Project ID: 1093

China Grants Medical Scholarships to Medical Students in Lesotho to Study in China

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Lesotho

Sector

Health (Code: 120)

Flow type

Scholarships/training in the donor country

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2009-01-01

Actual start

2009-03-31

Description

In an interview on March 31, 2009, Motumi Ralejoe, a Lesotho parliamentarian said that China provided scholarships for Basotho medical students to study in China. The financial value for these scholarships is unknown and their exact date is also unknown, but a Chinese source indicated that the Chinese government gives these students two scholarships annually, and that 8 students are currently in China.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Lesotho [Government Agency]