78 FR 183 pgs. 57889-57903 - Notice of Quarterly Report (April 1 2013-June 30, 2013)

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Type: NOTICEVolume: 78Number: 183Pages: 57889 - 57903

Docket number: [MCC FR 13-07]

FR document: [FR Doc. 2013-22936 Filed 9-19-13; 8:45 am]

Agency: Millennium Challenge Corporation

Official PDF Version: PDF Version

Pages: 57889, 57890, 57891, 57892, 57893, 57894, 57895, 57896, 57897, 57898, 57900, 57901, 57902, 57903

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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

[MCC FR 13-07]

Notice of Quarterly Report (April 1 2013-June 30, 2013)

AGENCY:

Millennium Challenge Corporation.

SUMMARY:

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is reporting for the quarter April 1, 2013, through June 30, 2013, on assistance provided under section 605 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq. ), as amended (the Act), and on transfers or allocations of funds to other federal agencies under section 619(b) of the Act. The following report will be made available to the public by publication in the Federal Register and on the Internet Web site of the MCC ( www.mcc.gov ) in accordance with section 612(b) of the Act.

Dated: September 16, 2013.

Paul C. Weinberger,

Vice President, Congressional and Public Affairs, Millennium Challenge Corporation.

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Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements	Measures²
Country: Burkina Faso Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $478,696,259
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Burkina Faso Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ $33,949,891
Roads Project	$194,130,681	Enhance access to markets through investments in the road network	$61,770,826	International Roughness Index: Sabou-Koudougou-Perkoa-Didyr. International Roughness Index: Dedougou-Nouna-Bomborukuy-Nouna Border. International Roughness Index: Banfora-Sindou. Kilometers of road under works contract (primary roads). Access time to the closest market via paved roads in the Sourou and Comoe (minutes). Kilometers of road under works contract (rural roads). Personnel trained in procurement, contract management and financial systems.
				Periodic road maintenance coverage rate (for all funds) (percent).
Rural Land Governance Project	$59,934,615	Increase investment in land and rural productivity through improved land tenure security and land management	$23,680,863	Trend in incidence of conflict over land rights reported in the 17 pilot communes (annual rate of change in the occurrence of conflicts over land rights). Legal and regulatory reforms adopted. Stakeholders reached by public outreach efforts. Personnel trained. Rural land service offices installed and functioning. Rural hectares formalized.
				Extent of confidence in land tenure security (percent).
Agriculture Development Project	$141,910,059	Expand the productive use of land in order to increase the volume and value of agricultural production in project zones	$77,934,993	New irrigated perimeters developed in Di (hectares). Value of contracts for irrigation systems works disbursed. Water users' associations leaders trained in the Sourou. Farmers trained in improved agriculture and livestock production techniques. Households that have applied improved agriculture and livestock production techniques.
				Agro-sylvo-pastoral groups that receive technical assistance.
				Loans provided by the rural finance facility.
				Volume of loans made to end borrowers by participating financial institutions using Rural Finance Facility funds (millions of U.S. dollars).
Bright II Schools Project	$26,582,359	Increase primary school completion rates	$26,582,359	Girls and boys graduating from BRIGHT II primary schools. Percent of girls regularly attending (90 percent attendance) BRIGHT II schools.
				Girls enrolled in the MCC/USAID-supported BRIGHT II schools.
				Boys enrolled in the MCC/USAID-supported BRIGHT II schools.
				Educational facilities constructed or rehabilitated.
				Teachers trained through 10 provincial workshops.
Program Administration³ and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation	$56,138,545		$38,605,722
Pending Subsequent Report⁴			$1,205,924

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Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements	Measures²
Country: Cape Verde II Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $66,230,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Cape Verde II Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ $685,182
Land Management for Investment Projects	$17,260,000	Increased investments in and value of property; improved ease of doing business; increased investments and value added in tourism; increased employment	$521,324	Number of legal and regulatory reforms adopted. Number of stakeholders receiving formal on the job training or technical assistance regarding roles, responsibilities or new technologies. Field test of "Fieldwork Operations Manual" and methodology completed on Sal.
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Project	$41,030,000	Increased access to improved water and sanitation; reduced household costs for water; reduced incidence of waterborne disease; improved capital accumulation; increase productive government spending	$142,732	Value of implicit subsidy reduction. Service coverage by corporatized utilities (percent). Operating cost coverage (percent) (operational revenue/annual operating costs). Continuity of service (average hours of service per day for water supply). Objective measure of water quality (randomized water samples, fecal coliform counts, number per 100 mL). Non-revenue water for multiple municipal utility/utilities.
				Individuals adopting improved water, sanitation, and hygiene behaviors and practices (percent).
				Value of signed water and sanitation construction contracts.
				Percent disbursed of water and sanitation construction contracts.
Program Administration³ and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation	$7,940,000		$1,008,373
Not Applicable			$60,168

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Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements	Measures²
Country: El Salvador Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $449,566,762
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA El Salvador Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ -$194,700
Human Development Project	$84,210,866	Increase human and physical capital of residents of the Northern Zone to take advantage of employment and business opportunities	$84,210,865	Non-formal trained students that complete the training. Students participating in MCC-supported education activities. Additional school female students enrolled in MCC-supported activities. Instructors trained or certified through MCC-supported activities.
				Educational facilities constructed/rehabilitated and/or equipped through MCC-supported activities
				Households with access to improved water supply.
				Households with access to improved sanitation.
				Persons trained in hygiene and sanitary best practices.
				Households benefiting from a connection to the electricity network.
				Households benefiting from the installation of isolated solar systems.
				Kilometers of new electrical lines with construction contracts signed.
				Population benefiting from strategic infrastructure (number of people).
Connectivity Project	$270,051,380	Reduce travel cost and time within the Northern Zone, with the rest of the country, and within the region	$270,051,380	Average annual daily traffic on the Northern Transnational Highway. Travel time from Guatemala to Honduras through the Northern Zone (hours and minutes). Kilometers of roads completed.
Productive Development Project	$65,973,922	Increase production and employment in the Northern Zone	$65,973,922	Employment created (number of jobs). Investment in productive chains by selected beneficiaries (U.S. dollars).
				Hectares under production with MCC support.
				Beneficiaries of technical assistance and training.
				Amount of Investment Support Fund (FIDENORTE) approved.
				Value of agricultural loans to farmers/agribusiness.
				Value of loans guaranteed.
				Guarantees granted.
Program Administration³ and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation	$29,330,595		$29,330,595
Pending Subsequent Report⁴

Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative expenditures	Measures²
Country: Georgia⁵ Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $387,149,610
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Georgia Total Quarterly Expenditures: ¹ $0
Regional Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project	$309,877,104	Key Regional Infrastructure Rehabilitated	$309,899,714	Savings in vehicle operating costs. International roughness index. Annual average daily traffic.
				Travel time.
				Kilometers of road completed.
				Sites rehabilitated (phases I, II, III)-pipeline.
				Construction works completed (phase II)-pipeline.
				Savings in household expenditures for all regional infrastructure development subprojects.
				Population served by all RID subprojects.
				RID subprojects completed.
				Value of grant agreements signed.
				Subprojects with works initiated.
Regional Enterprise Development Project	$52,034,500	Enterprises in Regions Developed	$52,040,699	Jobs created by Agribusiness Development Activity (ADA) and by Georgia Regional Development Fund (GRDF). Household net income-ADA and GRDF. Number of enterprises assisted. Jobs created-ADA. Firm income-ADA.
				Household net income-ADA.
				Number of direct beneficiaries.
				Number of indirect beneficiaries.
				Grant agreements signed-ADA.
				Increase in gross revenues of portfolio companies.
				Increase in portfolio company employees.
				Increase in wages paid to the portfolio company employees.
				Portfolio companies.
				Amount of grant funds disbursed.
				Funds disbursed to the portfolio companies.
Program Administration² , Due Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation	$25,238,005		$25,238,005
Pending subsequent reports³			$101

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Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements	Measures²
Country: Ghana Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $536,288,969
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Ghana Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ $0
Agriculture Project	$188,958,630	Enhance profitability of cultivation, services to agriculture and product handling in support of the expansion of commercial agriculture among groups of smallholder farms	$188,666,884	Farmers trained in commercial agriculture. Additional hectares irrigated with MCC support. Hectares under production with MCC support. Kilometers of feeder road completed. Percent of contracted road works disbursed: feeder roads. Value of loans disbursed to clients from agriculture loan fund. Portfolio-at-risk of Agriculture Loan Fund (percent).
				Cooling facilities installed.
				Percent of value of contracted irrigation works disbursed.
				Parcels surveyed in the Pilot Land Registration.
				Land parcels registered in the Pilot Land Registration Areas.
				Volume of products passing through post-harvest treatment (metric tons).
Rural Development Project	$76,157,856	Strengthen the rural institutions that provide services complementary to, and supportive of, agricultural and agriculture business development	$75,903,274	Students enrolled in schools affected by Education Facilities Sub-Activity. Agricultural facilities in target districts with electricity due to Rural Electrification Activity. Additional female students enrolled in schools affected by Education Facilities Sub-Activity, Individuals completing internships at ministries, departments and agencies and metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies. School blocks rehabilitated and constructed.
				Distance to collect water (meters).
				Households with access to improved water supply.
				Water points constructed.
				Kilometers of electricity lines identified and diligence.
				Inter-bank transactions.
				Rural banks automated under the Automation/Computerization and Interconnectivity of Rural Banks activity.
				Rural banks connected to the wide area network.
Transportation Project	$231,056,120	Reduce the transportation costs affecting agriculture commerce at sub-regional levels	$224,364,904	N1 Highway: annualized average daily traffic. N1 Highway: kilometers of road completed. N1 Highway: Travel time at peak hours (minutes). N1 Highway: Vehicles per hour at peak hours. Trunk roads kilometers of roads completed.
				Percent disbursed of contracted trunk road works.
				Ferry activity: annualized average daily traffic vehicles.
				Ferry activity: annual average daily traffic (passengers).
				Percent of contracted road works disbursed: N1.
				Percent of contracted work disbursed: ferry and floating dock.
				Percent of contracted work disbursed: landings and terminals.
Program Administration³ , Due Diligence, Monitoring and Evaluation	$43,816,363		$43,816,360
Pending subsequent reports⁴	-$3,700,000		$3,537,546

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Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements
Country: Indonesia Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $600,000,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Indonesia Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ $23,842,743
Community Nutrition Project	$131,500,000	need objectives and measures	$22,457,048
Green Prosperity Project	$332,500,000		$40,280
Program Administration³ and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation	$86,000,000		$2,661,266
Pending subsequent reports⁴			$124,820

Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements	Measures²
Country: Jordan Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $275,100,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Jordan Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ $6,349,039
Water Network Project	$102,570,034	Improve the overall drinking water system efficiency in Jordan's Zarqa Governorate	$1,930,222	Network water consumption per capita (residential and non-residential); liters/capita/day. Operating cost coverage-Water Authority Jordan Zarqa.
				Non-revenue water (percent).
				Continuity of supply time; hours per week.
				Restructure and rehabilitate primary and secondary pipelines (kilometers).
				Restructure and rehabilitate tertiary pipelines (kilometers).
				Value disbursed of water construction contracts-Infrastructure Activity and Water Smart Homes Activity.
				Number of National Aid Fund households with improved water and wastewater network.
				Number of National Aid Fund households connected to the wastewater network as a result of the Water Smart Homes Activity.
Wastewater Network Project	$54,274,261	Improve the overall waste water system efficiency in Jordan's Zarqa Governorate	$8,282,788	Sewer blockage events (annual). Volume of wastewater collected; cubic meters/year/million. Residential population connected to the sewer system.
				Expand network (kilometers).
				Value disbursed of sanitation construction contracts.
As Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Project	$98,703,598	Increase the volume of treated waste water available as a substitute for fresh water in agriculture use	$28,991,700	Treated wastewater used in agriculture (as a percent of all water used for irrigation in Northern and Middle Jordan Valley). Value disbursed of construction contracts. Total engineering, procurement and construction cost of As-Samra expansion.
Program Administration³ and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation	$19,552,107		$1,577,925
Pending subsequent reports⁴			$294,046

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Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements	Measures²
Country: Lesotho Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $362,551,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Lesotho Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ $19,046,425
Water Project	$167,886,999	Improve the water supply for industrial and domestic needs, and enhance rural livelihoods through improved watershed management	$111,678,399	Physical completion of Metolong water treatment works contract (percent). Physical completion of urban water supply works contracts (percent). People with access to rural water supply. Ventilated improved pit latrines built. Households with provisions to connect to water networks.
				Non-revenue water (percent).
				Knowledge of good hygiene practices (percent).
				Water points constructed.
Health Project	$121,377,822	Increase access to life-extending antiretroviral therapy and essential health services by providing a sustainable delivery platform	$90,685,461	People with HIV still alive 12 months after initiation of treatment. Health centers with required staff complement (full-time employees). Tuberculosis notification (per 100,000 people). Health centers equipped. Deliveries conducted in the health facilities.
				Physical completion of health center facilities (percent).
				Physical completion of outpatient departments (percent).
				Physical completion of the Botsabelo facilities (percent).
Private Sector Development Project	$27,386,469	Stimulate investment by improving access to credit, reducing transaction costs and increasing the participation of women in the economy	$20,827,192	Time required to resolve commercial disputes (number of days). Cases filed at the commercial court. Debit/smart cards issued. Bonds registered. Urban land parcels regularized and registered. People trained on gender equality and economic rights.
				Stakeholders trained.
				Change in time for property transactions (percent).
				Women holding titles to land.
Program Administration³ and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation	$45,899,709		$34,839,137
Pending Subsequent Report⁴			$342,818

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Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements	Measures²
Country: Mali Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $435,628,223
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mali Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ $0
Bamako-Senou Airport Improvement Project	$143,403,391		$143,403,391	Annual foreign visitors, non-residents. Percent of work completed on the airside infrastructure. Percent of work completed on the landside infrastructure.
				Security and safety deficiencies corrected at the airport.
Alatona Irrigation Project	$252,895,691	Increase the agricultural production and productivity in the Alatona zone of the Office du Niger	$252,895,691	Cultivation intensity during the dry season (percent). Value of agricultural products sold by farmers (millions of francs CFA). Percent of works completed on Niono-Goma Coura road. Hectares under new irrigation.
				Percent of contracted irrigation construction works disbursed.
				Market gardens allocated in Alatona zones to populations affected by the project or New Settler women.
				Five-hectare farms distributed to new settlers.
				Rural hectares formalized.
				Net primary school enrollment rate (in Alatona zone).
				Functional producer organization.
				Hectares under production (rainy season).
				Hectares under production (dry season).
				Organisation d'exploitation des reseaux secondaires or water user associations established.
				Active microfinance institution clients.
Industrial Park Project	$2,637,472	Terminated	$2,637,472
Program Administration³ and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation	$36,691,668		$36,691,670
Pending Subsequent Report⁴
On May 4, 2012, the MCC Board of Directors concurred with the recommendation of MCC to terminate the Mali Compact following the undemocratic change of government in the country.

Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements	Measures²
Country: Moldova Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $262,000,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Moldova Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ $7,679,511
Road Rehabilitation Project	$132,840,000	Enhance transportation conditions	$21,346,259	Reduced cost for road users. Average annual daily traffic.
				Road maintenance expenditure.
				Kilometers of roads completed.
				Percent of contracted roads works disbursed.
				Children participants in the road safety trainings.
				Resettlement action plans implemented.
				Final design (date received).
				Trafficking in persons training participants.
Transition to High Value Agriculture Project	$101,773,402	Increase incomes in the agricultural sector; create models for transition to high value agriculture in centralized irrigation system areas and an enabling environment (legal, financial and market) for replication	$16,496,367	Hectares under improved or new irrigation. Centralized irrigation systems rehabilitated. Percent of contracted irrigation feasibility and/or design studies disbursed. Value of irrigation feasibility and/or detailed design contracts signed. Water user associations achieving financial sustainability. Management transfer agreements signed. Revised water management policy framework-with long-term water rights defined-established. Contracts of association signed.
				New high value agriculture infrastructure in place (metric tons of cold storage capacity).
				Loans past due.
				Value of agricultural and rural loans.
				Loan borrowers.
				Loan borrowers (female).
				Value of sales facilitated.
				Farmers that have applied improved techniques (Growing High Value Agriculture Sales [GHS]).
				Farmers that have applied improved techniques (GHS) (female).
				Farmers trained.
				Farmers trained (female).
				Enterprises assisted.
				Enterprises assisted (female).
Program Administration³ and Monitoring and Evaluation	$27,386,598		$8,770,110
Pending Subsequent Report⁴			$85,150

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Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements	Measures²
Country: Mongolia Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $284,894,187
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mongolia Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ $14,270,048
Property Rights Project	$28,777,619	Increase security and capitalization of land assets held by lower-income Mongolians, and increased peri-urban herder productivity and incomes	$24,293,451	Wells completed. Legal and regulatory reforms adopted. Stakeholders trained (Peri-Urban and Land Plots). Herder groups limiting their livestock population to the carrying capacity of their leases on semi-intensive farms. Cost for property transactions (first time) (U.S. dollars). Urban parcels formalized.
				Stakeholders trained (Ger Area Land Plots).
				Leaseholds awarded.
Vocational Education Project	$50,197,859	Increase employment and income among unemployed and underemployed Mongolians	$44,106,552	Students participating in MCC-supported educational facilities. Nongovernmental funding of vocational education (percent). Instructors trained or certified through MCC-supported activities.
				Educational facilities constructed/rehabilitated or equipped through MCC-supported activities.
Health Project	$42,045,259	Increase the adoption of behaviors that reduce noncommunicable diseases and injuries (NCDIs) among target populations and improved medical treatment and control of NCDIs	$31,725,167	Screening for hypertension (percent). Civil society mobilization (grants) (U.S. dollars). Early detections of cervical cancer-early diagnosis. Training of health staff by MCA Mongolia. Capacity of school teachers. Improved services in non-communicable disease-primary health care facilities (percent).
Roads Project	$84,961,586	More efficient transport for trade and access to services	$43,506,460	Kilometers of roads completed. Kilometers of roads under design. Percent of contracted roads works disbursed.
Energy and Environmental Project	$41,518,019	Increased wealth and productivity through greater fuel use efficiency and decreasing health costs from air	$39,877,446	Wind power dispatched from substation (million kilowatt hours). Heat only boilers sites upgraded. Stoves distributed by MCA Mongolia.
Rail Project	$369,560	Terminated	$369,560	Terminated.
Program Administration³ and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation	$37,024,286		$28,327,092
Pending subsequent reports⁴			$3,905,305

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Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements	Measures²
Country: Morocco Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $697,500,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Morocco Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ $55,626,184
Fruit Tree Productivity Project	$339,987,321	Reduce volatility of agricultural production and increase volume of fruit agricultural production	$261,807,300	Farmers trained. Olive and date producers assisted. Percent of virgin and extra virgin olive oil of total olive oil production in targeted areas.
				Number of Catalyst Fund proposals approved.
				Disbursements under the Catalyst Fund (U.S. dollars).
				Average agricultural revenue per farm in rehabilitation rain-fed areas (U.S. dollars).
				Area planted and delivered to farmers (hectares).
				Area in expansion perimeters for which water and soil conservation measures have been implemented (hectares).
				Yield of rehabilitated olive trees in rain-fed areas (metric tons per hectare) ("mt/ha").
				Average agricultural revenue per farm in irrigated areas.
				Cumulative area of irrigated perimeters rehabilitated (hectares).
				Yield of rehabilitated olive trees in irrigated areas (mt/ha).
				Average agricultural revenue per farm in oasis areas.
				Hectares under improved irrigation.
				Yield of rehabilitated date palms in oasis areas (mt/ha).
				Number of in-vitro seedlings successfully planted.
Small Scale Fisheries Project	$122,488,658	Improve quality of fish moving through domestic channels and assure the sustainable use of fishing resources	$76,241,887	Boats benefitting from landing sites and ports. Number of artisan fishers who received a training certificate. Number of jobs created in wholesale fish markets. Per capita fish consumption in areas of new market construction (kg/year).
				Active mobile fish vendors trained and equipped by the project.
				Average price of fish at auction markets.
				Net annual income of mobile fish vendors.
Artisan and Fez Medina Project	$96,149,856	Increase value added to tourism and artisan sectors	$58,262,752	Total receiving literacy training. Graduates of MCC-supported functional literacy program (female).
				Graduates of MCC-supported functional literacy program (male).
				Total receiving professional training.
				Females receiving professional training.
				Graduates vocational training program (residential, apprenticeship and continuing education).
				Drop-out rates of participants of residential and apprenticeship programs.
				Potters trained.
				MCC-subsidized gas kilns bought by artisans.
				Adoption rate of improved production practices promoted by the project (percent).
				Tourist circuits improved or created.
				Number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that append the label on their products.
				Number of SMEs participating in promotion events.
				Sites constructed or rehabilitated (4 Fondouks, Place Lalla Ydouna, Ain Nokbi).
				Beneficiaries of Ain Nokbi construction and artisan resettlement program.
Enterprise Support Project	$15,042,301	Improved survival rate of new small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and National Initiative for Human Development (INDH)-funded income generating activities; increased revenue for new SMEs and INDH-funded income generating activities	$14,822,877	Survival rate after two years (percent). Days of individual coaching (total days). Beneficiaries trained.
Financial Services Project	$44,175,252	To be determined	$33,456,957	Portfolio at risk at 30 days (percent).
				Value of loans granted through mobile branches (U.S. dollars).
				Clients of microcredit associations reached through mobile branches.
				Value of loan agreements between micro credit associations and Jaida (millions of dirhams).
				Value of loan disbursements to Jaida.
Program Administration³ and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation	$79,656,612		$59,164,695
Pending Subsequent Report⁴			$4,811,155

Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements	Measures²
Country: Mozambique Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $506,924,053
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Mozambique Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ $49,438,726
Water Supply and Sanitation Project	$207,385,393	Increase access to reliable and quality water and sanitation facilities	$144,872,115	Value of municipal sanitation and drainage systems construction contracts signed. Amount disbursed for municipal sanitation and drainage construction contracts.
				Volume of water produced.
				Value of contracts signed for construction of water systems.
				Percent of construction contract disbursed for water systems.
				Rural water points constructed.
				Percent of rural population of the six intervention districts with access to improved water sources.
				Amount disbursed for rural water points construction contracts.
				Persons trained in hygiene and sanitary best practices.
Road Rehabilitation Project	$176,307,480	Increase access to productive resources and markets	$94,375,668	Percent of roads works contracts disbursed. Kilometers of roads issued "Take-over Certificates".
Land Tenure Project	$40,068,307	Establish efficient, secure land access for households and investors	$33,078,332	People trained (paralegal courses at Centre for Juridical and Judicial Training, general training at National Directorate of Land and Forest, etc. ).
				Land administration offices established or upgraded.
				Rural hectares mapped.
				Urban parcels mapped.
				Rural hectares formalized.
				Urban parcels formalized.
				Communities delimited.
Farmer Income Support Project	$19,250,117	Improve coconut productivity and diversification into cash crop	$16,755,203	Coconut seedlings planted. Survival rate of coconut seedlings (percent). Hectares of alternate crops under production.
				Farmers trained in surveillance and pest and disease control for coconuts.
				Farmers trained in alternative crop production and productivity enhancing strategies.
				Farmers trained in planting and post-planting management of coconuts.
				Farmers using alternative crop production and productivity enhancing strategies.
				Businesses receiving Business Development Fund grants.
Program Administration³ and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation	$63,912,756		$40,157,874
Pending Subsequent Report⁴			$3,009,654

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Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements	Measures²
Country: Namibia Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $304,477,815
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Namibia Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ $20,169,366
Education Project	$141,554,809	Improve the quality of the workforce in Namibia by enhancing the equity and effectiveness of basic	$82,626,351	Learners (any level) participating in the 47 schools sub-activity. Educational facilities constructed, rehabilitated, equipped in the 47 schools sub-activity. Percent of contracted construction works disbursed for 47 schools.
				Textbooks delivered.
				Educators trained to be textbook management trainers.
				Educators trained to be textbook utilization trainers.
				Percent disbursed against works contracts for Regional Study Resource Centers Activity.
				Visits to MCA Namibia assisted Regional Study and Resource Centres.
				Compliance rate for National Training Fund levy.
				Graduates from MCC-supported education activities.
				Percent disbursed against construction, rehabilitation, and equipment contracts for Community Skills and Development Centres.
				Namibia Student Financial Assistance Fund Policy in place (date).
Tourism Project	$68,579,170	Grow the Namibian tourism industry with a focus on increasing income to households in communal	$21,901,525	Tourists to Etosha National Park (ENP). Galton Gate Plan implemented (percent). Percent disbursed against construction, rehabilitation and equipment contracts for ENP housing units/management structures.
				Game translocated with MCA Namibia support.
				Unique visits on Namibia Tourism Board website.
				Leisure tourist arrivals.
				North American tourism businesses (travel agencies and tour operators) that offer Namibian tours or tour packages.
				Value of grants issued by the Conservancy Development Support Grant Fund (Namibian dollars).
				Amount of new private sector investment secured by MCA Namibia assisted conservancies (Namibian dollars).
				Annual gross revenue to conservancies receiving MCA Namibia assistance.
Agriculture Project	$51,439,491	Enhance the health and marketing efficiency of livestock in the NCAs of Namibia and to increase income	$27,544,761	Participating households registered in the Community-Based Rangeland and Livestock Management sub-activity. Grazing areas with documented combined management plans.
				Parcels corrected or incorporated in land system.
				Stakeholders trained.
				Cattle tagged with radio frequency identification tags.
				Percent disbursed against works contracts for State Veterinary Offices.
				Value of grant agreements signed under Livestock Market Efficiency Fund.
				Farmers trained.
				Value of grant agreements signed under Indigenous Natural Product Innovation Fund.
Program Administration³ and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation	$42,904,344		$24,689,146
Pending Subsequent Report⁴			$2,091,246

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Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements	Measures²
Country: Philippines Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $433,202,350
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Philippines Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ $16,393,465
Kalahi-CIDSS Project		Improve the responsiveness of local governments to community needs, encourage communities to engage in development activities		Percent of Municipal Local Government Units that provide funding support for Kalahi-CIDSS (KC) subproject operations and maintenance. Completed KC subprojects implemented in compliance with technical plans and within schedule and budget.
				Barangays that have completed specific training on subproject management and implementation.
Secondary National Roads Development Project	$213,785,350	Reduce transportation costs and improve access to markets and social services	$35,591,275	Kilometers of road sections completed. Bridges replaced. Bridges rehabilitated. Value of road construction contracts signed. Value of road construction contracts disbursed.
Revenue Administration Reform Project	$54,300,000	Increase tax revenues over time and support the Department of Finance's initiatives to detect and deter corruption within its revenue agencies	$5,463,951	Number of Audits. Revenue District Offices using the electronic tax information system. Percent of audit completed in compliance with prescribed period of 120 days. Percent of audit cases performed using automated audit tool.
				Successful case resolutions.
				Personnel charged with graft, corruption, lifestyle and/or criminal cases.
				Time taken to complete investigation (average).
Program Administration³ and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation	$45,117,000		$8,693,238
Pending Subsequent Reports⁴			$2,201,829
Community Development Grants Project	$120,000,000		$36,619,693

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Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements	Measures²
Country: Senegal Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $540,000,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Senegal Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ $27,079,579
Road Rehabilitation Project	$324,712,499	Expand access to markets and services	$44,082,155	Value of contracts signed for the feasibility, design, supervision and program management of the RN2 and RN6 National Roads.
				Percent of disbursements for the contract signed for the constructions of the RN 2 and RN6.
				Kilometers of roads rehabilitated on the RN2.
				Annual average daily traffic Richard-Toll-Ndioum.
				Percent change in travel time on the RN2.
				International Roughness Index on the RN2.
				Kilometers of roads covered by the contract for the studies, the supervision and management of the RN2.
				Kilometers of roads rehabilitated on the RN6.
				Annual average daily traffic Ziguinchor-Tanaff.
				Annual average daily traffic Tanaff-Kolda.
				Annual average daily traffic Kolda-Kounkané.
				Percent change in travel time on the RN6.
				International roughness index on the RN6 (lower number = smoother road).
				Kilometers of roads covered by the contract for the studies, the supervision and management of the RN6.
Irrigation and Water Resources Management Project	$170,008,860	Improve productivity of the agricultural sector	$15,087,482	Tons of irrigated rice production. Potentially irrigable lands area (Delta and Ngallenka). Hectares under production.
				Percent of the disbursements on the contracts signed for the studies in the Delta and the Ngallenka.
				Value of the construction contracts signed for the irrigation infrastructure in the Delta and the Ngallenka.
				Cropping intensity (hectares under production per year/cultivable hectares) (Delta and Ngallenka).
				Hectares mapped.
				New conflicts resolved (percent).
				People trained on land security tools.
				Women trained on land security tools.
Program Administration³ and Monitoring and Evaluation	$45,278,641		$12,868,838
Pending Subsequent Report⁴			$687,201

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Projects	Obligated	Objective	Cumulative disbursements	Measures²
Country: Tanzania Year: 2013 Quarter 3 Total Obligation: $698,136,000
Entity to which the assistance is provided: MCA Tanzania Total Quarterly Disbursements: ¹ $58,306,778
Energy Sector Project	$205,614,640	Increase value added to businesses	$165,361,906	Number of current power customers (Zanzibar). Transmission and distribution substations capacity (megawatt-peak) (Zanzibar).
				Technical and non-technical losses (Zanzibar) (percent).
				Kilometers of 132 kilovolt (KV) lines constructed (Zanzibar).
				Percent disbursed on overhead lines contract (Zanzibar).
				Number of Current power customers (Malagarasi/Kigoma).
				Capacity of photovoltaic systems installed (kilowatt-peak) (Malagarasi/Kigoma).
				Current power customers (all six project regions) (Mainland).
				Kilometers of 33/11KV lines constructed (Mainland).
				Transmission and distribution substations capacity (megavolt ampere) (all six project regions) (Mainland).
				Technical and nontechnical losses (Mainland and Kigoma) (percent).
				Cost recovery ratio (Mainland).
Transport Sector Project	$388,138,380	Increase cash crop revenue and aggregate visitor spending	$258,988,770	Percent disbursed on construction contracts. Surfacing complete: Tunduma-Sumbawanga (percent).
				Surfacing complete: Tanga-Horohoro (percent).
				Surfacing complete: Namtumba-Songea (percent).
				Surfacing complete: Permiho-Mbinga (percent).
				Kilometers of roads completed (taken over).
				Pemba: Percent disbursed on construction contract.
				Surfacing complete: Pemba (percent).
				Kilometers of roads completed (taken over): Zanzibar.
				Road maintenance expenditures: Mainland trunk roads (percent).
				Road maintenance expenditures: Zanzibar rural roads (percent).
				Runway surfacing complete (percent).
Water Sector Project	$65,027,607	Increase investment in human and physical capital and to reduce the prevalence of water-related disease	$45,508,381	Volume of water produced-Lower Ruvu (millions of liters per day). Operations and maintenance cost recovery-Lower Ruvu (percent). Volume of water produced-Morogoro (millions of liters per day).
				Operations and maintenance cost recovery-Morogoro (percent).
Program Administration³ and Control, Monitoring and Evaluation	$39,355,373		$30,964,944
Pending Subsequent Report⁴
¹ Disbursements are cash outlays rather than expenditures.
² These measures are the same Key Performance Indicators that MCC reports each quarter. The Key Performance Indicators may change over time to more accurately reflect compact implementation progress. The unit for these measures is "a number of" unless otherwise indicated.
³ Program administration funds are used to pay items such as salaries, rent, and the cost of office equipment.
⁴ These amounts represent disbursements made that will be allocated to individual projects in the subsequent quarter(s) and reported as such in subsequent quarterly report(s).
⁵ These compacts are closed; however, deobligations took place during the reporting period.
The following MCC compacts are closed and, therefore, do not have any quarterly disbursements: Armenia, Benin, Cape Verde I, Honduras, Madagascar, Nicaragua and Vanuatu.

United States agency to which funds were transferred or allocated	Amount	Description of program or project
None	None	None

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