MCC and the Government of The Gambia signed a $25 million Threshold Program on November 16 following the successful conclusion of negotiations during the COP26 Climate Change Conference.
The grant program will support The Gambia's efforts to achieve universal energy access by 2025, prioritizing imports and renewable energy sources – especially domestic solar generation – to help the country meet its Nationally Determined Contributions to curb greenhouse gases.
MCC's Acting Chief Executive Officer Mahmoud Bah and The Gambia's Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Mambury Njie presided over the virtual ceremony and celebrated the positive impact this grant program will have on reducing poverty and promoting sustainable economic growth by building a climate-resilient electricity sector. | |  | On Development Podcast: Episode 7 In this episode, Aysha House, MCC Vice President for Congressional and Public Affairs, talks with Dan Barnes, the Managing Director for Selection, Eligibility, and Policy Performance at MCC. The discussion covers the selection process for MCC grant assistance, from the Board's examination of a country's performance on 20 independent and transparent policy indicators (MCC's "Scorecard") to other factors that impact initial selection and a country's ongoing eligibility. | | | MCC Deputy CEO Alexia Latortue accompanied a delegation from the White House that visited Dakar, Senegal on Friday, November 5, 2021. Latortue joined White House Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics Daleep Singh as part of a listening tour to discuss and understand the infrastructure needs of Senegal and the West African region, as well as the optimal means of joining forces with infrastructure projects under the initiative Build Back Better World (B3W). | | | The education system in Guatemala faces many challenges and is an important factor that prevents many Guatemalans from rising out of poverty. Limited schools and secondary teachers who do not have a solid mastery of the subjects they teach are just some of the hurdles. With these challenges in mind, MCC partnered with the Government of Guatemala to revamp the country's education system as part of the MCC - Guatemala Threshold Program. | | | |
Acting CEO Mahmoud Bah, Deputy CEO Alexia Latortue and other members of MCC's senior leadership team met with Dr. Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, the President of Kosovo, and Valdet Sadiku, Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy of Kosovo in the U.S., to discuss the ongoing $49 million MCC-Kosovo threshold program.
The delegation also discussed the proposed MCC-Kosovo Compact, outlining the steps required to finalize and sign the compact in 2022.
| | | | USAID Administrator Samantha Power shared her new vision for global development focused on increasing local partnership and participation and making development more inclusive of marginalized groups.
The address, which took place at Georgetown University before an in-person crowd and was streamed to thousands online, was Power's first major speech as administrator. (Devex) | | | |
U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Stephanie Sullivan joined Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry Michael Okyere Baafi, and other Ghanaian officials to formally inaugurate the new Air Conditioner and Refrigerator Test Laboratory at the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) today. MCC funded $1.84 million for the project under the Ghana Power Compact, and the GSA contributed $45,000.
The MCC - Ghana Power Compact is investing more than $25 million in advancing energy efficiency programs in Ghana.
| | | The United States and Senegal established diplomatic relations in 1960 and maintain a partnership based on our shared ideals of democracy, religious and social tolerance, good governance, and economic prosperity. The $550 million MCC - Senegal Power Compact, which began its implementation phase earlier this year, plays an important role in that partnership. | | | | | | |
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