It’s not easy to land a Millennium Challenge Corp. compact. For Niger, the process took a decade.
“It was a long road,” Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou told Devex in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
MCC’s “constraints to growth” analysis identifies areas where development assistance could help a country realize its economic potential. While 80 percent of Niger’s population depends on agriculture for their livelihoods, nearly 3.4 million Nigeriens are chronically food insecure, according to the United Nations. Under Issoufou, Niger has undertaken a “3N Initiative” — Nigeriens Feeding Nigeriens — aimed at boosting both food access and agricultural productivity.
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Michael Igoe@AlterIgoe
Michael Igoe is a Senior Reporter with Devex, based in Washington, D.C. He covers U.S. foreign aid, global health, climate change, and development finance. Prior to joining Devex, Michael researched water management and climate change adaptation in post-Soviet Central Asia, where he also wrote for EurasiaNet. Michael earned his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College, where he majored in Russian, and his master’s degree from the University of Montana, where he studied international conservation and development.
