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In July 2005, Burkina Faso became the first country to sign a threshold program with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The $12.9 million threshold program, aimed at improving the country’s failing girls’ primary school completion indicator, consisted of building 132 ‘girl-friendly’ schools in rural communities along with social mobilization campaigns. The MCC named Burkina Faso as eligible for a full compact in 2006.