Project ID: 1455

Chinese Government provides 50 million yuan in emergency food assistance to Ethiopia (Linked to Project ID #1408)

Commitment amount

$ 9512483.799421983

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 9512483.8

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Ethiopia

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

Flow type

Grant

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

2011-07-27

Actual start

2011-09-02

Actual complete

2011-09-02

Description

On July 27, 2011, the Chinese Government announced it would provide 90 million yuan in food aid to drought-affected countries in Africa, including 50 million yuan to Ethiopia. 50 million yuan would go to Kenya (see Project ID#73729), and 10 million yuan to Djibouti (see Project ID#59621). Chinese Ambassador Gu Xiaojie said the humanitarian assistance would include about $7.7 million worth of food for Ethiopia. According to the UNOCHA, the Chinese Government has disbursed the 50 million yuan ($7,763,975) worth of assistance to Ethiopia.

Additional details

Various media reports this 50,000,000 Chinese Yuan combined with another 100,000,000 Chinese Yuan also intended to provide food aid to Ethiopia (see Project ID#1408).

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Ethiopia [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Ethiopia [Government Agency]