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    <title><![CDATA[Poverty Reduction Blog | Millennium Challenge Corporation]]></title>
    <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog</link>
    <description>MCC staff reports on MCC's impact</description>
    <dc:language>en</dc:language>
    <dc:creator>mcfarrenvr@mcc.gov</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2011</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2011-10-14T17:19:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Land rights bring economic development in Mali]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/land-rights-bring-economic-development-in-mali</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Secure land tenure is a key to poverty reduction. It can improve access to credit, increase incentives for better land management and investment, and allow people the ability to capitalize on their assets.
In some African countries, land “grabs” by large companies are a growing concern for small farmers, many of whom lack formal title to the land their families have used for generations.  In the struggle for land resources with big players, poor farmers are often on the losing end. But in Mali, MCC is helping the government strengthen the land rights of small farmers.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[MCA-Mali, Foreign Aid, Investment, Process, Blog Entry, Mali, Compact, Africa, Process, Property Rights and Land Policy, First, Implementation, Economic Growth, Income Increases, Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Development,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-07T17:28:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[From Paris to Practice: MCC’s Strategy to Stretch Aid Dollars]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/from-paris-to-practice-mccs-strategy-to-stretch-aid-dollars</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Six years after the signing of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, the question of how to enhance aid impact remains highly relevant as most of the largest donors reconvene in Busan.

 

The Millennium Challenge Corp. is a relative newcomer to the foreign assistance community. Described in principle at Monterrey in 2002 and established by U.S. legislation in 2004, MCC was designed to embody many of the Paris Declaration principles. MCC’s experience of putting these principles into practice suggests three ideas that deserve continued attention: better focus of aid dollars within countries, better assessment of the rationale for aid programs, and stronger commitment to evaluating the impact of aid programs.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Impact Evaluation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Contractors, Donors, Educators, Foreign Citizens, Foreign Governments, Foreign Press, Interagency, Non-Governmental Organizations, Researchers, Think Tanks, U.S. Citizens, U.S. Congress, U.S. Press, Foreign Aid, Impact, Investment, Process, Results, Smart Aid, Blog Entry, Outcome, Process, Qualitative, Quantitative, Country Ownership, Economic Growth, Income Increases, Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Development,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-02T17:13:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Heavy equipment donation means hands-on training for Mongolian students]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/heavy-equipment-donation-means-hands-on-training-for-mongolian-students</link>
      <guid>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/heavy-equipment-donation-means-hands-on-training-for-mongolian-students</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, seven technical and vocational schools in Mongolia received donations of more than $1.7 million in heavy equipment from the Department of Defense. In return, the students will be trained on usage, maintenance and repair to better prepare them to find jobs. This was the first time Mongolia has received equipment through the program.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Interagency Coordination, Foreign Citizens, Interagency, U.S. Citizens, MCA-Mongolia, MCC Board of Directors, Foreign Aid, Impact, Blog Entry, Mongolia, Training, Compact, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, Community Services, First, Implementation, Country Ownership, Economic Growth, Income Increases, Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Development,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-22T14:50:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[MCC Puts Aid Effectiveness Principles into Practice: Lessons on Country Ownership]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/blog-111811-aid-effectiveness</link>
      <guid>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/blog-111811-aid-effectiveness</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the development community looks outward to the upcoming Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea, MCC looks inward at its own experience putting two key Busan agenda items into practice: country ownership and development results.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Blog Entry,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-19T00:01:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Deepening MCC’s Commitment to Gender Equality]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/deepening-mccs-commitment-to-gender-equality</link>
      <guid>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/deepening-mccs-commitment-to-gender-equality</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When the Millennium Challenge Corporation released its hallmark policy scorecards last week, the occasion marked several firsts for us. In addition to transitioning to a new scorecard system, gender equality is elevated now as a key indicator in determining country eligibility and selection for MCC investments.

MCC remains at the forefront of prioritizing gender equality as key to effective development. Our success to date has been in first recognizing gender inequality as a constraint to economic growth and then integrating and operationalizing gender analyses in our work to maximize the effectiveness and sustainability of our investments to reduce poverty through growth. The new “Gender in the Economy” indicator takes this work to another level.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[MCA-Lesotho, Gender, Blog Entry, Lesotho, Income Increases, Poverty Reduction,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-18T14:29:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Take a second look at this year&#8217;s scorecards]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/take-a-second-look-at-this-years-scorecards</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Millennium Challenge Corporation just posted its hallmark policy scorecards  for the world’s low- and low-middle-income countries – and for the first time, MCC is publishing two scorecards for each country.

After more than a year of research and consultation, the MCC Board recently approved the transition to a new, updated scorecard. MCC is publishing both scorecards this year to make the change as transparent as possible.
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Country Selection, Foreign Governments, Foreign Press, Interagency, Non-Governmental Organizations, Researchers, U.S. Citizens, U.S. Congress, U.S. Press, Foreign Aid, Investment, Process, Smart Aid, Blog Entry, Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, Latin America,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-09T21:45:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Children of Morogoro]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/children-of-morogoro</link>
      <guid>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/children-of-morogoro</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Just out of school on a warm day, these boys take a rest under the shade of an old tree in Morogoro, Tanzania. They sit atop part of the dilapidated Mambogo water treatment plant from which their drinking water flows. Nestled against the Uluguru Mountains in the Tanzanian highlands, Morogoro is one of the largest and most picturesque towns in East Africa. Its water supply system, though, is undersized and the situation is quickly becoming worse as the population booms.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[MCA-Tanzania, Foreign Aid, Investment, Process, Blog Entry, Tanzania, Compact, Africa, Infrastructure, Water Supply and Sanitation, Implementation, Poverty Reduction,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-09T17:24:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[MCC Works to Improve Sustainability at Headquarters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/blog-102811-sustainability</link>
      <guid>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/blog-102811-sustainability</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[MCC promotes environmental sustainability as a core principle of economic growth in its partner countries. At our headquarters in Washington, DC, we've embraced environmental sustainability in our policies and operations as a key component of responsible stewardship of taxpayer dollars.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Interagency, Non-Governmental Organizations, Researchers, Think Tanks, U.S. Citizens, U.S. Congress, U.S. Press, MCC Board of Directors, MCC Executive Staff, Corporate Officer, Senior Staff, MCC Staff, Impact, Blog Entry, Open Government, Sustainable Development,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-28T19:49:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Winning Combination: Good Governance, Poverty Reduction and Economic Prosperity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/a-winning-combination</link>
      <guid>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/a-winning-combination</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It is fitting that this past Monday the Mo Ibrahim Foundation ended its two-year hiatus in awarding its prestigious Ibrahim Prize, which is reserved for African leaders who demonstrate a commitment to democracy, by recognizing former Cape Verde President Pedro Verona Rodrigues Pires. While President Pires deserves recognition for his years of leadership in various positions since Cape Verde’s independence in 1975, it is his most recent act of leadership in stepping down from office at the end of his second term to pave the way for the peaceful election of opposition candidate Jorge Carlos Fonseca that merits attention.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Educators, Foreign Citizens, Foreign Governments, Foreign Press, Interagency, Non-Governmental Organizations, Researchers, Think Tanks, U.S. Citizens, U.S. Congress, U.S. Press, MCA-Cape Verde, Blog Entry, Cape Verde, Compact, First, Africa, Governance, First, Completed, Country Ownership,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-14T17:19:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Linking Students to the Workforce]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/blog-101211-linking-students</link>
      <guid>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/povertyreductionblog/entry/blog-101211-linking-students</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite progress made in recent years, development in El Salvador’s northern zone has been hampered by gaps in education and training. Learn how MCC's compact with El Salvador is working to change that.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[MCA-El Salvador (FOMILENIO), Blog Entry, El Salvador, Compact, Latin America, First,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-14T14:52:28+00:00</dc:date>
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