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Posted 9/27/2012

Remarks by MCC CEO Daniel W. Yohannes at UNGA-sideline Governance Event

From its creation, MCC has maintained that sound economic and political governance matters.That's why MCC partners with countries based on their track record on governance.

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Slideshow

Posted 9/24/2012

Slideshow of MCC’s ‘Holding Ourselves Accountable for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment’ Event

See a discussion of how governments, donors and the private sector are working to be accountable for gender equality and the empowerment of women during an event held on the margins of the UN General Assembly in Sept. 2012.

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Video

Posted 9/24/2012

Tanzania’s Path to Development

Watch Tanzanian President Jakaya M. Kikwete explore his country's path toward economic development and his strategies for combating corruption and building institutional capacity.

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Posted 9/24/2012

Milestones Fall 2012

Milestones - News from the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Fall 2012: Governance

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Most Recent Blog Entries

Different perspectives, similar aspirations

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Alicia Phillips Mandaville, Managing Director of Development Policy

MCC co-hosted an event with Freedom House and the Open Society Institute on the role of democratic accountability in development assistance. Alicia Phillips Mandaville writes that while the participants' terminology was different, their goals are similar.

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Books provide windows to the world

Posted on September 11, 2012 by D. Chuluuntsetseg, MCA-Mongolia, and Ch. Tserenkhand, The Asia Foundation

The Asia Foundation delivered 10,000 new technical, vocational and medical books, CDs and DVDs to students and health centers benefitting from MCC's five-year, $285 million compact with Mongolia.

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Most Recent Events

MCC Results in El Salvador: A Multimedia Showcase of Stories from El Salvador’s MCC Compact

10/03/2012

Please join us on the occasion of the successful completion of the El Salvador Compact to view a limited-time photography and video exhibit of compact results.

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A Head of State Roundtable on Governance and Sustainable Economic Growth

09/27/2012

Building upon the theme of the 2012 UN General Assembly, this event brings together MCC partner country heads of state to discuss challenges and opportunities in promoting good governance and sound policy for sustainable economic growth in Africa.

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Milestones Fall 2012

9/24/2012

Milestones - News from the Millennium Challenge Corporation. Fall 2012: Governance

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Milestones - Winter 2011

3/10/2011

Building Infrastructure, Building Sustainability | Donor Coordination in Moldova | One on One with Lorne Craner | Window to the Field in Mongolia

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Most Recent Slideshows

Slideshow of MCC’s ‘Holding Ourselves Accountable for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment’ Event

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El Salvador Compact Closeout Slideshow

MCC is helping Salvadorans achieve a long-term dream by opening up El Salvador’s Northern Zone and connecting it with the rest of the country.

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Most Recent Speeches

Remarks by MCC CEO Daniel W. Yohannes at UNGA-sideline Governance Event

Delivered by Daniel W. Yohannes on 9/27/2012

From its creation, MCC has maintained that sound economic and political governance matters.That's why MCC partners with countries based on their track record on governance.

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Remarks by MCC CEO Daniel W. Yohannes at UNGA-sideline Gender Equality Event

Delivered by Daniel W. Yohannes on 9/24/2012

Gender inequality can be a significant constraint to economic growth and poverty reduction. Yet, we have the power to change that.

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Most Recent Success Stories

9/17/2012

A “New Northern Zone” with Greater Opportunities for Salvadoran Dairy Farmers

MCC helped build or improve more than 220 kilometers of roads and 23 bridges in the Northern Zone, helping link El Salvador's poorest region with the rest of the country and creating opportunities for its residents.

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9/17/2012

Building a Prosperous Future, One Kilometer at a Time

Elsa Bolaños, a resident of El Salvador's Northern Zone, put her decades of experience in civil engineering to work on building a section of the Northern Transnational Highway.

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Most Recent Videos

Tanzania’s Path to Development

Watch Tanzanian President Jakaya M. Kikwete explore his country's path toward economic development and his strategies for combating corruption and building institutional capacity.

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Tanzania’s Path to Development

Watch Tanzanian President Jakaya M. Kikwete explore his country’s path toward economic development and his strategies for combating corruption and building institutional capacity. (Video courtesy CSIS.org.)

El Salvador Compact Closeout Video

El Salvador’s compact helped provide clean water, electricity, sanitation, teacher training and student scholarships. Watch interviews of how this grant helped achieve this and a decades-long dream of opening access to the country’s Northern Zone.

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El Salvador Compact Closeout Video

Learn how MCC’s $461 million compact with El Salvador helped provide clean water, electricity, sanitation, teacher training and student scholarships. And watch first-hand accounts of how this grant helped achieve this and a decades-long dream of completing the Northern Transnational Highway, which opens access to the country’s Northern Zone, improving opportunity and promoting economic growth.

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