Publish What You Fund (PWYF) has released its 2020 Aid Transparency Index, ranking the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) as first among U.S. federal agencies and seventh in the world for aid transparency. The Aid Transparency Index is an independent measure of foreign aid transparency among the world’s major development and donor agencies and is released every two years. “MCC is proud to be recognized as the most transparent agency in the United States’ Government,” said MCC CEO Sean Cairncross. “We are committed to sharing the successes and lessons-learned from our unique model and our investments—through innovative reporting tools, like our Evaluation Briefs and Star Reports—making critical data from our programs accessible to policymakers and the development community around the world.”
On MCC’s performance in the 2020 Index, PWYF CEO Gary Forster said, “We congratulate MCC on ranking in the ‘very good’ category in the 2020 Aid Transparency Index. The 2020 Aid Transparency Index covers five U.S. agencies and includes 47 major donor agencies. The 2020 Index shows significant improvement in overall aid transparency compared to the 2018 Index, along with key contrasts in scores among major donor agencies. MCC has now been ranked in the “very good” category and number one among U.S. federal agencies in five consecutive Aid Transparency Index reports. The 2020 Index rates MCC with a score of 92.1, a five-point increase from 87 in 2018.
On a related note, MCC signed the second Millennium Challenge Compact (Mongolia Water Compact) with the Government of Mongolia to implement a Water Supply Project to expand bulk water supply in Ulaanbaatar, which includes the development of new wellfields, construction of an advanced water purification plant and water recycling plant, the first of their kind in Mongolia, along with the relevant infrastructure and conversion of manually-operated water kiosks in ger area into automated ‘smart’ ones as well as technical support to strengthen the operational capacity of water services utilities.
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