Press Releases

January 21, 2021

MCC and the Government of Liberia Recognize Closeout of $257 million Compact, Boosting Access to Power and Economic Growth

The compact funded the rehabilitation of Liberia’s largest power source.

December 16, 2016

U.S. Government Supports Start of Power Generation at Mount Coffee

U.S. Government, Government of Liberia, and international partners celebrate the start of power generation from the first turbine at the Mount Coffee Hydropower Plant, expanding access to power for people, communities, and businesses in Liberia.

November 2, 2015

U.S. and Republic of Liberia Sign New $257 Million Agreement to Fight Poverty

MCC CEO Dana J. Hyde & Liberia Minister of Finance and Development Planning Amara M. Konneh, shake hands after signing a $257 million compact, in the presence of Liberia VP Joseph Boakai, left, and U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Todd Haskell

September 17, 2015

MCC Board of Directors Approves Liberia and Morocco Compacts & Sierra Leone Threshold Program

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

December 19, 2012

MCC Board Selects Countries Eligible for Compacts and Threshold Programs

At its quarterly meeting today, the MCC Board of Directors selected Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone, Morocco and Tanzania as eligible to develop proposals for new compacts, and Guatemala as eligible for a Threshold Program.

October 14, 2011

Statement of MCC CEO Daniel W. Yohannes Congratulating Nobel Peace Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Today, Daniel W. Yohannes, Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation, issued the following statement:

July 7, 2010

Liberian President Sirleaf Attends Ceremony with Members of U.S. Congress to Sign $15 Million MCC Grant