Quarterly Report (April 1, 2009 - June 30, 2009)

Text

---

Federal Register: October 1, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 189)

Notices

Page 50824-50840

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

DOCID:fr01oc09-117

Page 50824

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

MCC FR 09-19

Notice of Quarterly Report (April 1, 2009-June 30, 2009)

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.

SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is reporting for the quarter April 1, 2009 through June 30, 2009, on assistance provided under section 605 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108- 199, Division D), as amended (the Act), and on transfers or allocations of funds to other Federal agencies under section 619(b) of the Act. The following report will be made available to the public by publication in the Federal Register and on the Internet Web site of the MCC (http:// www.mcc.gov) in accordance with section 612(b) of the Act.

Assistance Provided under Section 605

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objectives

disbursements

Measures

Country: Madagascar Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $109,773,000

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar Total Quarterly Disbursement: $5,909,757

Land Tenure Project.............

$36,028,000 Increase Land

$21,354,980 Area secured with land

Titling and

certificates or titles

Security.

in the Zones.

Proportion of the population informed about land tenure reforms in the Zones.

Legal and regulatory reforms adopted.

Number of land documents inventoried in the Zones and

Antananarivo.

Number of land documents restored in the Zones and

Antananarivo.

Number of land documents digitized in the Zones and

Antananarivo.

Average time for Land

Services Offices to issue a duplicate copy of a title.

Average cost to a user to obtain a duplicate copy of a title from the Land Services

Offices.

Number of land certificates delivered in the Zones during the period.

Number of new guichets fonciers operating in the Zones.

The 256 Plan Local d'Occupation Foncier-

Local Plan of Land

Occupation (PLOFs)are completed.

Finance Project.................

$32,445,000 Increase

$19,334,311 Volume of funds

Competition in the

processed annually by

Financial Sector.

the national payment system.

The components necessary to implement the national payment system are operational: network equipment and integrator, real time gross settlement system (RTGS), retail payment clearing system, telecommunication facilities.

Number of accountants and financial experts registered to become

Certified Public

Accountant (CPA).

Percent of Micro-

Finance Institution

(MFI) loans recorded in the Central Bank database.

Agricultural Business Investment

$17,683,000 Improve

$12,563,877 Number of farmers that

Project.

Agricultural

adopt new technologies

Projection

or engage in higher

Technologies and

value production.

Market Capacity in

Number of enterprises

Rural Areas.

that adopt new technologies or engage in higher value production.

Number of farmers receiving technical assistance.

Number of farmers employing technical assistance.

Number of businesses receiving technical assistance.

Number of

Mnist[egrave]re de l'Agriculture,de l'Elevage et de la

P[ecirc]che-Ministry of Agriculture,

Livestock, and Fishing

(MAEP) agents trained in marketing and investment promotion.

Zones identified and description of beneficiaries within each zone submitted.

Number of people receiving information from Agricultural

Business Center (ABCs) on business opportunities.

Zonal investment strategies for the

Zones are developed.

Number of ABC clients who register as formal enterprises, cooperatives, or associations.

Number of marketing contracts of ABC clients.

Page 50825

Program Administration * and

$23,617,000 ...................

$16,305,969

Control, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ...................

$570,944

* Program administration funds are used to pay items such as salaries, rent, and the cost of office equipment.

** These amounts represent disbursements made that will be allocated to individual projects in the subsequent quarter(s) and reported as such in subsequent quarterly report(s).

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Honduras Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $215,000,000

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras Total Quarterly Disbursement: $16,952,802

Rural Development Project.......

$74,557,000 Increase the

$31,468,546 Number of program productivity and

farmers harvesting business skills of

high-value farmers who

horticulture crops. operate small and

Number of hectares medium-size farms

harvesting high-value and their

horticulture crops. employees.

Number of business plans prepared by program farmers with assistance from the implementing entity.

Total value of net sales.

Total number of recruited farmers receiving technical assistance.

Value of loans disbursed

(disaggregated by trust fund, leveraged from trust fund, and institutions receiving technical assistance from ACDI-VOCA).

Number of loans disbursed

(disaggregated by trust fund, leveraged from trust fund, and institutions receiving technical assistance from ACDI-VOCA).

Percentage of loan portfolio at risk

(disaggregated by trust fund and institutions receiving technical assistance from ACDI-VOCA).

Funds lent from the trust fund to financial intermediaries through lines of credit.

Number of hectares under irrigation.

Number of beneficial biological control agents developed for use by program farmers or other farmers for pilot testing.

Number of improved coffee hybrids available for cloning.

Number of farmers connected to the community irrigation system.

Number of certified deliverables across all agricultural public goods grant.

Transportation Project..........

$123,621,876 Reduce

$40,930,151 Freight shipment cost transportation

from Tegucigalpa to costs between

Puerto Cortes. targeted

Average annual daily production centers

traffic volume-CA-5. and national,

International roughness regional and

index (IRI)--CA-5. global markets.

Kilometers of road upgraded--CA-5.

Percent of contracted road works disbursed--

CA-5.

Average annual daily traffic volume-- secondary roads.

International roughness index (IRI)--secondary roads.

Kilometers of road upgraded--secondary roads.

Percent of contracted road works disbursed-- secondary roads.

Average annual daily traffic volume--rural roads.

Average speed--rural roads.

Kilometers of road upgraded--rural roads.

Percent of contracted road works disbursed-- rural roads.

Signed contracts for feasibility and/or design studies.

Page 50826

Percent of contracted studies disbursed.

Kilometers (km) of roads under design.

Signed contracts for roads works.

Kilometers (km) of roads under works contracts.

Program Administration * and

$16,821,124 ...................

$6,384,464

Control, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ...................

$1,496,730

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Cape Verde Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $110,078,488

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Cape Verde Total Quarterly Disbursement: $8,071,134

Watershed and Agricultural

$11,001,130 Increase

$6,130,849 Productivity:

Support.

agricultural

Horticulture, Paul production in

watershed. three targeted

Productivity: watershed areas on

Horticulture, Faja three islands.

watershed.

Productivity:

Horticulture,

Mosteiros watershed.

Number of farmers adopting drip irrigation.

Area irrigated with drip irrigation.

Percent of contracted irrigation works disbursed

(cumulative).

Reservoirs constructed.

Number of farmers that have completed training in at least 3 of 5 core agricultural disciplines.

Infrastructure Improvement......

$83,160,208 Increase

$36,182,295 Travel time ratio: integration of the

percentage of internal market

beneficiary population and reduce

further than 30 transportation

minutes from nearest costs.

market.

Kilometers of roads rehabilitated.

Percent of contracted

Santiago Roads works disbursed

(cumulative).

Percent of contracted

Santo Antao Bridge works disbursed

(cumulative).

Kilometers (km) of roads under design.

Signed contracts for roads works.

Kilometers (km) of roads under works contracts.

Port of Praia: percent of contracted port works disbursed

(cumulative).

Cargo village: percent of works completed.

Quay 2 improvements: percent of works completed.

Access road: percent of works completed.

Private Sector Development......

$2,081,223 Spur private sector

868,134 Micro-Finance development on all

Institution (MFI) islands through

recovery rate, increased

adjusted. investment in the

MFI portfolio at risk, priority sectors

adjusted. and through

Ratio of MFIs financial sector

operationally self- reform.

sufficient.

Program Administration * and

$13,835,927 ...................

$8,100,933

Control, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ...................

$337,480

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Nicaragua Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $175,000,000

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Nicaragua Total Quarterly Disbursement: $14,472,420

Property Regularization Project.

$22,000,000 Increase Investment

$7,151,432 Automated database of by strengthening

registry and cadastre property rights.

installed in the 10 municipalities of

Leon.

Value of land, urban.

Value of land, rural.

Time to conduct a land transaction.

Number of additional parcels with a registered title, urban.

Number of additional parcels with a registered title, urban.

Number of protected areas demarcated.

Area covered by cadastral mapping.

Cost to conduct a land transaction.

Page 50827

Transportation Project..........

$105,193,200 Reduce

$28,392,362 Annual Average daily transportation

traffic volume: N1 costs between Leon

Section R1. and Chinandega and

Annual Average daily national, regional

traffic volume: N1 and global markets.

Section R2.

Annual Average daily traffic volume: Port

Sandino (S13).

Annual Average daily traffic volume:

Villanueva--Guasaule

Annual.

Average daily traffic volume: Somotillo-

Cinco Pinos (S1).

Annual average daily traffic volume:

Le[oacute]n-Poneloya-

Las Pe[ntilde]itas.

International Roughness

Index: N-I Section R1.

International Roughness

Index: N-I Section R2.

International Roughness

Index: Port Sandino

(S13.

International roughness index: Villanueva--

Guasaule.

International roughness index: Somotillo-Cinco

Pinos.

International roughness index: Le[oacute]n-

Poneloya-Las

Pe[ntilde]itas.

Kilometers of NI upgraded: R1 and R2 and S13.

Kilometers of NI upgraded: Villanueva--

Guasaule.

Kilometers of S1 road upgraded.

Kilometers of S9 road upgraded.

Kilometers of designed primary roads

(including N-I/Puerto

Sandino and V-G).

Kilometers of designed secondary roads.

Rural Development Project.......

$32,897,500 Increase the value

$19,126,712 Number of beneficiaries added of farms and

with business plans enterprises in the

prepared with region.

assistance from the

Rural Development

Business Project.

Numbers of manzanas (1

Manzana = 1.7 hectares), by sector, harvesting higher- value crops.

Number of manzanas of beneficiaries of the program that harvest higher-value crops with irrigation or commercial reforestation under

Improvement of Water

Supply Activities.

Number of beneficiaries implementing business plans.

Average increase in income of beneficiaries due to program.

Program Administration *, Due

$14,909,300 ...................

$8,989,238

Diligence, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ...................

$563,310

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Georgia Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $395,300,000

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Georgia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $12,089,670

Regional Infrastructure

$315,600,000 Key Regional

$69,084,829 Household savings from

Rehabilitation.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure

Rehabilitated.

Rehabilitation

Activities.

Savings in vehicle operating costs (VOC).

International roughness index (IRI).

Annual average daily traffic (AADT).

Travel Time.

Kilometers of road paved.

Percent of contracted works disbursed.

Signed contracts for feasibility and/or design studies.

Percent of contracted studies disbursed.

Kilometers of roads under design.

Signed contracts for road works.

Kilometers of roads under works contracts.

Sites rehabilitated

(phases I, II, III)-- pipeline.

Construction works completed (phase II)-- pipeline.

Savings in household expenditures for all subprojects.

Population Served by all subprojects.

Subprojects completed.

Page 50828

Value of project grant agreements signed.

Value of project works and goods contracts

Signed.

Subprojects with works initiated.

Regional Enterprise Development.

$47,350,000 Enterprises in

$31,352,232 Jobs Created by

Regions Developed.

Agribusiness

Development Activity

(ADA) and by Georgia

Regional Development

Fund (GRDF).

Household net income--

ADA and GRDF.

Jobs created--ADA.

Firm income ADA.

Household net income--

ADA.

Beneficiaries (direct and indirect)--ADA.

Grant agreements signed--ADA.

Increase in gross revenues of portfolio companies (PC).

Increase in portfolio company employees.

Increase in wages paid to the portfolio company employees.

Cumulative number of portfolio companies.

Funds disbursed to the portfolio companies.

Program Administration *, Due

$32,350,000 ...................

$14,088,233

Diligence, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ...................

$2,823

* November 2008, MCC and the Georgian government signed a Compact amendment making up to $100 million of additional funds available to the Millennium Challenge Georgia Fund. These funds will be used to complete works in the Roads, Regional Infrastructure Development, and Energy Rehabilitation Projects contemplated by the original Compact. The amendment was ratified by the Georgian parliament and entered into force on January 30, 2009.

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Vanuatu Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $65,690,000

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Vanuatu Total Quarterly Disbursement: $4,283,475

Transportation Infrastructure

$60,248,079 Facilitate

$28,727,573 Number of international

Project.

transportation to

tourists--Efate. increase tourism

Number of international and business

tourists--Santo. development.

Number of room nights occupied--Efate.

Number of room nights occupied--Santo.

Average annual daily traffic--Efate.

Average annual daily traffic--Santo.

Kilometers of road upgraded--Efate.

Kilometers of roads upgraded--Santo.

Signed contracts for feasibility and/or design studies.

Percent of contracted studies disbursed.

Kilometers (km) of roads under design.

Signed contracts for roads works.

Kilometers (km) of roads under works contracts.

Percent of contracted roads works disbursed.

Program Administration *, Due

$5,441,921 ...................

$2,561,003

Diligence, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ...................

$241,046

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Armenia Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $235,650,000

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Armenia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $4,329,951

Irrigated Agriculture Project

$145,080,000 Increase

$19,689,654 Recovery of Water User

(Agriculture and Water).

agricultural

Associations (WUA) productivity

operations and

Improve and

maintenance cost by

Quality of

water charges.

Irrigation.

Primary canals rehabilitated.

Tertiary canals rehabilitated.

Percent of contracted irrigation works disbursed.

Value of signed contracts for irrigation works.

Number of farmers using better on-farm water management.

Number of farmers trained.

Number of agribusinesses assisted.

Page 50829

Value of agricultural loans to farmers/ agribusinesses.

Rural Road Rehabilitation

$67,100,000 Better access to

$7,355,155 Average annual daily

Project.

economic and

traffic. social

International roughness infrastructure.

index.

Kilometers of roads rehabilitated.

Percent of contracted roads works disbursed.

Signed contracts for roads works.

Percent of contracted studies disbursed. kilometers (km) of roads under design.

Signed contracts for feasibility and/or design studies.

Kilometers (km) of roads under works contracts.

Program Administration *, Due

$23,470,000 ...................

$7,131,507

Diligence, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ...................

$1,034,750

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Benin Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $307,298,040

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Benin Total Quarterly Disbursement: $3,089,959

Access to Financial Services....

$19,650,000 Expand Access to

$2,088,870 Volume of credits

Financial Services.

granted by the Micro-

Finance Institutions

(MFI).

Volume of saving collected by the Micro-

Finance Institutions.

Average portfolio at risk >90 days of microfinance institutions at the national level.

Operational self- sufficiency of MFIs at the national level.

Average time required by Cellule de

Surveillance des

Structures

Financi[egrave]res

D[eacute]centralis[eac ute]es (CSSFD) in treating MFI applications.

Number of institutions receiving grants through the Facility.

Second call for proposal for grants launched.

Number of MFIs inspected by CSSFD.

Access to Justice...............

$34,270,000 Improved Ability of

$1,461,874 Average time to enforce

Justice System to

a contract.

Enforce Contracts

Percent of firms and Reconcile

reporting confidence

Claims.

in the judicial system.

Number of cases processed at

Arbitration Center per year.

Number of Information,

Education and

Communication Campaign

(IEC) sessions hosted by Chamber of Commerce

(CAMeC).

Passage of new legal codes.

Average time required for Tribunaux de premiere instance-- arbitration centers and courts of first instance (TPI) to reach a final decision on a case.

Average time required for Court of Appeals to reach a final decision on a case.

Percent of cases resolved in TPI per year.

Percent of cases resolved in Court of

Appeals per year.

Number of Court inspections per year.

Number of Court employees trained.

Number of beneficiaries of legal aid services.

Complete construction on 9 new court houses.

Average time required to register a business

(soci[eacute]t[eacute]

).

Average time required to register a business

(sole proprietorship).

Number of businesses accessing CAMEC service.

Business registration center (CFE) information and outreach campaign executed throughout

Benin.

Page 50830

Access to Land..................

$36,020,000 Strengthen property

$8,553,893 Total value of rights and

investment in targeted increase

urban land parcels. investment in

Total value of rural and urban

investment in targeted land.

rural land parcels.

Average cost required to obtain a new land title through on demand process.

Average cost required to convert occupancy permit to land title through systematic process.

Percentage of respondents perceiving land security in the

Occupancy Permit (PH) into Land titles (TF) or Rural Land Plan

Foncier Rural (PFR) areas.

Number of new land disputes reported by commune heads.

Seven studies complete.

Land code texts adopted

(laws, decrees and land code).

Value ($) of equipment purchased.

Number of land certificates issued within MCA-Benin implementation.

Number of habitation permits converted to land titles.

Number of Continuously

Operating Reference

(CORS) stations installed.

Number of public and private surveyors trained.

Number of communes with new cadastres.

Land market information system established.

Access to Markets...............

$169,447,000 Improve Access to

$5,708,455 Volume of merchandise

Markets through

traffic through the

Improvements to

Port Autonome de the Port of

Cotonou.

Cotonou.

Bulk ship carriers waiting times at the port.

Container ship waiting times at the port.

Port design-build contract awarded.

Port crime levels

(number of thefts).

Internal port circulation time.

Average time to clear customs.

Execution rate of training plan.

Port meets-- international port security standards

(ISPS).

Public consultation completed (3).

Environmental permits issued.

Program Administration *, Due

$47,911,040 ...................

$14,258,372

Diligence, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ...................

$728,613

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Ghana Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $547,009,000

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Ghana Total Quarterly Disbursement: $17,160,261

Agriculture Project.............

$229,899,382 Enhance

$42,214,480 Number of farmers

Profitability of

trained. cultivation,

Number of services to

agribusinesses agriculture and

assisted. product handling

Number of hectares in support of the

under production with expansion of

MCC support. commercial

Value of agricultural agriculture among

loans to farmers/ groups of

agribusinesses. smallholder farms.

Value of signed contracts for feasibility and/or design studies

(irrigation).

Percent of contracted

(design/feasibility) studies complete

(irrigation).

Value of signed contracts for irrigation works

(irrigation).

Percent of contracted irrigation works disbursed.

Percent of people aware of their land rights.

Total number of parcels surveyed in the Pilot

Land Registration

Areas (PLRAs).

Volume of products passing through post- harvest treatment.

Page 50831

Rural Development Project.......

$87,361,539 Strengthen the

$4,628,659 Number of students rural institutions

enrolled in schools that provide

affected by Education services

Facilities Sub- complementary to,

Activity. and supportive of,

Number of schools agricultural and

rehabilitated. agriculture

Number of basic school business

blocks constructed to development.

Ministry of Education

(MOE) construction standards.

Number of schools designed and due diligence completed.

Distance to collect water.

Time to collect water.

Incidence of guinea worm.

Average number of days lost due to guinea worm.

Number of people affected by Water and

Sanitation Facilities

Sub-Activity.

Number of stand-alone boreholes/wells/ nonconventional water systems constructed/ rehabilitated.

Number of small-town water systems constructed.

Number of pipe extension projects constructed.

Number of stand-alone boreholes/wells/non- conventional water systems identified and due diligence performed for rehabilitation/ construction.

Number of small-town water systems designed and due diligence completed for construction.

Number of pipe extension projects designed and due diligence completed for construction.

Number of agricultural processing plants in target districts with electricity due to

Rural Electrification

Sub-Activity.

Number of electricity projects identified and due diligence completed.

Transportation..................

$174,285,120 Reduce the

$10,317,154 International roughness transportation

index. costs affecting

Annualized average agriculture

daily traffic. commerce at sub-

Kilometers of road regional levels.

completed.

Percent of contracted road works disbursed.

Value of signed contracts for road works.

Kilometers of road designed.

Percent of contracted design/feasibility studies completed.

Value of signed contracts for feasibility and/or design studies.

Travel time for walk-on passengers.

Travel time for small vehicles.

Travel time for trucks.

Annual average daily traffic (vehicles).

Annual average daily traffic (passengers).

Landing stages rehabilitated.

Ferry terminal upgraded.

Rehabilitation of

Akosombo Floating Dock completed.

Percent of contracted work disbursed landings and terminals.

Value of signed contracts for works:

Ferry and floating dock.

Value of signed contracts for works:

Landings and terminals.

Program Administration *, Due

$55,462,959 ...................

$14,501,141

Diligence, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ...................

$598,405

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: El Salvador Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $460,940,000

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA El Salvador Total Quarterly Disbursement: $8,563,337

Human Development Project.......

$95,073,000 Increase human and

$3,518,730 Employment rate of physical capital

graduates of middle of residents of

technical schools. the Northern Zone

Graduation rates of to take advantage

middle technical of employment and

schools. business

Middle technical opportunities.

schools remodeled and equipped.

Scholarships granted to students of middle technical schools.

Page 50832

Students of non-formal training.

Cost of water.

Time collecting water.

Households benefiting with water solutions built.

Potable water and basic sanitation systems with construction contracts signed.

Cost of electricity.

Electricity consumption.

Households benefiting with a connection to the electricity network.

Household benefiting with the installation of isolated solar systems.

Kilometers of new electrical lines with construction contracts signed.

Population benefiting from strategic infrastructure.

Community

Infrastructure Works with Construction

Contracts Signed.

Productive Development Project..

$87,466,000 Increase production

$12,580,839 Number of hectares and employment in

under production with the Northern Zone.

MCC support.

Number of farmers trained.

Value of agricultural loans to farmers/ agribusinesses.

Number of agribusinesses assisted.

Connectivity Project............

$233,560,000 Reduce travel cost

$5,740,480 Average annual daily and time within

traffic. the Northern Zone,

International roughness with the rest of

index. the country, and

Kilometers of roads within the region.

rehabilitated.

Kilometers of roads under works contract.

Signed contracts for roads works.

Percent of contracted roads works disbursed.

Program Administration * and

$44,841,000 ...................

$9,352,732

Control, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending Subsequent Report **.... ............... ...................

$0

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Mali Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $460,811,164

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mali Total Quarterly Disbursement: $4,646,267

Bamako S[eacute]nou Airport

$181,254,264 Establish an

$5,142,574 Total wage bill of

Improvement Project.

independent and

tourism industry. secure link to the

Freight volume. regional and

Employment at airport. global economy.

Signature of design contract.

Average number of weekly flights

(arrivals).

Passenger traffic

(annual average).

Percent works complete.

Airside Infrastructure

Design, and Airside

Infrastructure

Construction

Supervision, (AIR A01) and Landside

Infrastructure Design

(New Terminal &

Associated Works) and

Landside Construction

Supervision is launched.

Time required for passenger processing at departures and arrivals.

Passenger satisfaction level.

Percent works complete.

Percent of airport management and maintenance plan implemented.

Airport meets Federal

Aviation

Administration (FAA) and International

Civil Aviation

Organization (ICAO) security standards.

Technical assistance delivered to project.

Alatona Irrigation Project......

$234,884,675 Increase the

$8,387,971 Number of agricultural agricultural

jobs created in production and

Alatona zone. productivity in

Main season rice the Alatona zone

yields. of the ON.

International roughness index (IRI) on the

Niono-Goma Coura

Route.

Average daily vehicle count.

Percentage works complete.

Total irrigated land in the Alatona zone.

Page 50833

Irrigation system efficiency on Alatona

Canal during the rainy season and the dry season.

Kilometers of road under design/ feasibility study.

Value of signed contracts for road works.

Kilometers of road under works contract.

Percent of works completed on main system construction.

Percent of contracted irrigation works disbursed for tranche 1.

Value of signed contracts for irrigation works.

Value of signed contracts for feasibility and/or design studies.

Percent of contracted

(design/feasibility) studies disbursed.

Area planted by new settlers (wet season).

Titles registered in the land registration office of the Alatona zone (for 5- or 10- hectare farms).

Total land payments made.

Total market gardens allocated in Alatona zones for the populations affected by the project (PAPs).

Decree transferring legal control of the project impact area is passed.

Selection criteria for new settlers approved.

Contractor implementing the ``Mapping of

Agricultural and

Communal Land

Parcels'' contract is mobilized.

School enrollment rate.

Percent of Alatona population with access to drinking water.

Number of schools available in the

Alatona.

Number of health centers available in the Alatona.

Number of concessions that have been compensated.

Resettlement census verified.

Adoption rate of improved agriculture techniques among populations affected by the project (PAPs).

Number of operational mixed cooperatives.

Area planted by PAPs

(wet season rice).

Area planted with shallots during dry season.

Number of farmers completing literacy training.

Number of people completing the rice and shallot production techniques module.

Number of farmers completing land titling training.

Water management system design and capacity building strategy implemented.

Call for proposals for the applied research grants launched.

Average portfolio at risk among Alatona microfinance institutions.

Average loan repayment rate of Alatona clients (farmers organizations or individual farmers).

Amount of credit extended to Alatona farmers.

Number of farmers accessing grant assistance for first loan from financial institutions.

Financial institution partners identified

(report on assessment of the financial institutions in the

Office du Niger-Office of Niger zone (ON zone).

Program Administration * and

$42,028,793 ...................

$11,786,461

Control, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending Subsequent Report **.... ............... ...................

$1

Page 50834

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Mongolia Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $284,911,363

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mongolia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,498,883

Property Rights Project.........

$23,062,286 Increase security

$441,683 Number of studies and capitalization

completed. of land assets

Legal and regulatory held by lower-

reforms adopted. income Mongolians,

Number of landholders and increased peri-

reached by public urban herder

outreach efforts. productivity and

Personnel Trained. incomes.

Number of Buildings rehabilitated/ constructed.

Value of equipment purchased.

Rural hectares Mapped.

Urban Parcels Mapped.

Rural Hectares

Formalized.

Urban parcels formalized.

Rail Project....................

$188,378,000 Increase rail

$369,560 Increase in gross traffic and

domestic product due shipping

to rail improvements. efficiency.

Freight turnover.

Mine traffic.

Percent of wagons leased by private firms.

Railway operating ratio.

Customer satisfaction.

Wagon time to destination.

Average locomotive availability.

Vocational Education Project....

$25,512,856 Increase employment

$314,518 Rate of employment. and income among

Students completing unemployed and

newly designed long- underemployed

term programs.

Mongolians.

Percent of active teachers receiving certification training.

Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) legislation passed.

Health Project..................

$17,027,119 Increase the

$157,136 Diabetes and adoption of

hypertension behaviors that

controlled. reduce non-

Percentage of cancer communicable

cases diagnosed in diseases (NCDIs)

early stages. among target

Road and traffic safety populations and

activity finalized and improved medical

key interventions treatment and

developed. control of NCDIs.

Program Administration * and

$30,931,102 ...................

$3,958,008

Control, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending subsequent reports **... ............... ...................

$0

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Mozambique Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $506,924,053

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mozambique Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,248,788

Water and Sanitation Project....

$203,585,393 Increase access to

$190,178 Time to get to non- reliable and

private water source. quality water and

Percent of urban sanitation

population with facilities.

improved water sources.

Percent of urban population with improved sanitation facilities.

Number of private household water connections in urban areas.

Number of private household sanitation connections in urban areas.

Number of standpipes in urban areas.

Final detailed design for 5 towns submitted.

Final detailed design for 3 cities submitted.

Percent of rural population with access to improved water sources.

Number of rural water points constructed.

Final design report 1

(400 WP) submitted.

Final design report II

(200 Water points) submitted.

Implementing agreement signed with the

Administration for

Water and Sanitation

(AIAS) Infrastructure.

Change in international roughness index (IRI).

Page 50835

Average annual daily traffic volume.

Road Rehabilitation Project.....

$176,307,480 Increase access to

$181,852 Kilometers of road productive

rehabilitated. resources and

Kilometers of road markets.

under design.

Percent of Namialo--Rio

L[uacute]rio Road--

Metoro feasibility, design, and supervision contract disbursed.

Percent of Rio Ligonha-

Nampula feasibility, design, and supervision contract disbursed.

Percent of Chimuara-

Nicoadala feasibility, design, and supervision contract disbursed.

Kilometers of roads under works contract.

Percent of Namialo--Rio

L[uacute]rio Road construction contract disbursed.

Percent of Rio

L[uacute]rio--Metoro

Road construction contract disbursed.

Percent of Rio Ligonha--

Nampula Road construction contract disbursed.

Percent of Chimuara--

Nicoadala Road construction contract disbursed.

Feasibility/

Environmental and

Social Assessment studies, design, supervision, and construction contract

(ESA) for Namialo-Rio

L[uacute]rio-Metoro

Road segment signed.

Feasibility/ESA contract for Rio

Ligonha--Nampula Road segment signed.

Feasibility/ESA contract for Chimuara--

Nicoadala Road signed.

Time to get land usage rights direito de uso e aproveitamento da terra (State-granted land right) (DUAT).

Cost to get land usage rights DUAT.

Land Tenure Services Project....

$39,068,307 Establish

$247,210 Total number of efficient, secure

officials and land access for

residents reached with households and

land strategy and investors.

policy awareness and outreach messages.

Land strategy approved.

Number of buildings rehabilitated or built.

Total value of procured equipment and materials.

Number of people trained.

Rural hectares mapped in Site Specific

Activity.

Rural hectares mapped in Community Land Fund

Initiative.

Urban parcels mapped.

Rural hectares formalized through

Site Specific

Activity.

Rural hectares formalized through

Community Land Fund

Initiative.

Urban parcels formalized.

Number of communities delimited.

Number of households having land formalized.

Income from coconuts and coconut products.

Survival rate of coconut seedling.

Farmer Income Support Project...

$17,432,211 Improve coconut

$692,037 Number of diseased or productivity and

dead palm trees diversification

cleared. into cash crop.

Number of coconut seedlings planted.

Hectares under production.

Number of farmers trained in pest and disease control.

Number of farmers trained in crop diversification technologies.

Contract for project implementation signed.

Program Administration * and

$70,530,662 ...................

$6,026,488

Control, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending Subsequent Report **.... ............... ...................

$130,787

Page 50836

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Lesotho Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $362,551,000

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Lesotho Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2,594,768

Water Project...................

$164,027,584 Improve the water

$3,391,065 School days lost due to supply for

water borne diseases. industrial and

Diarrhea notification domestic needs,

at health centers. and enhance rural

Time saved due to livelihoods

access to water through improved

source. watershed

Rural household (HH) management.

provided with access to improved water supply.

Rural HH provided with access to improved ventilated latrines.

Rural water points constructed.

Number of new latrines built.

Urban HH with access to potable water supply.

Number of enterprises connected to water network.

Households connected to improved water network.

Cubic meters of treated water from metolong dam delivered through a conveyance system to

Water and Sewerage

Authority (WASA).

Value of water treatment contract works award.

Value of conveyance system contract work award.

Species population.

Livestock grazing per area.

Area put under conservation.

Health Project..................

$122,398,000 Increase access to

$1,423,797 People with HIV still life-extending ART

alive 12 months after and essential

initiation of health services by

treatment. providing a

TB notification (per sustainable

100,000 pop.). delivery platform.

Proportion of blood units collected annually.

Deliveries conducted in the health centers.

Immunization coverage rate.

Number of Health

Centers (H/C) constructed and fully equipped.

Value of contract works for health center construction.

Percentage of contract works for health center construction disbursed.

Percentage of contract works for Botshalo

Complex disbursed.

Percentage of contract works for Out-Patient

Department (OPD)

Centers disbursed.

Percentage of HSS

Contract disbursed.

Proportion of People

Living With AIDS

(PLWA) receiving

Antiretroviral treatment (ARV) (by age and sex).

Referred tests from central laboratory per year by types

(number).

Private Sector Development

$36,105,000 Stimulate

$1,047,351 Average time (days)

Project.

investment by

required to enforce a improving access

contract. to credit,

Pending commercial reducing

cases. transaction costs

Cases filed at the and increasing the

commercial court. participation of

Value of commercial women in the

cases. economy.

Judicial staff trained.

Administrative and clerical staff trained.

Awareness campaigns.

Portfolio of loans.

Loan processing time.

Bank accounts.

Paper-based payments.

Electronic payments.

Value of contract services signed.

Debit/smart cards issued.

Mortgage bonds registered.

Value of registered mortgage bonds.

New land disputes brought to the Land

Tribunal and Courts of

Law.

Time to complete a land transaction.

Time to complete transfer of land rights.

Land transactions recorded.

Land parcels formalized.

Number of land administration personnel trained.

Land Act adopted.

Page 50837

People trained on gender equality and economic rights.

ID cards issued.

Population registered in the national database.

Program Administration * and

$39,898,098 ...................

$7,177,944

Control, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending Subsequent Report **.... ............... ...................

$47,819

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Morocco Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $697,500,000

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Lesotho Total Quarterly Disbursement: $10,568,867

Fruit Tree Productivity.........

$300,898,445 Reduce volatility

$3,344,647 Total annual volume of of agricultural

production of dates production and

and olives. increase volume of

Cropped area covered by fruit agricultural

olive trees. production.

Survival rate of newly planted olive trees after 2 years project- supported establishment period.

Yield of rehabilitated olive trees.

Cropped area covered by date trees.

Yield of rehabilitated date palms.

Small Scale Fisheries...........

$116,168,027 Improve quality of

$541,206 State of fish stock. fish moving

Domestic fish through domestic

consumption level. channels and

Fisherman net revenue. assure the

Average fisherman sales sustainable use of

price at Points de fishing resources.

D[eacute]barquement

Am[eacute]nag[eacute]s

(PDA).

Volume sold at wholesale markets.

Fish sale price.

Average sales price.

Volume of sales among mobile fish vendors.

Artisan and Fez Medina..........

$111,873,858 Increase value

$0 Average revenue of added to tourism

potters receiving and artisan

Artisan Production sectors.

Activity.

Employment and wages among project graduates.

Tourist arrivals.

Artisan profits

(artisans engaged in product finishing and points of sale).

Employment created.

Small and Medium

Enterprises (SME) value added.

Financial Services..............

$46,200,000 Increase supply and

$6,498,275 Gross loan portfolio decrease costs of

outstanding of financial services

microcredit available to

associations. microenterprises.

Portfolio at risk >30 days ratio.

Operating expense ratio.

Enterprise Support..............

$33,850,000 Improved survival

$493,242 Average annual sales of rate of new SMEs

participating and INDH-funded

businesses. income generating

Survival rate of activities;

participating increased revenue

businesses. for new SMEs and

INDH-funded income generating activities.

Program Administration * and

$88,511,670 ...................

$3,829,103

Control, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending Subsequent Report **....

$0 ...................

$71,700

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Tanzania Year: 2009 Quarter 2 Total Obligation: $698,136,000

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Tanzania Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,853,390

Energy Sector...................

$206,471,000 Increase value

$538,205 New power customers. added to

Energy generation-- businesses.

Kigoma.

Transmission capacity.

Percentage disbursed for design and supervision contract

Consulting Engineer

(CE) year 1 budgeted.

Page 50838

Transport Sector................

$372,776,000 Increase cash crop

$345,978 International roughness revenue and

index (Tunduma, Tanga, aggregate visitor

Nantumbo, Peramiho). spending.

Average annual daily traffic (Tunduma,

Tanga, Nantumbo,

Peramiho).

Kilometers upgraded/ completed (Tunduma,

Tanga, Nantumbo,

Peramiho).

Percent disbursed on construction works

(Tunduma, Tanga,

Nantumbo, Peramiho).

Signed contracts for construction works

(Tunduma, Tanga,

Nantumbo, Peramiho).

Percent disbursed for feasibility and/or design studies

(Tunduma, Tanga,

Nantumbo, Peramiho).

Signed contracts for feasibility and/or design studies

(Tunduma, Tanga,

Nantumbo, Peramiho).

Kilometers of roads under design (Tunduma,

Tanga, Nantumbo,

Peramiho).

International roughness index (Zanzibar Rural

Roads).

Average annual daily traffic (Zanzibar

Rural Roads).

Kilometers upgraded/ completed (Zanzibar

Rural Roads).

Percent disbursed on construction works

(Zanzibar Rural

Roads).

Signed contracts for construction works

(Zanzibar Rural

Roads).

Percent disbursed for feasibility and/or design studies

(Zanzibar Rural

Roads).

Signed contracts for feasibility and/or design studies

(Zanzibar Rural

Roads).

Kilometers of roads under design (Zanzibar

Rural Roads).

Passenger arrivals.

Percentage of upgrade complete (airport).

Percent disbursed on construction works

(airport).

Signed contracts for construction works

(airport).

Water Sector Project............

$66,335,000 Increase investment

$0 Prevalence of diarrhea in human and

(Dar es Salaam). physical capital

Prevalence of diarrhea and to reduce the

(Morogoro). prevalence of

Prevalence of cholera water-related

(Dar es Salaam). disease.

Prevalence of cholera

(Morogoro).

Volume of individual water consumption (Dar es Salaam).

Volume of individual water consumption

(Morogoro).

Number of households using improved source for drinking water

(Dar es Salaam).

Number of households using improved source for drinking water

(Morogoro).

Number of businesses using improved water source (Dar es

Salaam).

Number of businesses using improved water source (Morogoro).

Volume of water produced (Lower Ruvu).

Volume of water produced (Morogoro).

Volume of non-revenue water (Dar es Salaam).

Operations and maintenance cost recovery ratio (Dar es

Salaam).

Operations and maintenance cost recovery ratio

(Morogoro).

Percent disbursed on construction works.

Signed contracts for construction works.

Program Administration * and

$52,554,000 ...................

$1,865,055

Control, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending Subsequent Report **.... ............... ...................

$206,197

Page 50839

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Burkina Faso (Compact Implementation Funding (CIF) only) Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation:

$16,101,065

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Burkina Faso Total Quarterly Disbursement: $1,378,981

Roads Project...................

$337,983 Enhance access to

$0 To Be Determined (TBD). markets through investments in the road network.

Rural Land Governance Project...

$1,105,412 Increase investment

$0 TBD. in land and rural productivity through improved land tenure security and land management.

Agriculture Development Project.

$4,771,602 Expand the

$5,505 TBD. productive use of land in order to increase the volume and value of agricultural production in project zones.

Bright 2 Schools Project........

$3,000,000 Increase primary

$1,000,000 TBD. school completion rates.

Program Administration * and

$6,886,068 ...................

$2,645,356

Control, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending Subsequent Report **.... ............... ...................

$65,145

For quarterly disbursements, the Bright 2 Schools Project has a negative value due to new OMB guidance to transfer this amount to USAID. This adjustment resulted in a $2 million decrease in cumulative disbursements for this country.

MCC has concluded a Compact with Burkina Faso providing up to $480,943,569 in development assistance which includes Compact implementation funding. When the Compact enters into force, the balance of the funds will be obligated and become available to Burkina Faso.

Cumulative

Projects

Obligated

Objective

disbursements

Measures

Country: Namibia (Compact Implementation Funding (CIF) only) Year: 2009 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $19,543,175

Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Namibia Total Quarterly Disbursement: $446,961

Education Project...............

$8,976,296 Improve the

$0 To Be Determined (TBD). education sector's effectiveness, efficiency and quality.

Tourism Project.................

$2,475,145 Increase incomes

$0 TBD. and create employment opportunities by improving the marketing, management and infrastructure of

Etosha National

Park.

Agriculture Project.............

$1,369,139 Sustainably improve

$0 TBD. the economic performance and profitability of the livestock sector and increase the volume of the indigenous natural products for export.

Program Administration * and

$6,722,595 ...................

$446,961

Control, Monitoring and

Evaluation.

Pending Subsequent Report **.... ............... ...................

$0

MCC has concluded a Compact with Namibia providing up to $304,477,816 in development assistance which includes

Compact implementation funding. When the Compact enters into force, the balance of the funds will be obligated and become available to Namibia.

* Program administration funds are used to pay items such as salaries, rent, and the cost of office equipment.

** These amounts represent disbursements made that will be allocated to individual projects in the subsequent quarter(s) and reported as such in subsequent quarterly report(s).

619(b) Transfer or Allocation of Funds

U.S. Agency To Which

Funds Were Transferred

Amount

Description of Program or Allocated

or Project

None

$0

None.

Page 50840

Dated: September 25, 2009.

James Mazzarella,

Vice President (Acting), Congressional and Public Affairs, Millennium

Challenge Corporation.

FR Doc. E9-23652 Filed 9-30-09; 8:45 am

BILLING CODE 9211-03-P

---