Compact Programs
Countries identify the constraints to their country’s economic growth and use those as the basis for determining the projects defined in the country’s compact proposal. MCC collaborates with the country to study the cost-effectiveness of the projects outlined in the proposal, focusing on the ability of these projects to sustainably increase the incomes of that country’s citizens.
This information is translated into a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan for monitoring progress as the projects are implemented and evaluating whether they have achieved the targeted results once they are complete.
Threshold Programs
During the development of a threshold program, MCC provides a country’s government with an MCC Indicator Analysis. This analysis identifies the policies and events that may have affected the country’s standing on the MCC eligibility indicators, specifically focusing on those indicators where the country fell below the median.
Although the Indicator Analysis is not prescriptive, it provides a roadmap for developing a Threshold Country Plan targeting the weaknesses highlighted by the MCC eligibility indicators. The partner government defines clear objectives and benchmarks to track program progress.
Beneficiary Analysis
Beneficiary Analysis is most commonly used to estimate the impact of projects on the poor, but it can be more broadly by measuring impact on other populations.
Economic Rates of Return
MCC is making available its Economic Rate of Return (ERR) data via interactive, downloadable spreadsheets.
Monitoring and Evaluation
Understand how MCC tracks performance on processes, outputs, and outcomes throughout the life of a compact.
Impact Evaluations
Impact evaluations measure the changes in individual, household or community income and well-being that result from a project.
Fact Sheets
Discover easy-to-understand information—prepared as 2 to 5 page PDFs—about MCC, its projects, its country partners, and its programs.