Interview - Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Alice Albright: Africa
Alice Albright, left, the CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation gave an interview to VOA English to Africa Service’s Carol Castiel on the “Press Conference USA” radio programme on March 7, 2023, at headquarters in Washington.Editor's note: Alice Albright, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, or MCC, gave an interview to Carol Castiel of VOA's English to Africa Service on the"Press Conference USA" radio program on March 7, 2023, at our Washington headquarters.
We start with a very selective process for determining the countries with whom we work. There are essentially two pieces to that. One is whether or not a country is low-income enough. The second is whether or not a country passes what we call our"scorecard." The scorecard measures three essential policy areas. One is: is a country managing its economy well; the second is whether a country is investing in its people. These are investments in health and education, for example.
Well, first of all, it's an enormous honor to be at the agency and it is an agency of incredibly talented people. I just happened to be lucky enough to be nominated and confirmed for the job. I couldn't be more enthusiastic about being there. Now, if you look at the breadth of sectors that we do work on, there are some clear similarities.
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