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MCC MONITOR ANALYSIS
November 30, 2011
This analysis draws upon MCC reports and country indicator performance
to predict which countries will be made eligible to apply for FY2012
compact or threshold assistance. We offer a forecast of potential FY2012
eligible countries; it is not an official list of the countries that will be
select...
MCC MONITOR ANALYSIS
November 16, 2007
Amid a contentious FY2008 budget round between Congress and the White House, foreign assistance -- particularly that for development -- may face cuts during negotiations. The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) -- one of few U.S. foreign aid programs specifically targeted to long-term development ob...
MCC MONITOR ANALYSIS
October 22, 2007
The Millennium Challenge Corp. (MCC) will soon release performance data that will form the basis of its FY2008 country selection round. The only indicator that countries must pass to qualify for MCC money is Control of Corruption. CGD's Sheila Herrling and Sarah Rose have crunched the numbers for t...
MCC MONITOR ANALYSIS
August 27, 2007
The board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation will soon decide how to incorporate two new natural resources indicators—a Natural Resource Management Index (NRMI) and a Land Rights and Access indicator—into the FY2008 country selection process. In a new paper by CGD’s MCA Monitor team...
MCC MONITOR ANALYSIS
July 26, 2007
This paper examines trends in U.S. non-military global aid and how the administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2003 would affect those trends. The analysis addresses how the overall level of proposed aid compares with past levels and examines three standards for measuring aid over time: aid...