China donates road-building equipment worth $4 million USD Liberia (Linked to #35259)
Commitment amount
$ 3855004.789
Constant 2017 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Liberia
Sector
Industry, mining, construction (Code: 320)
Flow type
Grant
Concessional
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
On February 26, 2014, the Chinese government donated $4 million USD worth of road-building equipment to the 1st Engineering Company of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL). The equipment included ten trucks, several bull-dozers, caterpillars, mixers, and excavators among others.According to Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yue, under the protocol signed between China and Liberia, the Chinese Government will also send a team of engineering experts to Liberia. The team was supposed to arrive in Liberia in March 2014 to train the AFL engineering personnel on how to use their new equipment (see Project ID #35259).
Additional details
A video report can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgIO6T2At2M.Even though this project involves the military, it is still ODA because its primary purpose is development and it is 100% concessional.
Number of official sources
0
Number of unofficial sources
3
Details
Cofinanced
No
Receiving agencies [Type]
Armed Forces of Liberia [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
Armed Forces of Liberia [Government Agency]