TABLE 1


Table 1. Eligibility Criteria for the MCA
Note: To qualify, countries must be above the median on half of the indicators in each of the three sub-groups.
Indicator Source
I. RULING JUSTLY
  1. Control of CorruptionWorld Bank Institute
  2. Rule of LawWorld Bank Institute
  3. Voice and AccountabilityWorld Bank Institute
  4. Government EffectivenessWorld Bank Institute
  5. Civil LibertiesFreedom House
  6. Political RightsFreedom House
II. INVESTING IN PEOPLE
  7. Immunization Rate: DPT and MeaslesWHO/World Bank
  8. Primary Education Completion RateWorld Bank
  9. Public Primary Education Spending/GDPWorld Bank
10. Public Expenditure on Health/GDPWorld Bank
III. ECONOMIC FREEDOM
11. Country Credit RatingInstitutional Investor
12. InflationIMF
13. Regulatory QualityWorld Bank Institute
14. Budget Deficit/GDPIMF/World Bank
15. Trade PolicyHeritage Foundation
16. Days to Start a BusinessWorld Bank

Source: “Fact Sheet: Millennium Challenge Account,” distributed by the administration on November 25, 2002, available at www.cgdev.org.

















TABLE 2


Table 2. Possible Qualifying Countries Using the Administration's Criteria
Year 1:
IDA Eligible Countries With Per Capita   Incomes
Less Than $1,435 		Year 2:
All Countries With Per Capita   Incomes
Less Than $1,435 		Year 3:
Countries With Per Capita   Incomes Between $1,435 and $2,975
QUALIFYING COUNTRIES
  1.AlbaniaBangladeshBulgaria
  2.BangladeshBoliviaEgypt
  3.BoliviaChinaNamibia
  4.The GambiaHondurasSouth Africa
  5.GhanaLesotho*
  6.GeorgiaMalawi
  7.HondurasMongolia
  8.Lesotho*Philippines
  9.MalawiSenegal
10.MongoliaSri Lanka
11.MozambiqueVietnam
12.Senegal Senegal Senegal
13.Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
ELIMINATED BY CORRUPTION
  1.MoldovaEcuador
  2.NicaraguaMoldova
  3.Nicaragua
  4.Ukraine
MISSED BY ONE INDICATOR
  1.CambodiaAlbaniaJamaica
  2.GuyanaCambodiaJordan
  3.IndiaThe GambiaTunisia
  4.MaliGeorgia
  5.NepalGhana
  6.UgandaGuyana
  7.VietnamIndia
  8.Kazakhstan
  9.Kyrgyz Rep.
10.Mali Mali
11.Morocco Morocco
12.Mozambique Mozambique
13.Uganda Uganda

*For Lesotho, data for the corruption indicator are currently unavailable, so technically it would not qualify. However, these data are expected to become available within the next few months, and Lesotho is likely to qualify when the MCA begins in late 2003.

Source: Steven Radelet, updated from “Qualifying for the Millennium Challenge Account,” www.cgdev.org

















TABLE 3


Table 3. Development Status, Resources Flows and Financing for Three MCA Country Groups (medians)
IDA eligible countries with income less than $1435 Countries with income less than $1435 Countries with income   between $1435-$2975
Development Status
GNI per capita, 2001$380$460$1965
Adult illiteracy rate, adult total, 2000 (%)363314
Life expectancy at birth, 2000 (years)545670
Mortality rate, infant, 2000 (per 1,000 live births)756927
Resources Flows and Financing
Aid/GNI, 2000 (%)10.88.51.4
Gross private capital flows/GDP (%)6.98.710.3
Tax revenue/GDP (%)11.712.621.8
Gross domestic savings/GDP, 2000 (%)7.38.416.2
Number of Countries748728

Source: Steven Radelet, “Qualifying for the Millennium Challenge Account,” www.cgdev.org