Compact Countries

The MCA's authorizing legislation states that countries must be invited by the MCC Board of Directors to submit a Compact proposal requesting funding. Compact funding requires successful (and often several rounds of) proposal negotiations between the MCC and the applicant country. Proposals should include a section on purpose and objectives, justification, consultative process, implementation, sustainability, and commitment to MCA criteria. The final compact must be approved by the MCC Board and sent to Congress for notification prior to program implementation.

To date, 25 countries have signed compacts worth over $9.2 billion:

Armenia
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
El Salvador
Georgia
Ghana
Honduras
Indonesia
Jordan
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Moldova 
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nicaragua
The Philippines
Senegal
Tanzania
Vanuatu
Zambia 

MCA Compact Obligations by Country and Sector

The MCA has signed compacts worth over $9.2 billion with 25 partner countries. This chart breaks down how those funds are allocated, by country and by sector of focus within each compact. A summary chart at bottom shows the relative overall emphasis by sector. Looking at the 25 compacts, the two most highly funded sectors are transportation which claims 38 percent of MCA’s compact funds and agriculture which claims another 22 percent.

 Compact Size Comparisons

MCA compacts range in size from $66 million to $698 million.  Looking at grant size relative to certain country characteristics, however, offers a better comparative view of the compacts.  This chart lists the size of each compact relative to the country's GDP, total annual ODA, and population, and provides a rank to show how MCC stacks up against other donors in terms of amount of aid (based on the average annual compact disbursement).  The first chart lists this information for the 25 current compacts; the second chart provides these estimates for compacts in the pipeline.