Step 1: Identify Candidate Countries
To be a candidate for MCC program assistance, countries must
- Not exceed certain per-capita, annual income levels;
- Not be subject to any number of U.S. or international sanctions.
The World Bank sets the income levels annually in late June or early July. Based on this information, MCC establishes a candidate country report.
Candidate Countries for Fiscal Year 2008
Candidate countries compete within two income categories, which are determined by a country’s per capita gross national income (GNI).
Low Income Category
Countries must have a GNI equal to or less than $1,735 per capita. Countries are listed alphabetically.
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Congo, Republic of the
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia, The
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- Sri Lanka
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
Lower Middle Income Category
Countries must have a GNI between $1,736 and $3,595 per capita. Countries are listed alphabetically.
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Cape Verde
- Colombia
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Macedonia
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Morocco
- Namibia
- Peru
- Samoa
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Tuvalu
- Ukraine