Program Implementation

The implementation of MCC-funded projects varies by country. The MCC enters into a compact with each recipient country that outlines the funding priorities, establishes an implementing agency, and defines benchmarks for progress.

Actual vs. Estimated MCA Annual Compact Disbursements

For each compact country the MCC reports the estimated annual disbursement schedule for compact funds in its Country Status Fact Sheets.  In this chart the MCA Monitor compares the MCC’s planned disbursement schedule with actual disbursements as reported by Congressional Quarterly Reports and MCC's Country Status Fact Sheets.

CGD Work on MCA Program Implementation

• MCA Monitor: Georgia Report from the Field by Casey Dunning (November 2010)
• MCA Monitor: Burkina Faso Report from the Field by Rebecca Schutte (July 29, 2009)
• A Conversation with Ambassador John Danilovich: Transition and the MCC with Steve Radelet (January 13, 2009)
• Rigorous Evidence: Key to Progress Against World Poverty? (Forum) with Ruth Levine (October 29, 2008)
• MCA Monitor El Salvador Report from the Field, by Amy Crone (September 2008)
• Lessons from Seven Countries: Reflections on the Millennium Challenge Account, by Sarah Lucas (May 2007)
• Reports from the Field, by Sarah Lucas (December 2005-April 2007)
• Should the MCC Provide Financing Through Recipient Country's Budgets? An Issues and Options Paper,  by Sheila Herrling and Steve Radelet (August 2006)
• Can Tourism Development Help Reduce Poverty? A Question for the MCA by Sarah Lucas (April 2005)
• Connecting the Poor to Economic Growth: Eight Key Questions by Sarah Lucas and Peter Timmer (April 2005)
• From Pushing Reforms to Pulling Reforms: The Role of Challenge Programs in Foreign Aid Policy by Steve Radelet (February 2, 2005)
• The Millennium Challenge Account: Transforming US Foreign Assistance Policy? by Steve Radelet (2004)
• Bush and Foreign Aid by Steve Radelet (Reprinted by permission of FOREIGN AFFAIRS, © 2003 by the Council on Foreign Relations.)
• The Other War: Global Poverty and the Millennium Challenge Account by Lael Brainard, Carol Graham, Nigel Purvis, Steven Radelet, and Gayle Smith (June 1, 2003)
• Challenging Foreign Aid: A Policymaker's Guide to the Millennium Challenge Account by Steven Radelet (May 2003)
• The Millennium Challenge Account: Soft Power or Collateral Damage? by Steven Radelet and Sheila Herrling (April 1, 2003)
• Will the Millennium Challenge Account Be Different? by Steve Radelet (The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2003)
• The Millennium Challenge Account: How Much is Too Much, How Long is Long Enough? by Michael Clemens and Steven Radelet (February 23, 2003) 
• Beyond the Indicators: Delivering Effective Foreign Assistance through the Millennium Challenge Account by Steve Radelet (September 10, 2002)