El Salvador Seed Policy Concerns Fail to Thwart US Aid Package
Despite concerns over El Salvador’s seed procurement policy, a leading U.S. development agency, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), brokered a nearly $300 million deal with the El Salvadorian government in late September to boost infrastructure, education and regulatory reform. “By…
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improving public sector efficiency and encouraging private sector investment in infrastructure, this compact will lay the groundwork for continued economic growth in El Salvador,” said a MCC statement. Democratic House members hit back in July at criticism of that seed procurement policy, which suggests the practice violates the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Those lawmakers said the policy is a food security precaution, while urging the State Department to move ahead with its aid efforts in El Salvador (see 14070722).