Federal Register, Volume 75 Issue 70 (Tuesday, April 13, 2010)

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18889-18906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8314]

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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

[MCC FR 10-04]

Notice of Quarterly Report (October 1, 2009--December 31, 2009)

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.

SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is reporting for
the quarter October 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009, 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.

Assistance Provided Under Section 605
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objectives disbursements Measures
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Country: Madagascar Year: 2010 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $87,998,166
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Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar Total Quarterly Disbursement: $4,193,753
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Land Tenure Project.............. $30,123,098 Increase Land $29,667,721 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.
.............. .............. Number of land documents
restored in the Zones
and Antananarivo.
.............. .............. Number of land documents
digitized in the Zones
and Antananarivo.

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.............. .............. 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 23,535,849 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 13,582,621 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
Mnist[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 ................... 17,583,512
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)
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.............. .............. 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........... 119,005,876 Reduce 75,891,981 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 16,087,124 ................... 9,027,708
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 1,521,767
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.............. .............. Number of farmers that
have completed training
in at least 3 of 5 core
agricultural
disciplines.
Infrastructure Improvement....... 83,160,208 Increase 49,148,363 Travel time ratio:
integration of the percentage of
internal market beneficiary population
and reduce further than 30 minutes
transportation from nearest market.
costs. 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 1,188,909 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 13,835,927 ................... 9,213,906
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 1,471,195
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.............. .............. 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 22,401,745 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 15,497,048 ................... 10,375,380
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 3,759,039
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Program Administration*, Due 32,350,000 ................... 16,093,973
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 0
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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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.............. .............. Signed contracts for
feasibility and/or
design studies.
.............. .............. Kilometers (km) of roads
under works contracts.
Program Administration*, Due 15,920,792 ................... 9,731,968
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 992,543
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
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Country: Benin Year: 2010 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $307,298,040
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Entity to which the assistance is
provided: MCA Benin Total
Quarterly Disbursement:
$17,276,237
Access to Financial Services..... 19,650,000 Expand Access to 3,337,246 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[eacu
te]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 1,940,659 Average time to enforce
Justice System to a contract.
Enforce Contracts Percent of firms
and Reconcile reporting confidence in
Claims. 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 12,582,598 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.

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.............. .............. Number of new land
disputes reported by
commune heads.
.............. .............. Seven studies complete.
.............. .............. Land code texts adopted
(laws, decrees and land
code).
.............. .............. 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................ 169,447,000 Improve Access to 27,391,206 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 ................... 20,768,780
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 283,061
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.............. .............. 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/non-
conventional 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.
.............. .............. 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 29,089,944 International roughness
transportation index.
costs affecting Annualized average daily
agriculture 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 ................... 19,243,257
Diligence, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 1,327,602
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.............. .............. 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... 87,850,853 Increase production 20,015,147 Number of hectares under
and employment in production with MCC
the Northern Zone. support.
Number of farmers
trained.
.............. .............. Value of agricultural
loans to farmers/
agribusinesses.
.............. .............. Number of agribusinesses
assisted.
Connectivity Project............. 233,389,335 Reduce travel cost 22,054,330 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 44,736,076 ................... 12,356,366
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**...... .............. ................... 0
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Alatona Irrigation Project....... 234,884,675 Increase the 32,430,172 Number of agricultural
agricultural jobs created in Alatona
production and zone.
productivity in Main season rice yields.
the Alatona zone International roughness
of the ON. 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).
.............. .............. 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 ................... 16,370,427
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.

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Pending Subsequent Report**...... .............. ................... 0
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
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Country: Mongolia Year: 2010 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $284,902,443
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Entity to which the assistance is
provided: MCA Mongolia Total
Quarterly Disbursement:
$1,895,217
Property Rights Project.......... 22,910,728 Increase security 824,383 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
incomes.
.............. .............. Personnel Trained.
.............. .............. Number of Buildings
rehabilitated/
constructed.
.............. .............. Value of equipment
purchased.
.............. .............. Rural hectares Mapped.
.............. .............. Urban Parcels Mapped.
.............. .............. Rural Hectares
Formalized.
.............. .............. Urban parcels
formalized.
Rail Project..................... 188,378,000 Increase rail 369,560 Increase in gross
traffic and domestic product due to
shipping 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 903,534 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 1,149,233 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 ................... 6,277,475
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending subsequent reports**..... .............. ................... 265,000
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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 Objective disbursements Measures
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Country: Mozambique Year: 2010 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $506,924,053
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Entity to which the assistance is
provided: MCA Mozambique Total
Quarterly Disbursement:
$4,542,157
Water and Sanitation Project..... 203,585,393 Increase access to 2,041,490 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).
.............. .............. Average annual daily
traffic volume.
Road Rehabilitation Project...... 176,307,480 Increase access to 715,163 Kilometers of road
productive rehabilitated.
resources and Kilometers of road under
markets. 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.
.............. .............. 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).
.............. .............. Cost to get land usage
rights DUAT.
Land Tenure Services Project..... 39,068,307 Establish 2,182,331 Total number of
efficient, secure officials and residents
land access for reached with land
households and strategy and policy
investors. 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.

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.............. .............. Urban parcels
formalized.
.............. .............. Number of communities
delimited.
.............. .............. Number of households
having land formalized.
.............. .............. Income from coconuts and
coconut products.
.............. .............. Survival rate of coconut
seedling.
Farmer Income Support Project.... 18,400,117 Improve coconut 1,267,243 Number of diseased or
productivity and dead palm trees
diversification cleared.
into cash crop. 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.
.............. .............. Contract for project
implementation signed.
Program Administration* and 69,562,756 ................... 9,116,105
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**...... .............. ................... 806,906
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Cumulative
Projects Obligated Objective disbursements Measures
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Country: Lesotho Year: 2010 Quarter 1 Total Obligation: $362,514,382
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Entity to which the assistance is
provided: MCA Lesotho Total
Quarterly Disbursement:
$3,674,696
Water Project.................... 164,027,999 Improve the water 5,470,756 School days lost due to
supply for water borne diseases.
industrial and Diarrhea notification at
domestic needs, health centers.
and enhance rural Time saved due to access
livelihoods to water source.
through improved Rural household (HH)
watershed provided with access to
management. 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.
.............. .............. 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 3,194,630 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).

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Private Sector Development 36,470,318 Stimulate 1,961,646 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
women in the
economy.
.............. .............. Value of commercial
cases.
.............. .............. 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 ................... 10,222,540
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**...... .............. ................... -23,881
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.............. .............. Employment created.
.............. .............. Small and Medium
Enterprises (SME) value
added.
Financial Services............... 46,200,000 Increase supply and 12,937,907 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 1.352,603 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 ................... 9,320,527
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**...... .............. ................... 173,509
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Water Sector Project............. 66,335,000 Increase investment 1,095,219 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 52,554,000 ................... 3,788,306
Control, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
Pending Subsequent Report**...... .............. ................... 206,197
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619(b) Transfer or Allocation of Funds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
U.S. Agency to which
Funds were Transferred Amount Description of program
or Allocated or project
------------------------------------------------------------------------
None $0 None
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Dated: April 6, 2010.
Charles Cooper,
Vice President, Congressional and Public Affairs, Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2010-8314 Filed 4-12-10; 8:45 am]
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