November 16, 2007

Indonesia Improves MCC Key Development Indicators 

Bahasa Indonesia

Jakarta, November 16, 2007 -- The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Washington D.C. released its Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08) “Scorecards” on November 15, revealing dramatic improvement in Indonesia’s key indicators compared to 2007 scores. The FY2008 indicator Scorecard is part of the evaluation process the MCC Board uses to help determine MCC Compact eligibility. 

For a country to be selected as eligible for an MCC assistance program, it must demonstrate a commitment to policies that promote political and economic freedom, investments in education and health, control of corruption, and respect for civil liberties and the rule of law as measured by 17 different policy indicators. Indonesia’s scorecard reflected impressive improvement in a number of significant indicators.

“Ruling Justly” indicators look at: Civil Liberties, Political Rights, Voice and Accountability, Government Effectiveness, Rule of Law, and Combating Corruption. “Economic Freedom” looks for progress in the areas of Inflation, Fiscal Policy, Business Start-up, Trade Policy, Regulatory Quality, and Land & Rights Access. Investing in People” indicators reflect progress in Public Expenditure on Health and Primary Education, Immunization Rates for DPT3 (diphtheria, whooping cough /pertussis and measles), Girls’ Primary Education Completion, and Natural Resource Management.

Indonesia improved its scores within the indicators “Control of Corruption,” “Rule of Law,” “Primary Education Expenditures,” and “Fiscal Policy.” Significantly, Indonesia achieved the median point on the important “Control of Corruption” indicator, reflecting Indonesian leadership’s strong action-oriented commitment to combating corruption.

“Indonesia’s commitment to rule of law, investment in her people and economic freedom underscores the Indonesian Government’s determined steps forward toward creating a strong, democratic, just and developed nation,” U.S. Ambassador Cameron R. Hume said in an Embassy statement.

Combating corruption is one of the components of Indonesia’s on-going MCC Threshold Program. The MCC Threshold Program supports Indonesia’s efforts to qualify for Compact eligibility, which can be achieved by undertaking specific tasks with specific goals identified by the Government of Indonesia. Detailed information about the USAID-administered MCC Threshold Program is attached here.

Indonesia’s MCC indicator Scorecards can be found at http://www.mcc.gov/selection/scorecards/index.php

For additional information, please contact Ms. Leslie Rose at USAID, 021-3435-9424 or go to http://jakarta.usembassy.gov.

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