Millennium Challenge Monthly
The Newsletter of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Vol. 4, Issue 1 - January 2008

Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Ambassador Danilovich Marks Fourth Anniversary on Capitol Hill
On January 30, 2008, in a standing-room-only event attended by over 400 people held at the Russell Senate Caucus room, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO Ambassador John Danilovich marked MCC’s fourth anniversary and highlighted the agency’s record of accomplishments in four short years and outlined the organization’s plans for the future.  

Millennium Challenge Corporation Announces Program with Niger to Promote Girls' Education, Combat Corruption
On January 30, 2008, MCC announced the approval of a three-year, $23 million threshold program to help the Government of Niger improve its performance on MCC’s Control of Corruption, Business Start-Up, Land Rights and Access and Girls’ Primary Education Completion Rate indicators.

Features:
As part of MCC’s new “CEO Blog,” Ambassador John Danilovich writes about his recent trip to Nicaragua and El Salvador.

  • Check out the latest blog postings. 
  • Watch the FOX News report on the Ambassador’s Trip.

Read the latest success stories of how MCC is helping reduce poverty in the lives of people in our partner countries

Watch Ambassador John Danilovich’s remarks at the American Enterprise Institute discussing indicator-based competition for awarding development.

Speeches:
Read Ambassador John Danilovich’s remarks at MCC’s Fourth Anniversary Event on Capitol Hill

Read Ambassador John Danilovich’s remarks at the Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa at the Embassy of Ghana

Read Ambassador John Danilovich’s keynote opening remarks at the American Enterprise Institute

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MCC In the News
01-28-2008 – White House Press Release – State of the Union Transcript

01-24-2008 – Fox News – Making Foreign Aid Work

01-23-2008 – U.S. Department of State -- Keynote Address at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum

01-22-2008 – United Press International – Analysis: Promising aid program faces cuts


01-10-2008 – Daily Graphic – MiDA Supports Procurement Officers


Recent Events
01-30-2008 – MCC's Fourth Anniversary Event

01-14-2008 – Can Indicator-Based Competition Make Foreign Aid Work?

 

 
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