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04ACCRA1298 2004-06-21 16:26 2011-08-30 01:44 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Accra
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ACCRA 001298 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID ECON GH MCA
SUBJECT: MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION JUNE VISIT TO 
GHANA 
 
 
Summary 
------- 
1. (SBU) Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) officials met 
with GoG leaders, donors and Ghana's private sector, civil 
society and media during their June 6-9 visit.  Finance 
Minister Osafo Maafo reiterated Ghana's intention to use the 
Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) as a framework for 
the MCA compact.  Donors urged the MCC to provide direct 
budget support.  Private sector/civil society supported this 
strategy, but questioned the GoG's ability to draft, 
implement and monitor a sound proposal.  The Finance Minister 
wants Ghana to be one of the first to submit a quality 
proposal.  The MCC team agreed to clarify and supplement 
existing guidance on proposal preparation.  End Summary. 
 
MCC Team Lays out Framework 
--------------------------- 
2. (SBU) The MCC team of Drew Luten, Rod Norman and Delia 
Welsh made a three-day visit to Accra, Ghana, June 6-9. 
During multiple meetings with GoG officials, 
Parliamentarians, business leaders, civil society and other 
donors, they introduced the MCA, discussed its concepts, and 
clarified and expanded the guidance for preparing compacts. 
Team leader Drew Luten emphasized that Ghana must take 
ownership of the program and drive the process.  The proposal 
should not be a laundry list of ideas and should not include 
projects that other donors had rejected.  It must provide a 
strategic vision for how it plans to promote faster economic 
growth while at the same time reducing poverty, and explain 
how proposed projects support that vision.  The GoG should 
identify major constraints to growth, and present a plan for 
overcoming these constraints with the help of MCA funds.  The 
GoG must also justify why MCA is the appropriate source of 
funding.  Civil society buy-in and donor coordination are 
critical to the process, and must be reflected in the compact. 
 
3. (SBU) Luten said the GoG should use the MCC website 
guidance to coordinate and develop a proposal that includes 
the strategic vision, specific project proposals, 
implementation plan, plans for monitoring and evaluation and 
accountability, and clear and measurable results.  (Comment: 
The point is to force governments to come up with big impact 
projects that they and civil society believe will have the 
largest impact on the economy, short, medium or long term. 
End Comment) 
 
4. (SBU) The MCC team clarified that there is no deadline for 
proposals, and countries should err on the side of quality 
rather than early completion.  The MCC will move on the best 
proposals first and defer low-quality proposals that require 
extensive consultation.  Luten expects the MCC to receive the 
first proposals within a few months. 
 
Government Reaction and Perspectives 
------------------------------------ 
5. (SBU) Finance Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo lead the GoG side, 
which included Ministers of Trade, Private Sector 
Development, Health, Education, and Roads and Transport.  GoG 
officials said they understood the importance of civil 
society buy-in and donor coordination and were confident that 
they could handle it. Osafo Maafo reiterated earlier 
statements that the GoG would use the GPRS as a guide for 
selecting priority projects and developing a compact.  The 
GPRS is the existing "strategic vision" and already has 
society-wide endorsement.  It has principles similar to the 
MCA:  economic stability, growth and employment generation, 
human resource development, good governance, and help for the 
vulnerable and excluded. 
 
6. (SBU) The GPRS was completed over 20 months, during which 
a GoG team identified priorities with community input, 
drafted a policy framework with targets and a monitoring and 
evaluation plan, held national consultations on the draft 
document, and obtained Parliamentary approval of the final 
strategy.  The GPRS is reviewed annually at the National 
Economic Dialogue.  IMF, World Bank, and Multi-Donor Budget 
Support (MDBS) donors use it to guide their programs.  It 
provides the basis for developing the annual budget. 
 
7. (SBU) Osafo Maafo stated the current task is to identify 
specific priorities out of the broader GPRS priorities. 
There is no shortage of ideas.  The Health Minister called 
for assistance to doctors to alleviate the brain drain.  The 
Education Minister commented that most donors support primary 
education, but funding is needed for tertiary levels, 
particularly technical education.  Every ministry is 
promoting its own projects, and even Parliament is working on 
a proposal. 
 
8. (SBU) Osafo Maafo is a strong proponent of education as an 
engine of economic development, but also expressed support 
for using MCA funds to promote private sector development, an 
area neglected by donors focused on poverty reduction.  Trade 
Minister Alan Kyerematen supported this position, and plugged 
a venture capital fund and a Ghanaian Small Business 
Administration, both aimed to alleviate a major constraint to 
growth -- lack of access to capital. 
 
Consultation with Development Partners 
-------------------------------------- 
9. (SBU) IMF, World Bank, and MDBS donors supported using the 
GPRS as the framework and also argued for integrating MCA 
funding into the MDBS process and measuring broad outcomes 
not specific project results.  They claimed that the budget 
is the only instrument capable of absorbing large assistance 
inflows.  Luten downplayed the possibility of providing 
budget support, but promised close consultation with the 
donor community.  He also stressed that MCA money could be 
used to co-finance projects supported by other donors. 
 
10. (SBU) Donors praised the USG for developing an innovative 
assistance vehicle that promotes transparency and 
competition, but cautioned that human capacity issues in 
Ghana could impede implementation.  They also warned against 
overburdening the GoG, which already contends with numerous 
and overlapping donor initiatives -- e.g., MDBS, IMF, World 
Bank, NEPAD and the UN Millennium Development Goals. 
Finally, they commented that it took the World Bank and MDBS 
donors two years to agree on a reform program with the GoG, 
suggesting that the MCC timeline is ambitious. 
 
Meetings with Civil Society, Business and Town Hall 
--------------------------------------------- ------ 
11. (SBU) The MCC team also participated in well-attended 
roundtables with business leaders and civil society.  GoG 
officials did not participate in these meetings so as not to 
hinder discussions.  Business and civil society reps 
supported the GoG strategy of using the GPRS as the basis for 
developing a compact, but were skeptical about the GoG's 
capacity to develop and implement a good proposal.  On June 
9, the GoG hosted its own private sector/civil society 
roundtable, with similar results. 
 
12. (SBU) Several civil society representatives questioned 
whether the GoG would engage other sectors in the MCA 
process, and expressed a preference for having the MCC play a 
more hands-on role.  They also questioned whether the GoG 
partnership with the MCC would be as one-sided or unequal as 
the World Bank/IMF relationships.  While business leaders 
fully supported the MCA's pro-growth orientation, civil 
society supported the GPRS focus on poverty alleviation, and 
raised concerns as to whether growth would be equitable. 
 
13. (SBU) In addition to the GPRS, representatives 
highlighted other public/private consultations, including the 
National Economic Dialogue and the GoG's engagement of the 
Private Enterprise Foundation and other private sector bodies 
on the national budget.  Other initiatives include NEPAD and 
the UN Millennium Development Goals and there had been little 
effort to link these to the GPRS.  (Note:  The Finance 
Minister has also commented that the GoG needs to do more to 
harmonize these initiatives.  End Note)  Many echoed donor 
calls to link the MCA to the MDBS. 
 
14. (SBU) The MCC team clarified that funding will go through 
the GoG, which must coordinate the drafting and submission of 
the compact.  (Note:  Some participants asked about local 
media allegations that country selections were linked to 
Article 98 and the International Criminal Court.  Luten 
clarified that Article 98 had no role in the MCA process, 
which is totally transparent and accessible via the website. 
End Note) 
 
15. (SBU) The MCC team also participated in an Embassy-wide 
town hall meeting on June 9 to explain the new assistance 
program to Embassy employees, especially FSNs.  Many local 
employees, especially senior USAID FSNs, raised similar 
concerns regarding funding mechanisms, GoG capacity, 
coordination with other donors, and inclusion of civil 
society. 
 
Next Steps 
---------- 
16. (SBU) The MCC team agreed to review the website guidance 
and supplement or clarify it where necessary -- to narrow the 
range of ambiguity.  They also agreed to consider whether to 
provide broad funding parameters, to give countries a better 
idea of what size projects they should pursue.  Luten told 
Emboffs that MCC staff would also consider providing guidance 
on what is expected in terms of a first draft.  They do not 
want governments to develop detailed proposals that are 
totally off the mark.  Rather, they may first ask governments 
to present something of a scope paper -- more than an 
outline, but less than a proposal. 
 
17. (SBU) Osafo Maafo agreed to identify the key GoG points 
of contact for MCA matters.  While he seemed to understand 
the MCC directive on quality, his clear objective is to be 
one of the first in the queue.  He stated that it was "clear 
in his mind" that the GoG proposal should include a 
combination of projects in different sectors.  (Comment: 
Finance Ministry officials reassured Econoffs that Osafo 
Maafo realizes his job is to carefully vet all internal 
proposals and pick the few, high-impact ones that fit within 
the pared down GPRS strategic vision.  End Comment) 
 
Comment 
------- 
18. (SBU) There are many critical questions outstanding, 
including how the funding mechanisms will work, how to ensure 
the governments provide quality proposals with adequate 
societal consultation, and what role, if any, Embassies 
should or can play.  The MCC team clarified that they do not 
expect Embassies to avoid the normal contact and interaction 
with government officials, and said they understood that MCA 
would come up in our conversations.  However, Emboffs should 
restrain from discussing specific proposals and giving 
technical advice.  This limitation does not apply to other 
donors, and Post is aware that mid-level World Bank and GoG 
officials have informally discussed the prospect of using MCA 
money to fund the GoG's equity stake in the West Africa Gas 
Pipeline. 
 
19. (SBU) Despite uncertainties and civil societies concerns 
about capacity, the GoG is in relatively good shape to 
develop a decent proposal, or at least a first draft.  The 
GPRS provides a good framework and has broad support. 
Finance Minister Osafo Maafo is one of the strongest 
ministers and is personally overseeing the project 
development process.  Finally, Ghana has the advantage of the 
MDBS process, which has created sophisticated harmonization 
and communication among donors and with the GoG.  End Comment. 
Yates