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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

[MCC FR 05-20]

Notice of Quarterly Report (July 1, 2005 through September 30, 2005)

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge Corporation.

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SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is reporting for the quarter July 1, 2005 through September 30, 2005, with respect to either assistance provided under Section 605 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-199, Division D (the Act)), or transfers of funds to other federal agencies pursuant to Section 619 of that Act. The following report shall be made available to the public by means of 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

Projects

Obligated

Objectives Disbursements

Measures

Country: Madagascar Year: 2005 Quarter 4 Total obligation: $109,773,000 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Madagascar Total Quarterly Disbursement: $2.475 million

Land Tenure Project............ $36 mil.......... Increase Land ................. Legislative proposal Titling and

(``loin de cadrage'') Security.

reflecting the PNF submitted to Parliament and passed. Percentage of land documents inventoried, restored, and/or digitized. Average time and cost required to carry out property-related transactions at the local and/or national land services offices. Time/cost to respond to information request, issue titles and to modify titles after the first land right. Number of land disputes reported and resolved in the target zones and sites of implementation. Percentage of land in the zones that is demarcated and ready for titling. Promote knowledge and awareness of land tenure reforms among inhabitants in the zones (surveys). Finance Project................ $37 mil.......... Increase

................. Submission to Competition in

Parliament and the Financial

passage of new laws Sector.

recommended by outside experts and relevant commissions. CPA Association (CSC) list of accountants registered. Maximum check clearing delay. Volume of funds in payment system and number of transactions. Public awareness of new financial instruments (surveys). Report of credit and payment information to a central database. Number of holders of new denomination T- bill holdings, and T- bill issuance outside Antananarivo as measured by Central Bank report of redemption date. Volume of production covered by warehouse receipts in the zones. Volume of MFI lending in the zones. MFI portfolio-at-risk delinquency rate. Number of new bank accounts in the zones. Agricultural Business

$4 mil........... Improve

................. Number of rural Investment Project.

Agricultural

producers receiving Projection

or soliciting Technologies and

information from ABCs Market Capacity

about the in Rural Areas.

opportunities. Zones identified and description of beneficiaries within each zone submitted. Number of cost- effective investment strategies developed. Number of plans prepared. Number of farmers and business employing technical assistance received. n/a. Program Administration and $15.464 mil...... ................. $2.475 mil. Control.

Program Objective

Obligated

Program goal Disbursements

Measures

Country: Honduras Year: 2005 Quarter 4 Total Obligation: $215,000,000 Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Honduras Total Quarterly Disbursement: $00**

Rural Development Project...... $72 mil.......... Increase the ................. Hours of technical productivity and

assistance delivered business skills

to Program Farmers of farmers who

(thousands). operate small

Funds lent by MCA- and medium-size

Honduras to financial farms and their

institutions employees.

(cumulative). Hours of technical assistance to financial institutions (cumulative).

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Lien Registry equipment installed. Kilometers of farm-to- market road upgraded (cumulative). Transportation Project......... $126 mil......... Reduce

................. Kilometers of highway transportation

upgraded. costs between

Kilometers of targeted

secondary road production

upgraded. centers and

Number of weight national,

stations built. regional and global markets. Program Administration and $12.122 mil...... ................. $0 Control.

** The compact entered into force on September 30, the last day of the quarter, and therefore no disbursements were made in the quarter.

Transfers under 619b

U.S. agency to which funds were transferred

Amount

Country

Description of program or project

U.S. Agency for International

$60,000,000

NA Threshold Program. Development.

Dated: December 13, 2005. Frances C. McNaught, Vice President, Congressional and Public Affairs, Millennium Challenge Corporation.

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