Washington, D.C.-The U.S. Government's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) issued the following statement after its Board of Directors (Board) held its annual country selection meeting on December 10, 2014:
"MCC takes seriously all of its country partners' commitments to combat corruption. At-today's meeting, MCC's Board expressed continued concern over corruption in Tanzania, including the implications of the recent case involving Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL).
The Board noted that Tanzania has experienced a significant decline over the past seven years on the key indicator measuring efforts to control corruption.
While the Board voted to allow Tanzania to continue working to develop a compact proposal-given its passage on MCC's policy scorecards and its strong previous performance as an MCC partner-the Board stated its expectation that the Government of Tanzania must take firm, concrete steps to combat corruption before a compact is approved.
Further, the Board voted to continue MCC's engagement with Tanzania with the understanding that, in accordance with the Tanzanian State House December 9 statement, the Tanzanian government would act promptly and decisively on the late November parliamentary resolutions regarding IPTL.
The Board also reaffirmed more broadly that Tanzania must undertake a series of previously agreed upon structural reforms to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of the energy sector, and more generally to deal with wider corruption."
Source: mcc.gov
"MCC takes seriously all of its country partners' commitments to combat corruption. At-today's meeting, MCC's Board expressed continued concern over corruption in Tanzania, including the implications of the recent case involving Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL).
The Board noted that Tanzania has experienced a significant decline over the past seven years on the key indicator measuring efforts to control corruption.
While the Board voted to allow Tanzania to continue working to develop a compact proposal-given its passage on MCC's policy scorecards and its strong previous performance as an MCC partner-the Board stated its expectation that the Government of Tanzania must take firm, concrete steps to combat corruption before a compact is approved.
Further, the Board voted to continue MCC's engagement with Tanzania with the understanding that, in accordance with the Tanzanian State House December 9 statement, the Tanzanian government would act promptly and decisively on the late November parliamentary resolutions regarding IPTL.
The Board also reaffirmed more broadly that Tanzania must undertake a series of previously agreed upon structural reforms to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of the energy sector, and more generally to deal with wider corruption."
Source: mcc.gov