Millennium Challenge Corporation Making "Substantial Progress. Applegarth expects four more countries to be ready to sign by summer

Madagascar MCA Compact (First Ever MCA Compact Signed). 18 April 2005. Signing Ceremony: Video; Remarks Transcript. Panel Discussion: Video; Transcript

Testimony to the House Appropriations Foreign Operations Subcommittee. Paul V. Applegarth, CEO, Millennium Challenge Corporation. 13 April 2005

Bush Official Urges Full Funding of Millennium Challenge Budget

Millennium Challenge Account: Already Paying Dividends. MCC. April 2005
 

MCC Public Outreach Meeting - 16 March 2005 - Video; Transcript

Millennium Challenge Corporation Releases Interim Environmental Guidelines for Public Comment. 04 March 2005

MCC CEO Paul Applegarth’s Presentation To African Ambassadors.16 February 2005

MCC Launches Search for New Natural Resources Indicator at Kick Off Event Chaired by Governor Whitman. 15 February 2005

Eligible, Threshold Countries Named - Selection Discussed at Nov. 10 Public Meeting

Remarks by Secretary Powell at the MCC Reception. November 10, 2004

Millennium Challenge Corporation Names Fiscal Year 2005 Eligible Countries. Press Release. November 8, 2004

Hearing Before The Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate. October 5, 2004.

Senator Lugar's Opening Statement

Testimony By Paul V. Applegarth, Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation

CEO Paul Applegarth Reports to Senate on Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Progress. 05 October 2004

MCC Names Eligible Threshold Countries. 30 September 2004. Millennium Challenge Corporation Names Seven Countries Eligible for Threshold Program.

Statement by the White House Press Secretary. 30 September 2004

View Web cast of 24 Sept 2004 Public Outreach Meeting

Statement by the President. President George W. Bush. 16 September 2004

The Millennium Challenge Corporation Announces FY05 Country Selection Process. 26 August 2004.

Millennium Challenge Account - Country Rankings Data

Webcast -- MCA Public Meeting -- July 27, 2004. Individuals representing numerous federal agencies, foreign embassies, nongovernmental organizations, economic and financial institutions, universities and members of the nonprofit community gathered in Washington, D.C., to discuss the most recent developments regarding the MCC. This included an overview of the consultative process and plans for due diligence.

The Millennium Challenge Corporation Identifies Candidate Countries for FY05. Press Release. July 20, 2004

MCA Candidate Countries for FY2005

Millennium Challenge Corporation Board of Directors Meeting Open Session - July 20, 2004 - Transcript

Welcome Message from The Honorable Colin L. Powell, Chairman of the Board of The Millennium Challenge Corporation. Colin L. Powell. USAID.

Remarks By Paul V. Applegarth, Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation - World Bank Conference on Scaling Up Poverty Reduction. 27 May 2004

Hearing: Implementation of the Millennium Challenge Act. Committee on International Relations, US House of Representatives. 19 May 2004

Opening Statement of Committee Chairman Henry J. Hyde

Remarks by President Bush at Ceremony Celebrating Countries Selected for the Millennium Challenge Account. 10 May 2004

New MCC Aid Chief says Development Aid to Support Policy Reforms. 07 May 2004

Press Release: The Millennium Challenge Corporation Names MCA Eligible Countries. 06 May 2004. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)

The Launching of the Millennium Challenge Account. Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, Department of State. Foreign Press Center Briefing. Washington, DC. February 3, 2004

Various MCC/MCA Documents (Fact Sheets; Congressional Testimonies; Meetings; Legislation; Bylaws; Etc.)

Speeches & Testimony

MCC Operations / Country Selection: Eligibility Criteria; Methodology; Datasets; Data Sources; Etc.

Africa and the Millennium Challenge Account: Commentaries / Critiques / Analyses

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May 2003 commentary on the MCA in relation to Africa by Mr. Paul Applegarth, prior to becoming CEO of the MCC in May 2004 (he was previously chief operating officer of the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund and the founding managing director of Emerging Africa Advisers):

A Commentary on the Millennium Challenge Account. May 2003. Paul V. Applegarth. CSIS Africa Notes. Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC.

Mr. Applegarth also authored:

Capital Market and Financial Sector Development in Sub-Saharan Africa. March 2004. A Report of the Africa Policy Advisory Panel, Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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U.S. Aid Agency to Help Seven Countries Qualify for Targeted Aid. 05 October 2004. U.S. Dept of State. Countries have shown commitment to reforms, MCC's Applegarth says

Tanzania joins Millennium Challenge Account qualifiers. IPP Media. 05 Oct 2004

Seven Potential Millennium Challenge Account Qualifiers Announced. 01 October 2004. U.S. Dept of State. United States to help countries meet criteria but success not guaranteed

Foreign Aid in Peril. Editorial. The Washington Post. 15 September 2004. More than one would have predicted four years ago, the Bush administration has promoted help for developing countries. Having suggested during his campaign that Africa was not a priority, President Bush greatly expanded programs to help poor countries cope with AIDS, and he promised a 50 percent jump in other foreign assistance. However, that second achievement is in danger of being undermined. In a Senate markup yesterday, only $1.12 billion was allocated to Mr. Bush's new aid initiative [the MCA], less than half of what he requested.

Reinventing US Foreign Aid at Millennium Challenge Corp. Glenn Kessler. Washington Post. August 10, 2004

Save the Millennium Challenge!. DATA (Debt-AIDS-Trade-Africa). [The] cut to the Millennium Challenge will have severe consequences for the fight to support democracies, get children into school and clean water into villages in the poorest countries.

House Cuts President's Global Poverty Fight. Press Release. DATA (Debt-AIDS-Trade-Africa). July 16, 2004.

How Significant are the Administration's Proposed Increases in Foreign Development Aid?. In a joint study between the Center for Global Development and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Nancy Birdsall, Isaac Shapiro and Brian Deese take a closer look at the real significance of President Bush's attempts to increase foreign aid through the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) and increased funding to fight HIV/AIDS.

July 2004 E-news Bulletin: The Millennium Challenge Account. Africa Liaison Program Initiative, InterAction, July 2004.

Economic Freedom and the Millennium Challenge Account. John B. Taylor, Under Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury. Speech at Conference on Economic Freedom of the World: 2004 Report. Cato Institute, Washington, DC. July 15, 2004

Launching the Millennium Challenge Account in Africa. John B. Taylor, Under Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury, at the Institute of Economic Affairs, Accra, Ghana. May 31, 2004.

AIDS, MCA and Other Core Accounts. 25 May 2004. DATA (Debt-AIDS-Trade-Africa). A summary of key financing requests from within the President's Foreign Operations request of $21.3 billion.

Developing Africa's economy: Doing the sums on Africa. Jeffrey Sachs. The Economist. 20 May 2004.

Eight African Nations Eligible For Millennium Challenge Account Assistance. 07 May  2004. Charles Cobb Jr. and Reed Kramer. allAfrica.com

16 Nations Chosen for New Aid Program. 07 May 2004. Paul Blustein. The Washington Post

Freedom House Applauds U.S. Decision to Increase Aid to Poor Democracies. 06 May 2004. Freedom House.

InterAction: Materials on the MCA and Links to Several Other MCA Documents and Resources

DATA (Debt-AIDS-Trade-Africa) on Millennium Challenge Announcement. 06 May 2004. DATA (Debt-AIDS-Trade-Africa)

Other DATA documents:

Meeting the Millennium Challenge. 12 May 2004. Funding needs of the 16 countries selected by the Millennium Challenge to receive funding.

Funding the Millennium Challenge. 06 May 2004.

US Announces First 16 Countries to Receive Millennium Challenge Funding. 06 May 2004.

Meeting the Millennium Challenge. 15 April 2004.

The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA): Expanding the Benefits. May 2003 (updated August 2003).
 

The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA): Initial Reactions. May 2003 (updated August 2003)

The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA): Limiting Assistance to Low Income Countries. May 2003 (updated August 2003)

Commentary: Qualifying for the MCA: An Update. 22 April 2004. Steve Radelet. Center for Global Development (CGD).

Other CGD documents:

A Comment on the Millennium Challenge Account Selection Process. March 9, 2004. Steve Radelet, Sarah Lucas, and Rikhil Bhavnani. Center for Global Development.

Testimony Before the House International Relations Committee on the MCA. Steve Radelet. February 26, 2004.

Bush and Foreign Aid. Steve Radelet. Foreign Affairs, September/October 2003

Challenging Foreign Aid: A Policymaker's Guide to the Millennium Challenge Account. Steve Radelet. May 2003. Center for Global Development

Which Countries Are Most Likely to Qualify for the MCA? An Update. May 30, 2003. Steve Radelet. Center for Global Development.

Will the Millennium Challenge Account Be Different? Steve Radelet. The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2003.

The Millennium Challenge Account: Soft Power or Collateral Damage?  April 2003. Steven Radelet and Sheila Herrling. Center for Global Development Brief.

The Millennium Challenge Account: How Much Is Too Much, How Long Is Long Enough? February 2003. Michael Clemens and Steven Radelet. Center For Global Development Working Paper Number 23

A Comment on the MCA Proposals. January 9, 2003. Nicolas van de Walle. Center for Global Development/Michigan State University.

More MCA Documents - Center for Global Development

OSI Issues Public Comment on U.S. Millennium Challenge Account Criteria. March 23, 2004. Open Society Institute-Washington, DC.

Other OSI documents:

The Proposed Millennium Challenge Account Selection Process: A Comment by the Open Society Institute. March 23, 2004. Open Society Institute-Washington, DC

Linking the Community of Democracies with Millenium Challenge Accounts - A Case of Win-Win. Thomas I. Palley. OSI Globalization Reform Project. April 2, 2003

The Millennium Challenge Accounts: Elevating the Significance of Democracy as a Qualifying Criterion. Thomas I. Palley. OSI Globalization Reform Project. February 2003.

Forging a Bipartisan Approach to the MCA Initiative. February 18, 2003. Open Society Institute (OSI).

 MCA: Rewarding Open Markets. February 25, 2004. Sara J. Fitzgerald and Anthony B. Kim. The Heritage Foundation. Executive Memorandum #915

Other Heritage Foundation documents:

How to Improve the Bush Administration’s Millennium Challenge Account. Brett D. Schaefer and Paolo Pasicolan. February 28, 2003 (Backgrounder #1629).

The Millennium Challenge Account: Linking Aid with Economic Freedom. Paolo Pasicolan and Sara J. Fitzgerald. October 18, 2002. The Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder #1602.

The Millennium Challenge Account: An Opportunity to Advance Development in Poor Nations.Brett D. Schaefer. July 12, 2002. Heritage Foundation. Heritage Lecture #753.

Millennium Challenge Account. Andrew S. Natsios. Testimony by the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Washington, D.C., March 4, 2003.

Foreign Aid and the National Interest.  Andrew Natsios and Larry Diamond. Hoover Digest, Winter 2004. How should the United States approach foreign aid? Andrew Natsios and Hoover fellow Larry Diamond recommend tough love.

Challenging Orthodoxy: Changing Perspectives on Development. Andrew S. Natsios. Remarks by the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. London, October 21, 2002.

Making the Millennium Challenge Account Work for Africa. Lael Brainard & Allison Driscoll. September 2003. Brookings Institution

The Millennium Challenge Account and Foreign Assistance: Transformation or More Confusion? Spring 2003. Lael Brainard. Brookings Review

A Better Way to Fight Global Poverty – Broadening the Millennium Challenge Account. Gene Sperling and Tom Hart. Foreign Affairs, March-April 2003.

Millennium Challenge Account. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, February 2003

Millennium Challenge Account. Bread for the World Institute.

The MCA and Africa. Bread for the World.

How U.S. Charities View President Bush's New Development Assistance Proposal. March 6, 2003. Charles  MacCormack. Testimony by the president and CEO of Save the Children before the House International Relations Committee.

The Millennium Challenge Account: A New Way to Aid. March 4, 2003. Mary McClymont. Testimony by the president and CEO of InterAction before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Millennium Challenge Account. John B. Taylor. Testimony by the Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Washington, D.C., March 4, 2003.

The Millennium Challenge Account. March 4, 2003. Alan Larson. Statement by the Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agriculture Affairs before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Alexey Semyonov, The Millennium Challenge Account: A New Way to Conceive of Foreign Aid?, The National Interest.