ANALYSIS

MCC scores 88.9%, making it the top ranking agency in the 2013 Index. It is amongst the biggest improvers in the 2013 Index and is the first U.S. agency to enter the top three. MCC’s commendable performance is owed to its recent IATI XML publication, which includes added-value fields that go beyond those listed under the U.S. government’s implementation schedule, including activity budgets, results and conditions. MCC also includes links to project and organisation documents in its IATI XML data. It achieves nearly full scores for activity performance information and provision of project documents. It is one of the few donors to score on the budget ID, sub-national location and disaggregated budgets, including information for three years ahead of the current fiscal year. The latter is in part due to MCC’s Compact design, which extends for five fiscal years. This information can be found in MCC’s data catalogue. Despite the significant progress, there is still some room for improvement. Sub-national locations could be more detailed, and project documents could link to more detailed activity documents.

RECOMMENDATIONS

• MCC’s IATI XML information should be posted to the IATI Registry.
• MCC should ensure the quality and integrity of its data is maintained in all future publications by the Dashboard and to the IATI Registry.
• Future IATI publications should include disaggregated budgets specific to each Compact and Threshold Program.

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