US, Ivory Coast Officials Discuss Development Spending

A delegation of the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation, or MCC, is in Ivory Coast to discuss implementation of a major grant designed to fight poverty and boost economic growth in the West African country. Five years after post-election violence swept Ivory Coast, the country is eligible for a compact grant from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. foreign aid agency. The grant is seen as another sign that foreign partners have regained confidence in Ivory Coast, whose...

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