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Cabo Verde Compact II

MCC and the Government of Cabo Verde signed a five-year compact in 2012 to reduce poverty through economic growth by reforming two sectors identified as constraints to economic growth: the water and sanitation sector and the land management sector.

Each compact project is an important component of the government’s economic transformation agenda, focused on shifting from foreign aid and remittances to private sector investment and improved domestic resource management. This compact builds off the success of Cabo Verde’s first MCC compact, completed in October 2010, and upholds high standards for accountability, transparency and achieving results.

  • Original Amount at Compact Signing:
    $66230000
  • Amount spent:
    $65640783
  • Closed:
    November 30, 2017
  • Signed:
    February 10, 2012
  • Entry Into Force:
    November 30, 2012

Project Results

Land Management for Investment Project

  • $18,060,000
    Original Compact Project Amount

Estimated Benefits

Estimated Benefits for the Land Management for Investment Project
Time Estimated Economic Rate of Return (ERR) over 20 years Estimated beneficiaries over 20 years Estimated net benefits over 20 years
Not specified 13,100 $102,950,000

Project Description

The $17.3 million Land Management for Investment Project supports the Government of Cabo Verde in creating a single reliable and easily accessible source of land rights and land boundaries information, which should strengthen Cabo Verde’s investment climate and reduce land registration time and costs.

This project will encourage economic growth in Cabo Verde by establishing the legal environment, institutions and procedures to create a reliable store of land information, make land administration transactions more efficient, and strengthen protection of land rights. The project will lead development and implementation of a new land information management system, and clarify parcel rights and boundaries on targeted islands with high investment potential.

The project is comprised of two activities:

  • Legal and Institutional Foundations Activity
  • Rights and Boundaries Activity

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Project

  • $39,730,000
    Original Compact Project Amount

Estimated Benefits

Estimated Benefits for the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Project
Time Estimated Economic Rate of Return (ERR) over 20 years Estimated beneficiaries over 20 years Estimated net benefits over 20 years
Not specified 591,000 $39,826,000

Project Description

Cabo Verde, an extremely water-scarce country, faces a number of challenges in the water and sanitation sector. The $39.7 million Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Project (WASH Project) is designed to establish a financially sound, transparent and accountable institutional basis for the delivery of water and sanitation services to Cabo Verdean households and businesses.

The project’s approach to improving sector performance is based on a three-pronged strategy:

  • Reform national policy and utility regulators,
  • Transform inefficient utilities into independent corporate entities operating on a commercial basis, and
  • Improve the quality and reach of water and sanitation infrastructure.
The WASH Project is comprised of three activities:
  • National Institutional and Regulatory Reform Activity
  • Utility Reform Activity
  • Infrastructure Grant Facility

As of Wed Aug 15 2018 00:00:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)