MCC

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Running the Hurdles: A Sneak Peek into MCC’s Upcoming Country Eligibility Decisions
September 30, 2014
In December, MCC’s Board of Directors will meet to determine which countries will be eligible for FY2015 funding. While the agency’s annual country scorecards won’t be ready for a few months, updated corruption and democracy data are available now.
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Something Old, Something New at MCC’s Board Meeting
September 04, 2014
MCC’s Board of Directors is meeting on September 17*.  On the agenda: a number of things we’ve been thinking about a lot lately! 
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Power Africa Gets a Boost with MCC’s Ghana Compact
August 06, 2014
Yesterday, the Government of Ghana signed its second compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). 
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MCC Success Story Is a Failure (spoiler alert: n=1)
July 24, 2014
Don’t get me wrong. I’m a big fan of MCC. I once declared the organization the biggest experiment in impact evaluation and praised them for their commitment to independent high quality evaluations.
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A Closer Look at How USAID and MCC Fare in QuODA
July 22, 2014
CGD and the Brookings Institution recently released the third edition of the Quality of Official Development Assistance (QuODA), a joint venture that measures donor performance across a series of aid quality indicators to encourage governments, institutions, and agencies to disburse more e...
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Conditioning the Compact: What’s Going on with MCC and El Salvador?
July 16, 2014
The Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) board of directors approved a second compact for El Salvador almost a year ago, but the agency has yet to set a date for the signing.
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Four Strategic Priorities for the New MCC Boss
May 21, 2014
Last night, the US Senate finally confirmed Dana Hyde as the MCC’s next CEO, along with two private board members.