Millenium Challenge Epiphany

This is especially to all you who worked at MCC over the past year.

So I've been hearing all about this economic development grant that World Vision is supposed to be getting for the Northern Region of El Salvador. I'm almost positive more than one have asked me, "But MCC only gives to governments, how's that possible?" To which I shrug and say something smart like "Because God provides." Just kidding.

Anyway, so i figured out how it works the other day. You all are indeed correct that MCC only gives to governments in order to build institutional capacity. However, once the government (in this case the neoliberal, 13% tax rate government of El Salvador, who sells the success of globalization to its people in the form of malls and luxury car dealerships in San Salvador) gets it, they can contract out as much as they please. So in essence, instead of World Vision-US winning a USAID grant which they routinely do, World Vision El Salvador (with the help of World Vision-US) won a grant from the Government of El Salvador who won it from MCC.

What does this sound like to you? If you answered "development money laundering" you are correct.