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graphic showing Ghana’s scores for indicators in the category, “Investing in People.”
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Indicators Support MCC Goals for Low-Income Country Development

One of the benefits of tying funding to achievement on a majority of indicators has been to increase the incentives for countries to perform well across a wide range of indicators.

by Center for International Earth Science Information Network|April 5, 2017

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