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    <title><![CDATA[Success Stories | Millennium Challenge Corporation]]></title>
    <link>http://www.mcc.gov/pages/press/successstories</link>
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    <dc:creator>callahanme@mcc.gov</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2013</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2013-05-14T17:54:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Women and Land: A Winning Combination for Economic Growth]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/results-2013002134801-mongolia-women-and-land.pdf</link>
      <guid>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/results-2013002134801-mongolia-women-and-land.pdf</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[MCC's $27 million Property Rights Project in Mongolia is working to increase women’s awareness of the importance and benefits of owning land, and it is helping to empower women as economic actors.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Success Story, Post to 'News' section of home page,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-24T16:05:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Clean Water Transforms Mozambican Community]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/results-2013002132701-clean-water-mozambique.pdf</link>
      <guid>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/results-2013002132701-clean-water-mozambique.pdf</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Men and women throughout Mecupes describe the arrival of clean water as a monumental event. Before the arrival of Mecupes’ water point, the search for water from nearby rivers took hours—much as it does across rural Mozambique.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Donors, Educators, Foreign Citizens, Foreign Governments, Foreign Press, Interagency, Non-Governmental Organizations, Researchers, Think Tanks, U.S. Citizens, U.S. Congress, U.S. Press, MCA-Mozambique, Foreign Aid, Gender, Impact, Investment, Process, Results, Smart Aid, Success Story, Mozambique, Compact, Africa, Objective, Outcome, Output, Process, Qualitative, Quantitative, Community Services, Program Administration and Oversight, Water Supply and Sanitation, First, Implementation, Country Ownership, Economic Growth, Income Increases, Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Development, Post to 'News' section of home page,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-03-21T14:29:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[One Step Closer to Achieving Gender Equality in Lesotho]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/results-2012002131501-gender-equality-in-lesotho.pdf</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Legal Capacity of Married Person’s Act of 2006, landmark legislation that the Millennium Challenge Corporation helped pass, brings gender equality one step closer in Lesotho.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[MCA-Lesotho, Results, Success Story, Lesotho, Africa, Post to 'News' section of home page,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-03-15T13:25:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[MCC, Lesotho and Gender: What People are Saying]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/results-2012002131601-lesotho-gender-wpas.pdf</link>
      <guid>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/results-2012002131601-lesotho-gender-wpas.pdf</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[MCA-Lesotho developed a comprehensive strategy as part of the Gender Equality Activity to promote increased understanding and acceptance of gender equality and to ensure equal access to economic resources and opportunities.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[MCA-Lesotho, Success Story, Lesotho, Post to 'News' section of home page,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-03-11T16:26:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Reliable Maps and Surveying Systems Create Opportunities for Burkina Faso]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/action-2013002130901-burkina-faso-land.pdf</link>
      <guid>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/action-2013002130901-burkina-faso-land.pdf</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[MCC’s five-year, $481 million compact with Burkina Faso includes the $59.9 million Rural Land Governance Project, aimed at improving land management and land-tenure security. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[MCA-Burkina Faso, Success Story, Burkina Faso, Compact, Africa, Property Rights and Land Policy, First, Post to 'News' section of home page,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-27T20:19:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Increasing Accountability and Transparency in Procurement Processes in Paraguay]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/Paraguay_Success_Story.pdf</link>
      <guid>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/Paraguay_Success_Story.pdf</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Paraguay’s recently completed Stage II Threshold Program strengthened procurement processes and accountability measures in 12 key government ministries and public offices.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Success Story,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-13T19:06:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indigenous Minority Group and Tourism Sector Partner To Create a Future Of Shared Opportunity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/success-2012002112101-namibia-etosha-tourism.pdf</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Hai//om San are an indigenous minority group who historically hunted and gathered food in present-day Etosha National Park, the largest national park in northern Namibia. MCC is creating tourism-based livelihood opportunities for the Hai//om San.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Success Story,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-27T16:50:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[MCC Completes First Major Build-Operate- Transfer Project Financing In Jordan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/action-2012-002-1136-01-first-major-build-operate-transfer-project.pdf</link>
      <guid>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/action-2012-002-1136-01-first-major-build-operate-transfer-project.pdf</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Jordan is among the world’s driest countries. Water scarcity impacts every aspect of daily life. In response, MCC is expanding the As-Samra wastewater treatment facility by financing a major build-operate-transfer project.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Businesses, MCA-Jordan, Success Story, Jordan, Compact, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, Finance and Enterprise Development, Water Supply and Sanitation, First, Implementation, Economic Growth, Sustainable Development,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-09-12T22:30:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Functional Literacy Unlocks Business Opportunities for Moroccan Weavers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/results-2012-002-1135-01-functional-literacy.pdf</link>
      <guid>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/results-2012-002-1135-01-functional-literacy.pdf</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[MCC’s $32.8 million Literacy and Vocational Education Activity seeks to help fishers, smallholder farmers and artisans in the most economically disadvantaged areas of Morocco, where illiteracy is particularly prevalent.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[MCA-Morocco (APP), Foreign Aid, Gender, Impact, Success Story, Morocco, Compact, Africa, Education, First, Economic Growth,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-09-04T21:29:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Country Ownership:Sharing Risk and Leveraging Resources in the Medina of Fez]]></title>
      <link>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/headway-2012002112201-countryownershipmedinaoffez.pdf</link>
      <guid>http://www.mcc.gov/documents/press/headway-2012002112201-countryownershipmedinaoffez.pdf</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Fez Medina activity is an ambitious and challenging undertaking. The project includes renovating four 14th and 15th century fondouks as well as a public square—all intended to improve livelihoods for artisans and to revitalize the medina.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[MCA-Morocco (APP), Results, Success Story, Morocco, Milestone, Compact, Africa, Output, Infrastructure, First, Implementation, Economic Growth,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-08-06T11:30:57+00:00</dc:date>
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