Millennium Challenge Account Côte d'Ivoire

The selection of the Ivory Coast for the development of a Compact Program is the culmination of several years of constant and sustained efforts by the Government of Côte d'Ivoire to improve its performance, including the MCC indicators (13 indicators / 20 to the green obtained in 2015, including the "Control of corruption" indicator). It is also based on the strong partnership with the MCC in the development of a Threshold Côte d'Ivoire program, and particularly the carrying out of an Analysis of Major Constraints to Economic Growth (Growth Diagnostic Analysis - 2015). Indeed, the investments of a future MCC program (Threshold or Compact) should make it possible to remove the major constraints identified.

At the end of this analysis, conducted jointly by national economists and those of MCC USA, four (04) major constraints to investment were identified. These include:

Human Capital;
industrial land;
Tax Administration (tax / parafiscal);
and difficulties of Mobility of Goods and People in Abidjan.

Creation of the National Committee for the implementation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation's Compact Program (CNPC-MCC) by Decree N ° 2016-158 of March 14th, 2016, in charge of the development and the implementation of the MCC Compact program of the Côte d 'Ivory.

For the development of Côte d'Ivoire's Compact Program, the three (03) major constraints to development that have been retained are:

Employment and Productivity (Low level of basic education and technical and vocational training);
"Smart Urbanization", a concept that integrates the constraints related to "Industrial Lands" and the "difficulties of Mobility of Goods and People in Abidjan".
In addition, a Regional Investment in the field of transport is envisaged (Regional Road Corridors).

The NCPC-MCC National Coordination, Ministries Focal Points and other structures are working jointly with MCC USA experts to formulate Project Proposals on the three (03) major constraints to development taking into account the following selection criteria:

High Economic Impact: Economic Rate of Return of at Least 10%
Implementation: maximum period of 5 years
Impact on the poor
Management of environmental and social risks,
Taking into account issues of gender and social inclusion
Sustainability of the Acquis