Blog

March 14, 2019

Planning in the face of uncertainty: MCC hosts the launch of a new tool for decision-making

Development practitioners face big challenges in their efforts to reduce poverty, but MCC is helping develop new strategies to meet those challenges.

July 13, 2018

Leadership Conference Provides MCC Colleagues an Opportunity to Learn from Each Other

MCC recently hosted its biennial Compact Operations Leadership Conference, which brought together leaders of MCC compacts and threshold programs from around the world.

March 28, 2014

Addressing Zambia's social and economic truths: a key to water and sanitation for the urban poor

Zambia's poor in the greater Lusaka area struggle with a lack of water and sanitation services. MCC's $354.7 million compact with Zambia will build water, sanitation and drainage infrastructure to help improve opportunities for economic growth.

March 26, 2014

Transforming water access in Lusaka

Clean water, sewer lines and solutions for clogged city drains are on the way for more than a million people living on the edge of Lusaka, Zambia's capital city, where deplorable conditions make economic growth difficult.

March 21, 2014

Water: the essence of life and economic prosperity

Photo: A boy rolls a barrel toward a water source in Lusaka. In partnership with MCC, the Zambian Government is working to reform the country’s water sector and improve drainage in the capital city of Lusaka to better meet citizens’ water and sanitation needs. These vital improvements aim to decrease the risk of water-borne disease, time spent collecting water, the cost of water, and business and household losses due to flooding.

MCC kicks off World Water Day with a series of blogs on what MCC and it's partner countries are doing to improve delivery of clean water and sanitation services and secure these resources into the future.

March 4, 2014

Women breaking barriers: Women and girls should believe in themselves

MCA-Zambia CEO Pamela Bwalya shares her experiences of breaking barriers during her career, MCC's role in helping women, and her hopes for a future where men and women have the same opportunities.

April 30, 2010

Maximizing MCC’s Partnerships in Africa

"Africa’s future is up to Africans,â€ said President Barack Obama during his historic first visit to sub-Saharan Africa. By partnering effectively with African countries on their homegrown antipoverty strategies, MCC puts this powerful truth into practice.

March 4, 2010

Effectively Engaging the Private Sector

This week more than 167 companies attended a procurement conference and heard about contracting opportunities arising from projects funded by Millennium Challenge Corporation compacts.