{"id":5458,"date":"2024-03-22T01:37:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T06:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/?p=5458"},"modified":"2024-03-24T20:11:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T01:11:36","slug":"no-mcc-which-mcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/2024\/no-mcc-which-mcc\/","title":{"rendered":"MCC Mistaken Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Acronyms are helpful for simplifying a name but they can lead to confusion. Last year, while we were in Nepal, I kept on coming across a message spraypainted along the streets, “No MCC. Go Back America.” I teased the MCC Representatives to Nepal about this – already knowing that it wasn’t our MCC – and they confirmed that it was the Millennium Challenge Corporation<\/a>. This MCC is a US government initiative that entered Nepal in 2023 and which has had a less than warm reception. MCC.gov<\/a>, not MCC.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n

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“No MCC. Go Back America.” is directed at a MCC, but not our MCC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

There were widespread protests against the Millennium Challenge Corporation entering Nepal in 2023. Instead of explaining why myself, I’ll direct you to a Reuters article on the subject – Why is a US infrastructure grant behind protests in Nepal?<\/a> MCC Nepal told me that they got some angry phone calls and had to explain that they’re not the same MCC.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Is MCC constructing that high-rise near our house? Yes, MCC is but not our MCC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here in Cambodia we are often also mistaken for another MCC. Two other MCCs, actually. <\/p>\n\n\n\n