Press Releases

December 12, 2018

MCC Board of Directors Selects New Bilateral Compacts, Threshold Programs, Eligible Countries for Concurrent Compacts

At its quarterly meeting, the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors met to select countries eligible for MCC assistance, which is designed to spur economic growth and reduce poverty.

July 2, 2018

Millennium Challenge Corporation Announces New Collaboration with the African Development Bank

MCC COO Jonathan Nash and AfDB Group Senior VP Charles Boamah announced new opportunities for collaboration between the institutions during the PAC-DBIA stop in Côte d’Ivoire.

June 22, 2015

Millennium Challenge Corporation Board of Directors Approves Benin Power Compact

At its quarterly meeting on June 17, the Millennium Challenge Corporation Board of Directors voted to approve a $375-million, power-sector-focused compact with Benin. The Government of Benin will make a financial contribution of $28 million towards the program.

June 19, 2015

Readout of the June 2015 MCC Board of Directors Meeting

December 11, 2014

Readout of the MCC Board of Directors December 2014 Quarterly Meeting

MCC's Board of Directors approved three countries as eligible to develop compact proposals, six countries to continue developing compact proposals and two countries to develop Threshold Programs. The Board also approved a Threshold Program with Guatemala.

December 11, 2014

MCC Board of Directors Selects Nepal for Compact, Cote d’Ivoire for Threshold Program

At its quarterly meeting Dec. 10, the Millennium Challenge Corporation Board of Directors voted to make Nepal, Mongolia and the Philippines eligible for new compacts and approved Guatemala's Threshold Program.

December 10, 2013

MCC Board Selects Countries Eligible for Compacts and Threshold Programs

October 11, 2011

MCC Completes Successful Five-Year Compact with Benin

The CEO of the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Daniel W. Yohannes, is in Benin this week to celebrate the successful completion of MCC’s five-year, $307 million compact with the West African country.

April 22, 2011

Statement from MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes on the 41st Celebration of Earth Day

Washington, D.C. — On the 41st anniversary of the celebration of Earth Day, the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Chief Executive Officer Daniel W. Yohannes today stated:

April 28, 2009