# 2025-00899: Report on the Selection of Eligible Countries for Fiscal Year 2025 (Albania)

2025-00899, Report on the Selection of Eligible Countries for Fiscal Year 2025 (Albania), is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-15, effective 2025-01-07 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00899
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00899
- Title: Report on the Selection of Eligible Countries for Fiscal Year 2025 (Albania)
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-15
- Effective: 2025-01-07
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## Summary

For Fiscal Year 2025, Albania has been reviewed and selected as an eligible country to receive U.S. assistance through the Millennium Challenge Corporation. This means Albania showed strong commitment to fair governance, economic freedom, and helping its people, making it a great partner for poverty reduction and growth. The new rules took effect after a December 2024 law, so funding and programs could start soon to boost Albania’s progress.

## Abstract

This report is provided in accordance with the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as amended. The report is set forth in full below.

## Effects PRIA read

- Albania invited to develop MCC compact: benefit, medium. On January 7, 2025, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board selected Albania as eligible to develop a Millennium Challenge Compact for Fiscal Year 2025 and invited Albania to develop a compact. The selection follows the MCC Candidate Country Reform Act enacted on December 23, 2024, and MCC…
- Candidate pool aligned to $7,895 GNI threshold: benefit, low. The Board used new authority from the MCC Candidate Country Reform Act to align the MCC candidate-country income threshold with the World Bank threshold of $7,895 gross national income (GNI) per capita for Fiscal Year 2025. This change allowed MCC to consider additional countries newly included for…

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## Sources
- [2025-00899 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00899/report-on-the-selection-of-eligible-countries-for-fiscal-year-2025-albania)
- [2025-00899 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00899.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00899 (as of 2026-06-08).