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    <title><![CDATA[Speeches and Testimony | Millennium Challenge Corporation]]></title>
    <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/press/speeches</link>
    <description>Speeches and testimony given by MCC's CEO and other senior officials</description>
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    <dc:rights>Copyright 2013</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2013-05-15T12:58:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remarks by MCC CEO Daniel W. Yohannes at Private Sector Stakeholders Panel Discussion]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/speeches/speech/speech-5152013-privatesectorlesotho</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[MCC CEO Daniel W. Yohannes recognizes the private sector as a true partner in achieving and sustaining Lesotho's economic development.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[MCA-Lesotho, Speech, Lesotho, Completion Ceremony, Outcome, Health, Water Supply and Sanitation, First, Country Ownership, Economic Growth, Income Increases, Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Development,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-15T12:58:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remarks by MCC CEO Daniel W. Yohannes at Lesotho&#8217;s Compact Closeout Event]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/speeches/speech/speech-05132013-lesothocompactcloseout</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes celebrates the completion of Lesotho's compact by recognizing the country's commitment to policy reforms, partnerships and sustainability to make a lasting diffference in the lives of the Basotho people.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[MCA-Lesotho, Foreign Aid, Gender, Speech, Lesotho, Completion Ceremony, Compact, Africa, Finance and Enterprise Development, Health, Property Rights and Land Policy, Water Supply and Sanitation, First, Country Ownership, Economic Growth, Income Increases, Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Development,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-13T19:27:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remarks by MCC CEO Daniel W. Yohannes at Commissioning of Samaria Health Center]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/speeches/speech/speech-05132013-samariahealthlesotho</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes marks a milestone in the MCC-Lesotho compact partnership with the commissioning of the Samaria Health Center, reflecting MCC's commitment to bettter health in Lesotho as key for economic growth.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[MCA-Lesotho, Speech, Lesotho, Completion Ceremony, Milestone, Compact, Africa, Health, First, Country Ownership, Economic Growth, Income Increases, Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Development,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-13T13:05:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remarks by MCC CEO Daniel W. Yohannes at MCC&#8217;s 2013 Forum on Global Development]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/speeches/speech/speech-remarks-by-mcc-ceo-daniel-w.-yohannes-at-mccs-2013-forum-on-global-d</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes kicks off the 2013 Forum on Global Development by focusing on the power of partnerships to deliver sustainable results in the fight against global poverty.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-29T18:55:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Testimony of Daniel W. Yohannes, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Before The House Committee on Foreign Affairs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/speeches/speech/testimony-042513-house-foreign-affairs</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[CEO Daniel Yohannes appeared before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to discuss President Obama’s FY14 budget request for MCC. The $898.2 million request would allow MCC to support new compacts with Liberia, Morocco, Niger, Sierra Leone, and/or Tanzania.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Testimony,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-25T16:00:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remarks by MCC CEO Daniel W. Yohannes at Start of Rehabilitation Work in Casamance, Senegal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/speeches/speech/speech-04172013-casamance-senegal</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes travels to Casamance in Senegal to mark the beginning of work to rehabilitate a major highway and bridge as part of the Senegal-MCC compact. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[MCA-Senegal, Foreign Aid, Speech, Senegal, Milestone, Compact, Africa, Agriculture, Roads, Transportation, First, Country Ownership, Economic Growth, Income Increases, Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Development,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-17T17:10:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remarks by MCC CEO Daniel W. Yohannes at Private Sector Breakfast in Senegal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/speeches/speech/speech-04162013-senegal-private-sector</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes meets with the American and Senegalese private sector to stress the importance of engaging and partnering with them for sustainable development.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-16T13:16:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remarks by MCC CEO Daniel W. Yohannes at Compact Completion Event in Tanga]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/speeches/speech/speech-041313-tanzania-completion-tangahorohoro</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes returns to Tanga--having initiated works in 2010--to mark the opening of the Tanga-Horohoro road made possible through Tanzania's MCC compact.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[MCA-Tanzania, Speech, Tanzania, Compact, Output, Transportation, First, Country Ownership, Economic Growth, Income Increases, Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Development,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-13T11:48:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remarks by MCC CEO Daniel W. Yohannes at Compact Completion Event in Dodoma]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/speeches/speech/speech-4102013-tanzania-completion-dodoma</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes travels to the Dodoma region to visit Mkoka Village, which now benefits from reliable electricity thanks to the MCC compact, the Tanzanian government and U.S. company Pike Electric. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Business Opportunities, Foreign Citizens, Foreign Governments, Foreign Press, U.S. Citizens, MCA-Tanzania, Speech, Tanzania, Completion Ceremony, Output, Energy, First, Country Ownership, Economic Growth, Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Development,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-11T13:00:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Remarks by MCC CEO Daniel W. Yohannes at Compact Completion Event in Zanzibar]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/speeches/speech/speech-4102013-tanzaniacompletionzanzibar</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes travels to Zanzibar to mark the completion of an ambitious MCC-funded project to install a submarine power transmission cable that will bring reliable electricity to residents and businesses. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-10T13:34:43+00:00</dc:date>
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