Project ID: 1772

China Donates 1.23 Billion TZS in Food Shortage Aid to Tanzania

Commitment amount

$ 1733192.2780000002

Constant 2017 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Tanzania

Sector

Developmental food aid/food security assistance (Code: 520)

Flow type

Grant

Concessional

Yes

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 year

2006

Completion

2006

2006-04-12

Actual

Description

On April 12, 2006, China donated 1.23 billion TZS to Tanzania to assist with a drought-caused food shortage. Tanzanian PM Edward Lowassa praised the donation. Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania Yu Qingtai said that the Chinese government is paying close attention to the drought situation in Tanzania and is in the belief that the Tanzanian government is well capable of leading its people out of the current situation, which the ambassador described as 'temporary difficulties'.

Number of official sources

0

Number of unofficial sources

1

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Tanzania [Government Agency]