This report to USAID presents analysis of clean energy projects and their financing across twelve countries in the Caribbean. The report includes detailed descriptions of energy production and regulatory environments in 2022 and proposes recommendations to increase renewable energy in the region.
This final evaluation of MCC’s $170 million project found the irrigation infrastructure remains in good condition, but routine maintenance is not keeping pace. Land under production has steadily increased but is lower than expected and agricultural production targets have not been met.
The authors discuss the advantages and limitations of applying multilevel regression with poststratification to data collected through SMS surveys.
We examine whether financial inclusion may help mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on households’ economic behavior and well-being in three Sub-Saharan African countries: Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda.
This report provides baseline statistics and information about the implementation of Benin’s Power Compact Policy Reform and Institutional Strengthening Project, one of four projects implemented under the MCC-Benin Power Compact.
Benin's power distribution network is characterized by technical and commercial loss rates that ranged from 20 to 24 percent. Its reliance on energy imports and its inadequate infrastructure has caused the country to suffer from scarcity of electricity.
Mathematica is conducting an impact evaluation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Irrigation and Water Resource Management Project, an infrastructure and land tenure intervention carried out in Senegal from 2011-2015 in the Senegal River Valley.
Advances in Comparative Survey Methodology examines the most recent advances in methodology and operations as well as the technical developments in international survey research.
This report presents the design and methodology for our evaluation of two activities under MCC's Benin Power Compact (also known as the Benin II Energy Compact).
Research conducted over the past 30 years has demonstrated a reduction in errors and improvement in data quality when face–to-face social surveys are carried out using computers instead of paper and pencil.
Mathematica is implementing an evaluation of MCC’s Irrigation and Water Resource Management Project’s activities to determine their impact on agriculture production, use and availability of water, household income, land security and conflicts, and land administration and governance.
Mathematica gathered personal reflections from graduates of The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program to understand their experiences as they transitioned out of secondary or tertiary education.