Overview

China's Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund provides food assistance in WFP initiative to Laos in November 2022

Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•Lao People's Democratic RepublicDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Lao People's Democratic RepublicSector•Developmental Food Aid/food Security AssistanceFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Nov 22, 2022

Start (actual): Nov 22, 2022

Geospatial footprint

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The National School Meals Programme (NSMP) in Laos provides free lunches to primary school students in the following provinces: Bokeo, Luang Prabang, Xieng Khuang, Khammuan, Savannakhet, Vientiane Province, Vientiane, Saravan, Champassak, Xekong, and Attapeu. More detailed locational information can be found at:https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5831654, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5831660, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5831670, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5831658, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5831665, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5831667, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5831664, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5831656, https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5831669 and https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5831653

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned Funds

Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Laos

Implementing agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Loan desecription

China's Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund provides food assistance in WFP initiative to Laos in November 2022

Narrative

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Project narrative

In September 2015, President Xi Jinping announced China would commit $2 billion to establish Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund (GDSSCF) to support initiatives in the developing world during United Nation's Global Development Summit. In May 2017, during the One-Belt One-Road Summit, Xi committed an additional $1 billion. On June 28, 2022, CIDCA committed another $1 billion to support poverty alleviation, anti-pandemic, human resources and cooperation, food security, digital connection and sustainable development initiatives. The fund supports China's Global Development Initiative (GDI) supported by the United Nations in 2021. As one of the first projects under the GDI, on November 22, 2022, China announced it would donate 930 tons of rice and 120 tons of canned fish to more than 130,000 students at 1,400-plus primary schools across Laos' eight provinces. While GDSSCF provided the fund, the World Food Programme helps carry out the program.