Challenges for the new leader of the Millennium Challenge Corporation

In this MCA Monitor Analysis Steve Radelet and Mvemba Dizolele address the challenges the new leader of the Millennium Challenge Corporation will face after Paul Applegarth leaves office, including:

• Scaling up the MCC’s activities to match the original vision of the MCC to provide countries with a strong commitment to development with substantial funding for high priority activities to support growth.
• Finding a way to balance increasing the speed of compact approval without compromising country ownership.
• Ensuring the MCC is organizationally equipped to deliver high quality programs to support growth.