Effective provision of core public services is essential to Iraq's stabilization and development. However, core public management capabilities have been undermined by years of violence and neglect. Supported by USAID, the National Capacity Development (NCD) project, known by its Arabic name, TATWEER , is a flagship effort to rebuild and redirect the Government of Iraq's (GOI) administrative capacity. MSI has been working in Iraq since 2006.

MSI worked in Mexico from 2004 to 2007 to improve the transparency and fairness of criminal dispute resolution. Through MSI’s efforts all thirty-one states and the federal district adopted or will introduce legislation to reform criminal investigation and court procedures. The project, entitled PRODERECHO, formed networks that include civil servants, professionals, and educators to ensure that current accomplishments will remain sustainable.

The MCC Threshold Project in Ukraine, ACTION, works with civil society and media groups to mobilize their efforts to fight corruption in the administrative, judicial, regulatory, and higher education sectors. Implemented by MSI with funding from USAID, the project conducts detailed independent monitoring of corruption trends to assess progress made by Ukrainian Government initiatives. To date, millions of Ukrainians have been made aware of the negative consequences of corruption and grantees have advocated effectively for anticorruption reforms that will improve governance.