Candidate Country Reports
By fiscal year:
To be a candidate for MCC program assistance, countries must
- Not exceed certain per-capita, annual income levels;
- Not be subject to any number of U.S. or international sanctions.
The World Bank sets the income levels annually in late June or early July. Based on this information, MCC establishes a candidate country report.
Candidate Countries for Fiscal Year 2009
Candidate countries compete within two income categories, which are determined by a country’s per capita gross national income (GNI).
Low Income Category
Countries must have a GNI equal to or less than $1,785 per capita. Countries are listed alphabetically.
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
- Congo, Rep.
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia, The
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- Sri Lanka
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia