Visa recognized for investing in sustainable development
Posted on April 25, 2012 by Daniel W. Yohannes, Chief Executive Officer
On behalf of MCC, I am proud that we will recognize Visa as the recipient of our first Corporate Award for demonstrating exemplary commitment to eradicating poverty in the developing world. We are impressed with their commitment to advancing financial inclusion
The path to promise
Posted on April 4, 2012 by Daniel W. Yohannes , Chief Executive Officer
I just returned from the inauguration of Senegal's new president, Macky Sall, which demonstrated the country's commitment to a strong and mature democracy and to a peaceful and orderly transfer of power.
Opening the gateway to opportunity
Posted on March 30, 2012 by Daniel Yohannes , Chief Executive Officer
By incentivizing the right policy conditions and generating an enabling environment for growth, MCC builds a Gateway to Opportunity for the world's poor and American businesses.
Innovation in water
Posted on May 9, 2012 by Jonathan Brooks, Managing Director for Europe, Asia, Pacific, and Latin America
A community irrigation system created with the help of MCC’s compact with Honduras recently received international recognition—the latest example of how MCC’s investments provide a model for sustainable poverty growth in our partner countries.
Opening data on freedom of information
Posted on May 2, 2012 by Alicia Phillips Mandaville, Director, Development Policy
In an effort to incorporate emerging policy areas and new data developed since MCC was established in 2004, we updated the scorecard system. We found creative methodologies and new datasets from the Open Net Initiative and FRINGE Special, which focused on trac
Will Mozambique be Africa’s next big growth economy?
Posted on April 6, 2012 by Patrick Fine, Vice President for Compact Operations
MCC's vice president of compact operations recently visited Mozambique and left optimistic about the country's economic future.
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