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<StrategicPlan><id>http://xml.gov/stratml/drybridge/MCC.xml</id><Name>About MCC</Name><Description></Description><OtherInformation></OtherInformation><StrategicPlanCore><Organization><Name>Millennium Challenge Corporation</Name><Acronym>MCC</Acronym><Identifier>_ff4f8d45-7d80-4f12-a8ea-9d4d3f38f503</Identifier><Description></Description><Stakeholder><Name></Name><Description></Description></Stakeholder></Organization><Vision><Description></Description><Identifier>_edb21838-1446-11e0-8295-b0427a64ea2a</Identifier></Vision><Mission><Description>To reduce global poverty through the promotion of sustainable economic growth</Description><Identifier>_5503801c-4a91-4bce-ac66-49faa0578e66</Identifier></Mission><Value><Name>Good Governance</Name><Description></Description></Value><Value><Name>Economic Freedom</Name><Description></Description></Value><Value><Name>Investments in People</Name><Description></Description></Value><Goal><Name>Poverty Reduction</Name><Description>Promote sustainable economic growth to reduce poverty through investments in areas such as transportation, water and industrial infrastructure, agriculture, education, private sector development, and capacity building.</Description><Identifier>_3dc4dff8-4e92-4d4a-a12b-5d5931b904df</Identifier><SequenceIndicator>1</SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder><Name></Name><Description></Description></Stakeholder><OtherInformation></OtherInformation><Objective><Name></Name><Description></Description><Identifier>_edb40918-1446-11e0-8295-b0427a64ea2a</Identifier><SequenceIndicator></SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder><Name></Name><Description></Description></Stakeholder><OtherInformation></OtherInformation></Objective></Goal><Goal><Name>Good Policies</Name><Description>Using objective indicators, select countries to receive assistance based on their performance in governing justly, investing in their citizens, and encouraging economic freedom.</Description><Identifier>_d1e8fa86-8921-412b-b483-479a5a41f2eb</Identifier><SequenceIndicator>2</SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder><Name></Name><Description></Description></Stakeholder><OtherInformation>Because corruption undermines every aspect of sustainable development, MCC has made fighting it one of its highest priorities.</OtherInformation><Objective><Name></Name><Description></Description><Identifier>_edb409cc-1446-11e0-8295-b0427a64ea2a</Identifier><SequenceIndicator></SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder><Name></Name><Description></Description></Stakeholder><OtherInformation></OtherInformation></Objective></Goal><Goal><Name>Country Ownership</Name><Description>Work in partnership with eligible countries which are responsible for identifying the greatest barriers to their own development; for developing their own priorities for a compact, with input from the public, as well as civil, political, and private sector actors; and for implementing compact programs once they have been approved.</Description><Identifier>_02c515c7-97b7-401b-99c6-f9a8cf229216</Identifier><SequenceIndicator>3</SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder><Name></Name><Description></Description></Stakeholder><OtherInformation>Participation in the MCA program requires high-level engagement and leadership by the partner government, as well as civil society and other domestic stakeholders to ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of an MCC investment.</OtherInformation><Objective><Name></Name><Description></Description><Identifier>_edb40a80-1446-11e0-8295-b0427a64ea2a</Identifier><SequenceIndicator></SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder><Name></Name><Description></Description></Stakeholder><OtherInformation></OtherInformation></Objective></Goal><Goal><Name>Focus on Results</Name><Description>Provide assistance to countries that have developed well-designed programs with clear objectives, benchmarks to measure progress, procedures to ensure fiscal accountability for the use of our grants, and a plan for effective monitoring and objective evaluation of results.</Description><Identifier>_b3a24cde-b60f-4e39-ba76-6442b2b54a6a</Identifier><SequenceIndicator>4</SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder><Name></Name><Description></Description></Stakeholder><OtherInformation>Programs are designed to enable sustainable progress even after the funding under the Compact has ended, and each Compact is designed to be finished in less then five years.</OtherInformation><Objective><Name></Name><Description></Description><Identifier>_edb40b02-1446-11e0-8295-b0427a64ea2a</Identifier><SequenceIndicator></SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder><Name></Name><Description></Description></Stakeholder><OtherInformation></OtherInformation></Objective></Goal></StrategicPlanCore><AdministrativeInformation><StartDate></StartDate><EndDate></EndDate><PublicationDate>2010-02-08</PublicationDate><Source>http://www.mcc.gov/about/index.php</Source><Submitter><FirstName>Owen</FirstName><LastName>Ambur</LastName><PhoneNumber></PhoneNumber><EmailAddress>Owen.Ambur@verizon.net</EmailAddress></Submitter></AdministrativeInformation></StrategicPlan>