MCC’s Deputy CEO Alexia Latortue hosts high-level government officials from Niger, Mongolia, and Senegal for a discussion about how democracy and good governance are critical for development investments to prosper.
MCC COO and Head of Agency Jonathan Nash and Senegalese Minister of Economy, Finance and Planning Amadou Ba sign the new five-year $550 million Senegal Power Compact on December 10, 2018 at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C.
The Power of Senegal event, held in Washington, DC on Feb. 15, 2018, gave private sector representatives an opportunity to learn about the Senegal Compact, provide feedback on proposed projects, and interact with representatives of the Compact Development Team.
In Dec. 2015, MCC’s Board of Directors selected Senegal to begin developing a five-year compact. Melissa Ho, managing director for Africa, says Senegal has made great progress on its MCC scorecard of key governance indicators.
MCC's Board of Directors held its quarterly meeting on Dec. 16, 2015—approving three countries as eligible for compacts and two countries as eligible for threshold programs.
MCC's five-year, $540 million compact with Senegal ended in September 2015. The compact focused on boosting economic growth by unlocking the country’s agricultural productivity and expanding access to markets and services.
MCC's five-year, $540 million compact with Senegal was designed to boost economic growth and improve agricultural productivity by investing in irrigation networks.
MCC's five-year, $540 million compact with Senegal was designed to boost economic growth by unlocking the country’s agricultural productivity and expanding access to markets and services by investing in roads and irrigation networks.
On September 16, 2009, MCC and the Republic of Senegal signed a five-year poverty reduction compact granting $540 million for road rehabilitation and food security initiatives in some of the poorest regions of Senegal.
