Posts tagged with ‘mcc’
“It’s a fact of life in Nepal that having access to power lines does not mean that you always have power. What’s more, about 24 percent of the population still has no access to electricity at all, whether on-grid or off-grid…Creating new sources of electricity is part of the solution, and distributing it throughout the country will require infrastructure and reform.” Learn More: http://go.usa.gov/3YDed
Road Projects Promote Economic Empowerment in the South Pacific
About the Author: Brian Asmus serves as Political, Economic, and Public Diplomacy Officer at U.S. Embassy Port Moresby.
U.S. Ambassador Teddy Taylor presided over the closing celebration ceremony for the Efate Ring and Santo East Coast roads in Vanuatu on April 12, 2011. Prime Minister Sato Kilman, Deputy Prime Minister Ham Lini, Minister of Finance Moana Carcasses, New Zealand High Commissioner Bill Dobbie, Australian High Commissioner Jeff Roach, and Frances Reid and Chris Cookson from the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) attended. The five-year, US$65.69 million project included US$9 million in funding from New Zealand.
Looking back over the history of the project, which started under my predecessor Kim Strollo, I was amazed that, despite two years of extreme weather and earthquakes, Vanuatu had not only met but also exceeded the ambitious timelines set under the MCC Compact.… more »
(Source: blogs.state.gov)
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