Attachment_J-2_-_Annex_2.pdf

Tunisia Agricultural Study – 95332418Q0101

ATTACHMENT J-2

Annex 2 - MCC INVESTMENT CRITERIA

MCC Investment Criteria:

• Economic Rate of Return of at least 10% for each discrete project;

• Clear program logic, showing a clear link to the constraints identified in the constraints analysis and demonstrating how program activities will lead to a measurable impact on specific beneficiaries;

• Can be completed within 5 years;

• Pro-poor, socially inclusive and integrate MCC Gender Policy and Gender Integration Guidelines into design;

• Adhere to the MCC Environmental Guidelines (June 2012)

MCC also seeks investments that:

• Incorporate sector policy reform into compact project design where appropriate;

• Attract capital from private sector/other donors and implement new financing structures and innovative delivery models;

• Can be maintained post-Compact (operationally, financially, institutionally) and are therefore sustainable;

• Scalable, preferably, given that Compacts have a fixed budget in US dollars over a five-year period.

• Preferably can be evaluated to demonstrate impact.

• Relatively advanced in terms of their level of preparedness (e.g., completed feasibility study, ESIA, known implementation requirements) -- if possible