Water management system
design and capacity
building strategy
implemented.
Call for proposals for
the applied research
grants launched.
Average portfolio at
risk among Alatona
microfinance
institutions.
Average loan repayment
rate of Alatona
clients (farmers
organizations or
individual farmers).
Amount of credit
extended to Alatona
farmers.
Number of farmers
accessing grant
assistance for first
loan from financial
institutions.
Financial institution
partners identified
(report on assessment
of the financial
institutions in the
Office du Niger--
Office of Niger zone
(ON zone)).
Industrial Park Project......... $2,643,432 Develop a platform $2,637,472 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.
Program Administration* and $42,028,793 ................... $18,330,983
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**..... ............... ................... $3
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Mongolia Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $284,902,443
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mongolia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,169,773
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Property Rights Project......... $22,910,728 Increase security $1,317,528 Number of studies
and capitalization completed.
of land assets Legal and regulatory
held by lower- reforms adopted.
income Mongolians, Number of landholders
and increased peri- reached by public
urban herder outreach efforts.
productivity and Personnel Trained.
incomes. Number of Buildings
rehabilitated/
constructed.
Value of equipment
purchased.
Rural hectares Mapped.
Urban Parcels Mapped.
Rural Hectares
Formalized.
Urban parcels
formalized.
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Rail Project.................... $188,378,000 Increase rail $369,560 Increase in gross
traffic and domestic product due
shipping to rail improvements.
efficiency. Freight turnover.
Mine traffic.
Percent of wagons
leased by private
firms.
Railway operating
ratio.
Customer satisfaction.
Wagon time to
destination.
Average locomotive
availability.
Vocational Education Project.... $25,492,856 Increase employment $1,431,975 Rate of employment.
and income among Students completing
unemployed and newly designed long-
underemployed term programs.
Mongolians. Percent of active
teachers receiving
certification
training.
Technical and
vocational education
and training (TVET)
legislation passed.
Health Project.................. $16,969,757 Increase the $1,273,192 Diabetes and
adoption of hypertension
behaviors that controlled.
reduce non- Percentage of cancer
communicable cases diagnosed in
diseases (NCDIs) early stages.
among target Road and traffic safety
populations and activity finalized and
improved medical key interventions
treatment and developed.
control of NCDIs.
Program Administration* and $31,151,102 ................... $7,523,502
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**.... ............... ................... $43,201
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In late 2009, the MCC's Board of Directors approved the allocation of a portion of the funds originally
designated for the rail project to the expansion of the health, vocational education and property right
projects from the rail project, and the remaining portion to the addition of a road project.
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Mozambique Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $506,924,053
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mozambique Total Quarterly Disbursement: $4,957,265
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Water and Sanitation Project.... $203,585,393 Increase access to $3,085,162 Time to get to non-
reliable and private water source.
quality water and Percent of urban
sanitation population with
facilities. improved water
sources.
Percent of urban
population with
improved sanitation
facilities.
Number of private
household water
connections in urban
areas.
Number of private
household sanitation
connections in urban
areas.
Number of standpipes in
urban areas.
Final detailed design
for 5 towns submitted.
Final detailed design
for 3 cities
submitted.
Percent of rural
population with access
to improved water
sources.
Number of rural water
points constructed.
Final design report 1
(400 WP) submitted.
Final design report II
(200 Water points)
submitted.
Implementing agreement
signed with the
Administration for
Water and Sanitation
(AIAS) Infrastructure.
Change in international
roughness index (IRI).
Road Rehabilitation Project..... $176,307,480 Increase access to $1,339,678 Average annual daily
productive traffic volume.
resources and Kilometers of road
markets. rehabilitated.
Kilometers of road
under design.
Percent of Namialo-Rio
L[uacute]rio Road--
Metoro feasibility,
design, and
supervision contract
disbursed.
Percent of Rio Ligonha-
Nampula feasibility,
design, and
supervision contract
disbursed.
Percent of Chimuara-
Nicoadala feasibility,
design, and
supervision contract
disbursed.
Kilometers of roads
under works contract.
Percent of Namialo-Rio
L[uacute]rio Road
construction contract
disbursed.
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Percent of Rio
L[uacute]rio--Metoro
Road construction
contract disbursed.
Percent of Rio Ligonha-
Nampula Road
construction contract
disbursed.
Percent of Chimuara-
Nicoadala Road
construction contract
disbursed.
Feasibility/
Environmental and
Social Assessment
studies, design,
supervision, and
construction contract
(ESA) for Namialo-Rio
L[uacute]rio--Metoro
Road segment signed.
Feasibility/ESA
contract for Rio
Ligonha-Nampula Road
segment signed.
Feasibility/ESA
contract for Chimuara-
Nicoadala Road signed.
Time to get land usage
rights direito de uso
e aproveitamento da
terra (state-granted
land right) (DUAT).
Land Tenure Services Project.... $39,068,307 Establish $3,125,681 Cost to get land usage
efficient, secure rights DUAT.
land access for Total number of
households and officials and
investors. residents reached with
land strategy and
policy awareness and
outreach messages.
Land strategy approved.
Number of buildings
rehabilitated or
built.
Total value of procured
equipment and
materials.
Number of people
trained.
Rural hectares mapped
in Site Specific
Activity.
Rural hectares mapped
in Community Land Fund
Initiative.
Urban parcels mapped.
Rural hectares
formalized through
Site Specific
Activity.
Rural hectares
formalized through
Community Land Fund
Initiative.
Urban parcels
formalized.
Number of communities
delimited.
Number of households
having land
formalized.
Income from coconuts
and coconut products.
Farmer Income Support Project... $18,400,117 Improve coconut $1,979,071 Survival rate of
productivity and coconut seedling.
diversification Number of diseased or
into cash crop. dead palm trees
cleared.
Number of coconut
seedlings planted.
Hectares under
production.
Number of farmers
trained in pest and
disease control.
Number of farmers
trained in crop
diversification
technologies.
Program Administration* and $69,562,756 ................... $10,618,260 Contract for project
Control, Monitoring and implementation signed.
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**..... ............... ................... $947,078
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Lesotho Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $362,527,119
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Lesotho Total Quarterly Disbursement: $8,132,856
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Water Project................... $164,027,999 Improve the water $7,962,527 School days lost due to
supply for water borne diseases.
industrial and Diarrhea notification
domestic needs, at health centers.
and enhance rural Time saved due to
livelihoods access to water
through improved source.
watershed Rural household (HH)
management. provided with access
to improved water
supply.
Rural HH provided with
access to improved
ventilated latrines.
Rural water points
constructed.
Number of new latrines
built.
Urban HH with access to
potable water supply.
Number of enterprises
connected to water
network.
Households connected to
improved water
network.
Cubic meters of treated
water from metolong
dam delivered through
a conveyance system to
Water and Sewerage
Authority (WASA).
Value of water
treatment contract
works award.
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Value of conveyance
system contract work
award.
Species population.
Livestock grazing per
area.
Area put under
conservation.
Health Project.................. $122,398,000 Increase access to $5,594,923 People with HIV still
life-extending ART alive 12 months after
and essential initiation of
health services by treatment.
providing a TB notification (per
sustainable 100,000 pop.).
delivery platform. Proportion of blood
units collected
annually.
Deliveries conducted in
the health centers.
Immunization coverage
rate.
Number of Health
Centers (H/C)
constructed and fully
equipped.
Value of contract works
for health center
construction.
Percentage of contract
works for health
center construction
disbursed.
Percentage of contract
works for Botshalo
Complex disbursed.
Percentage of contract
works for Out-Patient
Department (OPD)
Centers disbursed.
Percentage of HSS
Contract disbursed.
Proportion of People
Living With AIDS
(PLWA) receiving
Antiretroviral
treatment (ARV) (by
age and sex).
Referred tests from
central laboratory per
year by types
(number).
Private Sector Development $36,470,318 Stimulate $3,190,732 Average time (days)
Project. investment by required to enforce a
improving access contract.
to credit, Pending commercial
reducing cases.
transaction costs Cases filed at the
and increasing the commercial court.
participation of Value of commercial
women in the cases.
economy. Judicial staff trained.
Administrative and
clerical staff
trained.
Awareness campaigns.
Portfolio of loans.
Loan processing time.
Bank accounts.
Paper-based payments.
Electronic payments.
Value of contract
services signed.
Debit/smart cards
issued.
Mortgage bonds
registered.
Value of registered
mortgage bonds.
New land disputes
brought to the Land
Tribunal and Courts of
Law.
Time to complete a land
transaction.
Time to complete
transfer of land
rights.
Land transactions
recorded.
Land parcels
formalized.
Number of land
administration
personnel trained.
Land Act adopted.
People trained on
gender equality and
economic rights.
ID cards issued.
Population registered
in the national
database.
Program Administration* and $39,654,682 ................... $12,059,494
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**..... ............... ................... $150,871
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Morocco Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $697,500,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Morocco Total Quarterly Disbursement: $12,316,461
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Fruit Tree Productivity......... $300,896,445 Reduce volatility $15,609,252 Total annual volume of
of agricultural production of dates
production and 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.
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Yield of rehabilitated
date palms.
Small Scale Fisheries........... $116,168,027 Improve quality of $2,492,975 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 Point de
fishing resources. D[eacute]barquement
Am[eacute]nag[eacute]s
(PDA).
Volume sold at
wholesale markets.
Fish sale price.
Average sales price.
Volume of sales among
mobile fish vendors.
Artisan and Fez Medina.......... $111,873,858 Increase value $637,900 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.
Small and Medium
Enterprises (SME)
value added.
Financial Services.............. $46,200,000 Increase supply and $12,974,091 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.............. $33,850,000 Improved survival $2,588,790 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 $88,511,670 ................... $12,828,073
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**..... ............... ................... $173,509
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Tanzania Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $698,136,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Tanzania Total Quarterly Disbursement: $3,562,670
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Energy Sector................... $206,042,428 Increase value $4,382,035 New power customers.
added to Energy generation--
businesses. Kigoma.
Transmission capacity.
Percentage disbursed
for design and
supervision contract
Consulting Engineer
(CE) year 1 budgeted.
Transport Sector................ $368,847,428 Increase cash crop $3,811,282 International roughness
revenue and index (Tunduma, Tanga,
aggregate visitor Nantumbo, Peramiho).
spending. Average annual daily
traffic (Tunduma,
Tanga, Nantumbo,
Peramiho).
Kilometers upgraded/
completed (Tunduma,
Tanga, Nantumbo,
Peramiho).
Percent disbursed on
construction works
(Tunduma, Tanga,
Nantumbo, Peramiho).
Signed contracts for
construction works
(Tunduma, Tanga,
Nantumbo, Peramiho).
Percent disbursed for
feasibility and/or
design studies
(Tunduma, Tanga,
Nantumbo, Peramiho).
Signed contracts for
feasibility and/or
design studies
(Tunduma, Tanga,
Nantumbo, Peramiho).
Kilometers of roads
under design (Tunduma,
Tanga, Nantumbo,
Peramiho).
International roughness
index (Zanzibar Rural
Roads).
Average annual daily
traffic (Zanzibar
Rural Roads).
Kilometers upgraded/
completed (Zanzibar
Rural Roads).
Percent disbursed on
construction works
(Zanzibar Rural
Roads).
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Signed contracts for
construction works
(Zanzibar Rural
Roads).
Percent disbursed for
feasibility and/or
design studies
(Zanzibar Rural
Roads).
Signed contracts for
feasibility and/or
design studies
(Zanzibar Rural
Roads).
Kilometers of roads
under design (Zanzibar
Rural Roads).
Passenger arrivals.
Percentage of upgrade
complete (airport).
Percent disbursed on
construction works
(airport).
Signed contracts for
construction works
(airport).
Water Sector Project............ $65,692,143 Increase investment $1,619,625 Prevalence of diarrhea
in human and (Dar es Salaam).
physical capital Prevalence of diarrhea
and to reduce the (Morogoro).
prevalence of Prevalence of cholera
water-related (Dar es Salaam).
disease. Prevalence of cholera
(Morogoro).
Volume of individual
water consumption (Dar
es Salaam).
Volume of individual
water consumption
(Morogoro).
Number of households
using improved source
for drinking water
(Dar es Salaam).
Number of households
using improved source
for drinking water
(Morogoro).
Number of businesses
using improved water
source (Dar es
Salaam).
Number of businesses
using improved water
source (Morogoro).
Volume of water
produced (Lower Ruvu).
Volume of water
produced (Morogoro).
Volume of non-revenue
water (Dar es Salaam).
Operations and
maintenance cost
recovery ratio (Dar es
Salaam).
Operations and
maintenance cost
recovery ratio
(Morogoro).
Percent disbursed on
construction works.
Signed contracts for
construction works.
Program Administration* and $57,554,001 ................... $4,742,878
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**..... ............... ................... $206,197
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Burkina Faso Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $478,943,569
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Burkina Faso Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,203,660
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Roads Project................... $194,130,681 Enhance access to $30,195 To Be Determined (TBD).
markets through
investments in the
road network.
Rural Land Governance Project... $59,934,614 Increase investment $995,715 TBD.
in land and rural
productivity
through improved
land tenure
security and land
management.
Agriculture Development Project. $141,910,059 Expand the $72,153 TBD.
productive use of
land in order to
increase the
volume and value
of agricultural
production in
project zones.
Bright 2 Schools Project........ $26,829,669 Increase primary $26,829,669 TBD.
school completion
rates.
Program Administration* and $56,138,546 ................... $8,428,572
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**..... ............... ................... $65,145
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Namibia Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $304,477,817
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Namibia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,800,085
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Education Project............... $144,976,559 Improve the $899,988 To Be Determined (TBD).
education sector's
effectiveness,
efficiency and
quality.
Tourism Project................. $66,959,291 Increase incomes $302,775 TBD.
and create
employment
opportunities by
improving the
marketing,
management and
infrastructure of
Etosha National
Park.
Agriculture Project............. $46,965,320 Sustainably improve $42,682 TBD.
the economic
performance and
profitability of
the livestock
sector and
increase the
volume of the
indigenous natural
products for
export.
Program Administration* and $45,576,647 ................... $3,977,655
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**..... ............... ................... $1,071,642
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Moldova Year: 2010 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $7,970,942
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Moldova Total Quarterly Disbursement: $0
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Road Rehabilitation Project..... $800,000 ................... $0 To Be Determined (TBD).
Transition to High Value $6,788,251 ................... $0 TBD.
Agriculture.
Program Administration and $382,691 ................... $0 TBD.
Monitoring and Evaluation.
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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).
*** The obligated funds reflect a preliminary grant to Moldova for the purpose of implementing a compact. MCC
has awarded Moldova a compact grant of $262 million which will take effect once Moldova meets certain
conditions.
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619(b) Transfer or Allocation of Funds
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[FR Doc. 2010-19474 Filed 8-6-10; 8:45 am]
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