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Overview

People's Republic of China Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund provides USD 800,000 grant to seven Central Asian countries for improving access and strengthening innovations for water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$755,935
Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•Asia, regionalDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PhilippinesSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Implementation

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jun 12, 2022
End (planned)
Dec 30, 2025

Stakeholders

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

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Finance

Cofinancing agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Armenia
  • Government of Georgia
  • Government of Kazakhstan
  • Government of Kyrgyzstan
  • Government of Pakistan
  • Government of Tajikistan
  • Government of Uzbekistan

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Implementing agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

State-owned Funds

  • People's Republic of China Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund

Loan description

People's Republic of China Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund provides USD 800,000 grant to seven Central Asian countries for improving access and strengthening innovations for water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

In June 12, 2022, The People's Republic of China Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund, a cooperation fund under China's Ministry of Finance, provided a grant of USD 800,000 to seven Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Countries and the Caucasus countries (CAREC)—Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan— for improving access and strengthening innovations for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). This project is co-financed by the Water Financing Facility, a Multi-Donor Trust Fund under the Asia Development Bank (ADB), for USD 100,000. The original timeline of the project was from June 2022 to December 2024, however, the end date has been pushed back to December 2025. As of July 20, 2023, the Administrative Agreement between ADB and UNICEF was amended and a partial liquidation of the first advance was submitted by UNICEF on March 13, 2024.

Staff comments

1. We have classified this project under the CRS Sector- 120 Health, due to the program's goal of "develop[ing] a set of technical, institutional, and policy tools to improve access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) systems for the most underserved communities and populations, including women, vulnerable groups such as children and people with special needs" (See https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/project-documents/55287/55287-001-tar-en.pdf)