Project ID: 38461

China donates $100,000 to Laos in emergency relief for Mekong River flooding

Commitment amount

$ 152458.59219490507

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 152458.59

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Laos

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

2008-08-26

Actual start

2008-08-26

Actual complete

2008-08-26

Geography

Description

On August 26 2008, China donated $100,000 to Laos in emergency relief after Mekong River flooding caused serious damage along the river areas from the north to the south of the country. According to the Economic and Commercial Counsellor's Office of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the People's Democratic Republic of Laos, the flood in Laos caused 675 villages in 53 counties in 8 provinces of Laos to be affected. More than 200,000 people were affected and 380,000 hectares of farmland were flooded.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Laos [Government Agency]