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Georgia: U.S. 'Challenge' Aid For Tbilisi Seen As Catalyst For Development

April 29, 2005

Radio Free Europe's piece, U.S 'Challenge' Aid for Tblisi Seen as Catalyst for Development offers a description of and rational for Georgia's MCA Compact proposal. According to the article, the proposal includes a major road project, the rehabilitation of a gas pipeline, and an equity fund for investments in agriculture.According to the piece, Georgian and World Bank officials are discussing cooperation between the bank's Municipal Development Fund, which has already created a structure for funding urban infrastructure, and the anticipated Millennium Challenge funds.Read CGD's summary of the Georgia compact proposal

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