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-times several rounds of) proposal negotiations between the MCC and the applicant country. Proposals should include a section on: purpose/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, 23 countries have signed compacts worth over $8.2 billion:

Armenia

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cape Verde

El Salvador

Georgia

Ghana

Honduras

Jordan

Lesotho

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Moldova 

Mongolia

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nicaragua

The Philippines

Senegal

Tanzania

Vanuatu

MCA Compact Obligations by Country and Sector

The MCA has signed compacts worth over $7.2 billion with 23 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 23 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 23 current compacts; the second chart provides these estimates for compacts in the pipeline.

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