Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08ISLAMABAD3715
2008-11-28 11:57:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC): DELIVERY OF
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UNCLAS ISLAMABAD 003715
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC PK
SUBJECT: MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC): DELIVERY OF
INDICATOR SCORECARD TO PAKISTAN
REF: STATE 111916
UNCLAS ISLAMABAD 003715
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC PK
SUBJECT: MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC): DELIVERY OF
INDICATOR SCORECARD TO PAKISTAN
REF: STATE 111916
1. EconOff delivered reftel demarche outlining Pakistan's FY09 score
for consideration under the Millennium Challenge Corporation to
Ministry of Finance Joint Secretary/Director M. Mumtaz Malik on
November 19. Malik thanked EconOff for the information and said the
GoP will continue to work toward compact eligibility. Malik also
noted that Pakistan has tried, for several years, to qualify for an
MCC program without success. He said Pakistan would continue to
participate but he questioned whether their efforts would ever yield
a program.
2. COMMENT. Post notes that MCC's selection criteria are
retrospective and lag current circumstances, including the
establishment of a democratic government. Pakistan's recent
improvements in governance and democracy have been significant. If
Pakistan builds upon the substantial improvements in governance and
democracy during the next year it may merit special consideration for
a threshold program. Given the lag to components of MCC's evaluation
criteria and the ever increasing importance of stabilizing Pakistan
and supporting democracy in this strategically important country,
Post requests consideration of a threshold program. END COMMENT.
PATTERSON
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC PK
SUBJECT: MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC): DELIVERY OF
INDICATOR SCORECARD TO PAKISTAN
REF: STATE 111916
1. EconOff delivered reftel demarche outlining Pakistan's FY09 score
for consideration under the Millennium Challenge Corporation to
Ministry of Finance Joint Secretary/Director M. Mumtaz Malik on
November 19. Malik thanked EconOff for the information and said the
GoP will continue to work toward compact eligibility. Malik also
noted that Pakistan has tried, for several years, to qualify for an
MCC program without success. He said Pakistan would continue to
participate but he questioned whether their efforts would ever yield
a program.
2. COMMENT. Post notes that MCC's selection criteria are
retrospective and lag current circumstances, including the
establishment of a democratic government. Pakistan's recent
improvements in governance and democracy have been significant. If
Pakistan builds upon the substantial improvements in governance and
democracy during the next year it may merit special consideration for
a threshold program. Given the lag to components of MCC's evaluation
criteria and the ever increasing importance of stabilizing Pakistan
and supporting democracy in this strategically important country,
Post requests consideration of a threshold program. END COMMENT.
PATTERSON