The selection process for awarding individual grants under a grant facility does not adhere to equivalent standards for documentation and due diligence as used for conventional MCC projects, and rarely have program logics and clear targets that facilitate evaluation design and planning.

The selection process for awarding individual grants under a grant facility does not adhere to equivalent standards for documentation and due diligence as used for conventional MCC projects, and rarely have program logics and clear targets that facilitate evaluation design and planning. This often leads to lack of clarity behind the logic of a grant intervention or selection of beneficiaries compared to a conventional project, limiting the evaluator’s ability to validate baseline assumptions that underlie the rationale for the activity. MCC is working on a leveraged grant facility guidance document that will help address these concerns and shift grant identification to an earlier phase of compact development.