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Annual competition country scorecards and economic analysis for eligibility in trade capacity building policies. Monitoring and evaluation of economic rates of return for program activities.
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Elena Bryan Deputy Assistant USTR for Trade Capacity Building
Policies Matter – Annual Competition Country Scorecards FY 2008 Kenya Threshold Eligible Tanzania Compact Eligible
Economic Analysis and M&E at MCC • Partner countries assess constraints to growth that feed into a broad consultative process • Partners integrate M&E into proposal and project design from the beginning • Partners and MCC calculate economic rates of return on program activities and overall program • M&E Plans document the agreed targets between MCC and the MCA Partner Country • Monitoring lets us know what is happening • Evaluation lets us know if we are getting results
The Ghana Compact: $547 million, signed August 1st, 2006 • Expected Results over 5 years • Develop the agronomic potential of 80,000 hectares of land • Create employment opportunities for over 260,000 persons • Improve the welfare and quality of life of over 1 million people