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"Economies will also lose the development race if they don’t allow their women, virtually half their population, the Gen...
03/21/2023
Countries cannot move forward if half of their citizens are held back

"Economies will also lose the development race if they don’t allow their women, virtually half their population, the Gender equality is not only good for women, but it is also good for the society and the economy," write Norman Loayza and Tea Trumbic for the World Bank.

Women, Business and the Law 2023 finds that the global Women, Business and the Law index average is 77.1 out of 100.

In Niger, the agricultural sector employs 80% of people. If the gender gap were closed in agricultural productivity, it ...
03/21/2023
Climate Resilient Agriculture Grants in Niger Empower Women-Managed Enterprises

In Niger, the agricultural sector employs 80% of people. If the gender gap were closed in agricultural productivity, it would unlock financial gains that could lift over 25,000 Nigeriens out of poverty.

Learn how MCC investments have helped close this gap with grants that help recipients—mainly women- or youth-led groups —to strengthen and develop their businesses, improving irrigation and agricultural production:

As part of the compact between MCC and the Government of Niger, $2.3 million in grants were awarded to producer/processor groups and micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, including women and youth groups.

In Niger, women face economic challenges not least because of lack of education—only 54% of female primary school studen...
03/20/2023
MCC Invests in Women in Niger

In Niger, women face economic challenges not least because of lack of education—only 54% of female primary school students reach the 6th grade.

Learn how MCC's investment model consistently works with partner countries to unlock the economic potential of women and break down financial, legal, and cultural barriers that prevent women from fully engaging in their countries’ economies.

MCC’s compactin Niger pays special attention to the ways in which women can benefit from projects to boost the agricultural sector.

Watch and listen MCC CEO Alice Albright discuss with Carol Castiel of Voice of America about what makes MCC unique, how ...
03/19/2023
A Conversation with Alice P. Albright, CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation

Watch and listen MCC CEO Alice Albright discuss with Carol Castiel of Voice of America about what makes MCC unique, how we’re growing our partnerships across Africa and the world, and the excitement ahead to mark our 20 years of making an impact: https://www.voaafrica.com/a/6999620.html.

Carol Castiel talks with Alice P. Albright, Head of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a unique US foreign assistance agency. Albright discusses MCC’s critical work throughout Africa and highlights projects in Mongolia, Indonesia, Timor Leste, Kosovo, the Solomon Islands and elsewhere.

Join us and National Endowment for Democracy on Tues., Mar. 28, for a hybrid event discussion about the opportunities an...
03/18/2023
The Complex Path to Achieving Democratic Dividends

Join us and National Endowment for Democracy on Tues., Mar. 28, for a hybrid event discussion about the opportunities and challenges of pursuing democratic partnerships to address development challenges. RSVP now:

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) are delighted to invite you to join us on Tuesday, March 28th, 2023, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am, for a hybrid event entitled, “The Complex Path to Achieving Democratic Dividends.” During the second Summit fo...

This week, MCC celebrated the accomplishments of the MCC Employability and Land Compact with the Government of Morocco, ...
03/18/2023

This week, MCC celebrated the accomplishments of the MCC Employability and Land Compact with the Government of Morocco, which has expanded education & employment training and supported land productivity and more secure land rights.

Learn more at www.mcc.gov/morocco-closeout

This week, MCC and the Government of Morocco celebrated the closeout of the MCC Employability and Land Compact, which wa...
03/18/2023

This week, MCC and the Government of Morocco celebrated the closeout of the MCC Employability and Land Compact, which was designed to be a partnership to expand education and training opportunities for young people and support land productivity and more secure land rights.

Learn how these projects have contributed to a more productive and equitable future for Morocco:
www.mcc.gov/morocco-closeout

Educational opportunities for girls & young women impact their ability to earn a livelihood, improve household well-bein...
03/17/2023
Côte d’Ivoire’s New Education Action Plan Signals a Boost for Women and Girls

Educational opportunities for girls & young women impact their ability to earn a livelihood, improve household well-being, and participate equally with men in decision-making at home and in the public sphere.

Learn how MCC has helped Côte d’Ivoire develop a Gender in Education Policy and Action Plan to promote gender equality in the education system.

The new Gender in Education Policy and Action Plan identifies specific challenges to girls’ participation in school and presents a range of solutions.

Join us and National Endowment for Democracy on Tues., Mar. 28, for a hybrid event discussion about the opportunities an...
03/17/2023
The Complex Path to Achieving Democratic Dividends

Join us and National Endowment for Democracy on Tues., Mar. 28, for a hybrid event discussion about the opportunities and challenges of pursuing democratic partnerships to address development challenges. RSVP now:

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) are delighted to invite you to join us on Tuesday, March 28th, 2023, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am, for a hybrid event entitled, “The Complex Path to Achieving Democratic Dividends.” During the second Summit fo...

Thriving, resilient economies need well-educated, highly skilled employees who meet the demands of their employers. In M...
03/17/2023

Thriving, resilient economies need well-educated, highly skilled employees who meet the demands of their employers. In Morocco, access to high-quality education, technical and vocational education and training and job placement services are critical to providing young people with the skills, knowledge, and training required to succeed in the competitive job market.

Learn how the MCC Employability & Land Compact with the Government of Morocco has created equitable training and education opportunities for youth and women: www.mcc.gov/morocco-closeout

Join us and National Endowment for Democracy on Tues., Mar. 28, for a hybrid event discussion about the opportunities an...
03/16/2023
The Complex Path to Achieving Democratic Dividends

Join us and National Endowment for Democracy on Tues., Mar. 28, for a hybrid event discussion about the opportunities and challenges of pursuing democratic partnerships to address development challenges. RSVP now:

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) are delighted to invite you to join us on Tuesday, March 28th, 2023, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am, for a hybrid event entitled, “The Complex Path to Achieving Democratic Dividends.” During the second Summit fo...

MCC CEO Alice Albright will join Honorable Prime Minister of Morocco Aziz Akhannouch in Rabat for a closeout ceremony ce...
03/16/2023
Cérémonie de clôture du Compact II-Maroc

MCC CEO Alice Albright will join Honorable Prime Minister of Morocco Aziz Akhannouch in Rabat for a closeout ceremony celebrating the achievements of the MCC-Morocco Employability and Land Compact live at 10 am EDT (formal event starts at 11 am):

Cérémonie de clôture du Compact II-Maroc

Today, MCC will celebrate the closing out of the MCC Employability and Land Compact with the Government of Morocco. A co...
03/16/2023
Blog: Center for Women’s Inclusion in Land Rights Launched in Morocco

Today, MCC will celebrate the closing out of the MCC Employability and Land Compact with the Government of Morocco. A core part of it is the most significant investment in the land sector that MCC has financed, which crucially supports women's economic inclusion.

The recent launch of the Center for Women’s Inclusion in Land Rights in Morocco is an important step forward for women in the country.

MCC released its 2022 Annual Partnerships Report featuring four partnerships. These partnerships reflect a commitment to...
03/15/2023

MCC released its 2022 Annual Partnerships Report featuring four partnerships. These partnerships reflect a commitment to increase women's employment opportunities and workforce participation, to build new methods of identifying and addressing constraints to growth, and to enhance the monitoring and evaluation of agriculture sector projects.https://assets.mcc.gov/content/uploads/report-2023001277802-annual-partnerships.pdf

Today, as part of MCC's Morocco Compact closeout, MCC CEO Alice Albright traveled to Fez Medina, a UNESCO World Heritage...
03/15/2023

Today, as part of MCC's Morocco Compact closeout, MCC CEO Alice Albright traveled to Fez Medina, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was rehabilitated with the help of MCC support. Learn more about MCC's $460 million Morocco Employability and Land Compact: ://www.mcc.gov/morocco-closeout

Morocco’s business community has responded positively to the Professional Equality Trophy—an MCC-supported initiative ai...
03/15/2023
Blog: Professional Equality Trophy Helps Moroccan Companies Recognize the Value of Women’s Labor Force Participation

Morocco’s business community has responded positively to the Professional Equality Trophy—an MCC-supported initiative aimed at creating a more gender-inclusive workforce. The trophy has become an attractive tool to encourage companies to hire and promote more women.

An MCC-supported program is rewarding private sector companies' efforts to achieve gender equality in workplaces across Morocco.

MCC has worked to improve the reputation of Morocco’s Technical & Vocational Education and Training centers by providing...
03/15/2023
Relevant Skills Are Being Baked into TVET Center Trainings

MCC has worked to improve the reputation of Morocco’s Technical & Vocational Education and Training centers by providing high-quality training to young people, particularly young women, to address Morocco's high youth unemployment.

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Centers provide Moroccan students with in-demand skills.

Today, MCC CEO Alice Albright met with rural land beneficiaries in the Gharb region of Morocco as part of MCC's Morocco ...
03/14/2023

Today, MCC CEO Alice Albright met with rural land beneficiaries in the Gharb region of Morocco as part of MCC's Morocco Compact closeout. At the event, Albright announced the creation of the Center for Women’s Land Tenure, which is funded through the compact. www.mcc.gov/morocco-closeout

Approximately 42 percent of Morocco’s land area is held collectively by tribes, yet individual tribal members cannot buy...
03/14/2023

Approximately 42 percent of Morocco’s land area is held collectively by tribes, yet individual tribal members cannot buy, sell, or use land as collateral. Collective lands therefore do not provide the security and stability necessary to incentivize farmers to invest in increasing agricultural outputs.

MCC supported the Government of Morocco to operationalize a 60-year-old policy allowing for the privatization of collective lands within irrigation schemes so that farmers using the collective land will gain individual titles to make their investments secure. This activity is expected to grant land titles to nearly 50,000 smallholder farmers and their families.
https://www.mcc.gov/news-and-events/feature/feature-morocco-employability-and-land-compact-closeout#content-section-4

Watch and listen MCC CEO Alice Albright discuss with Carol Castiel of VOA about what makes MCC unique, how we’re growing...
03/13/2023
A Conversation with Alice P. Albright, CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation

Watch and listen MCC CEO Alice Albright discuss with Carol Castiel of VOA about what makes MCC unique, how we’re growing our partnerships across Africa and the world, and the excitement ahead to mark our 20 years of making an impact: https://www.voaafrica.com/a/6999620.html.

Carol Castiel talks with Alice P. Albright, Head of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a unique US foreign assistance agency. Albright discusses MCC’s critical work throughout Africa and highlights projects in Mongolia, Indonesia, Timor Leste, Kosovo, the Solomon Islands and elsewhere.

MCC’s FY 2024 budget proposal to Congress includes $1.1 billion for the agency to continue its core mission of reducing ...
03/13/2023
Report: Congressional Budget Justification, FY 2024

MCC’s FY 2024 budget proposal to Congress includes $1.1 billion for the agency to continue its core mission of reducing global poverty through sustainable, inclusive, economic growth. Read MCC’s complete Congressional Budget Justification:

Read MCC’s FY 2024 budget proposal to Congress, which includes $1,073 million for the agency to continue its core mission of reducing global poverty through sustainable, inclusive, economic growth.

The Kingdom of Morocco is the fifth-largest African economy and a key leader in economic affairs on the continent. While...
03/13/2023

The Kingdom of Morocco is the fifth-largest African economy and a key leader in economic affairs on the continent. While Morocco has made progress in reducing poverty in recent decades, regional inequality remains significant, with an urban/rural divide in access to public services and economic opportunities. Labor force participation of women and youth in Morocco remains one of the lowest in the world. Only 21.6 percent of women are engaged in Morocco’s labor force, while almost 32 percent of Moroccan youth are unemployed.

In 2015, MCC and the Government of Morocco partnered to implement the $460.5 million Employability and Land Compact that supported two of the Government of Morocco’s central priorities to boost economic growth in the country: employability and land productivity. The compact was designed to be a partnership to expand education and training opportunities for young people and support land productivity and more secure land rights.

Learn more at www.mcc.gov/morocco-closeout

The $460M MCC – Morocco Employability and Land Compact has worked to address Morocco's elevated rates of youth unemploym...
03/13/2023
Blog: Getting Results that Matter for Women and Youth in Morocco

The $460M MCC – Morocco Employability and Land Compact has worked to address Morocco's elevated rates of youth unemployment and its extremely low female labor force participation.

Results-based Financing (RBF) mechanisms tie funding to measurable results, creating greater accountability and transparency in the use of funds.

We love data here at MCC! So this recent blog from the World Bank highlighting innovations in surveys, enabled by electr...
03/11/2023
Fewer questions, more answers: Leveraging innovations in household survey design

We love data here at MCC! So this recent blog from the World Bank highlighting innovations in surveys, enabled by electronic devices, was a very interesting read.

Electronic devices enable innovations in survey design, such as questionnaires that adapt to responses. This blog leverages the potential to create a new survey-based tool for determining household eligibility for social assistance benefits.

Countries can only thrive if women are empowered to realize their potential in every facet of their lives, and undoubted...
03/10/2023
Blog: Côte d’Ivoire’s New Education Action Plan Signals a Boost for Women and Girls

Countries can only thrive if women are empowered to realize their potential in every facet of their lives, and undoubtedly, few things can empower women as much as quality education.

Learn how MCC has supported the Government of Côte d’Ivoire to develop a more equitable education sector:

The new Gender in Education Policy and Action Plan identifies specific challenges to girls’ participation in school and presents a range of solutions.

Writing for The Brookings Institution, Sara Jane Ahmed explains in a working paper why many renewable energy, adaptation...
03/10/2023
Climate action in the most vulnerable countries

Writing for The Brookings Institution, Sara Jane Ahmed explains in a working paper why many renewable energy, adaptation, and resilience initiatives only become bankable when the cost of capital is reasonable. Mechanisms to bring down this cost are thus vital to securing durable pathways to climate prosperity.

Sara Jane Ahmed focuses on 58 climate-vulnerable countries and explains the Climate Prosperity Plans designed to integrate measures that counteract climate risks and leverage transition opportunities.

MCC mourns the loss of former MCC CEO Dana J. Hyde who passed away on March 3, 2023. Dana was the CEO of MCC from May of...
03/09/2023
Statement on the Passing of Dana J. Hyde

MCC mourns the loss of former MCC CEO Dana J. Hyde who passed away on March 3, 2023. Dana was the CEO of MCC from May of 2014 until January 2017.

Appointed to lead MCC by President Obama, Dana had more than two decades of experience in law and public policy before joining the agency. As MCC’s first woman CEO, Dana oversaw the agency through multiple signings and closings in addition to its tenth anniversary. Her expertise on international affairs and policy guided MCC towards a new chapter in ensuring the agency’s mission to developing country-owned and country-led initiatives. Dana’s innovative mind, openness to collaboration, and dedication to service all continue to inspire the success and impact of MCC today.

Dana will be remembered for her visionary leadership and her unwavering support for agency colleagues and our country partners. The MCC community of colleagues past and present, partners and advocates all mourn alongside and offer sincere condolences to Dana’s family and friends.

Press Statement Statement on the Passing of Dana J. Hyde For Immediate Release March 9, 2023 Contact: 202-521-3880 Email: [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C., March 09, 2023 – MCC mourns the loss of former MCC CEO Dana J. Hyde who passed away on March 3, 2023. Dana was the CEO of MCC from May of 2014 u...

MCC’s efforts to improve women’s access to energy as well as their professional participation in the energy sector is cr...
03/08/2023
Empowering women through energy sector reforms

MCC’s efforts to improve women’s access to energy as well as their professional participation in the energy sector is crucial to the economic development of our country partners. MCC’s energy investments, including those in Benin, Ghana and Malawi, have built in elements to ensure that men and women benefit from and make the most productive use of that energy access.

MCC is working with partner countries to increase women’s economic empowerment through greater participation in the energy sector.

MCC recognizes that gender inequality is a significant constraint to economic growth and poverty reduction.Globally, cou...
03/08/2023

MCC recognizes that gender inequality is a significant constraint to economic growth and poverty reduction.

Globally, countries lose $160 trillion in wealth due to earnings gaps between women and men, and studies have found that more unequal societies have less sustained economic growth. That’s why we this as we continue working to unlock more of the economic potential of women in holistic, sustainable, and impactful ways.
https://www.mcc.gov/resources/doc/inclusion-gender-strategy

"Climate change, biodiversity loss, pandemic risks, and conflict matter profoundly for —which would make it devastating ...
03/08/2023
A Bigger Mission Must Mean More Financial Ambition at the World Bank

"Climate change, biodiversity loss, pandemic risks, and conflict matter profoundly for —which would make it devastating if shareholders miss this chance to transform the World Bank by thinking too small," write Amanda Glassman and W. Gyude Moore in a blog post for Center for Global Development.

The longer the World Bank’s biggest shareholders stay mum on the overall package of support, the higher the likelihood that we get more business as usual and more unconvincing fodder for summits and high-level meetings even while the Earth literally burns.

In 2020, we revisited communities in the Data Zetu (“our data” in Swahili) project to discover how they are turning evid...
03/08/2023
Blog: Investing in Local Data Use Pays Off as Women in Tanzania

In 2020, we revisited communities in the Data Zetu (“our data” in Swahili) project to discover how they are turning evidence-based decision-making into a reality.

Between 2017 and 2018, the project helped an array of organizations across Tanzania make better use of data to foster responsive, data-informed decision-making for improved health and HIV/AIDS resilience.

From improving sexual and reproductive health to promoting HIV awareness and resilience, MCC and the Data Collaborative for Local Impact (DCLI) program are using data as the path to create sustainable gender equality for generations of women.

In Georgia, employers regard technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programs as a valuable way to upskil...
03/06/2023
Evaluation Brief: Supplying STEM trainees to meet market needs in Georgia

In Georgia, employers regard technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programs as a valuable way to upskill existing workers.
Learn how MCC funds aimed at improving TVET programs affected trainee worker outcomes:

Learn the final results of a project from MCC’s Georgia II Compact that that aimed to align the skills of TVET graduates with labor market demand.

Morocco’s second-generation technical  and vocational education and training centers were created, extended, or rehabili...
03/06/2023
Relevant Skills Are Being Baked into TVET Center Trainings

Morocco’s second-generation technical and vocational education and training centers were created, extended, or rehabilitated by Millennium Challenge Account-Morocco.

With more than 2,000,000 unskilled and unemployed youth in Morocco, MCC’s investment in the country's TVET sector is a timely intervention. Through hands-on courses taught by qualified baking professionals, students have earned certifications in all areas of the baking trade.

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Centers provide Moroccan students with in-demand skills.

The cost of education is seven times higher in North America than it is in South Asia. Learn how much other regions comp...
03/05/2023
How much do countries spend on education, and how do the price levels of education compare? Three charts from the International Comparison Program.

The cost of education is seven times higher in North America than it is in South Asia. Learn how much other regions compare using this link from the World Bank which allows you to explore data and charts to learn how much countries spend on education.

Universal access to education – the focus of Sustainable Development Goal 4 – is one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty and improving health, gender equality, peace, and stability. But how much do households and governments spend on education...

Results-based financing mechanisms tie funding to measurable results, creating greater accountability and transparency i...
03/05/2023
Blog: Getting Results that Matter for Women and Youth in Morocco

Results-based financing mechanisms tie funding to measurable results, creating greater accountability and transparency in the use of funds, while also generating greater incentives for cost-effectiveness. Learn how one such program has helped train thousands of vulnerable jobseekers.

Results-based Financing (RBF) mechanisms tie funding to measurable results, creating greater accountability and transparency in the use of funds.

Learn how the construction of a raw water transmission pipeline to upgrade and replace the pre-war pipeline infrastructu...
03/04/2023
Evaluation Brief: Improving water supply to the water utility in Liberia

Learn how the construction of a raw water transmission pipeline to upgrade and replace the pre-war pipeline infrastructure could have helped meet the growing demand for higher quality water in Monrovia.

Learn the final results of the Water Pipeline Sub-Activity from MCC’s Liberia Compact that aimed to improve water supply in Liberia.

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