Chinese Government provides $20 million grant for budgetary support to support peace process
Commitment amount
$ 23482471.158516902
Adjusted commitment amount
$ 23482471.16
Constant 2021 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]
Recipient
Nepal
Sector
General budget support (Code: 510)
Flow type
Grant
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
On January 14, 2012, China announced a one-time grant of US$20 million (over Rs 1.65 billion) to the government to support the peace process, in particular this grant is a budgetary support which will be used for financing rehabilitation of former Maoist combatants. This was announced when Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China paid a short visit to Nepal (lasting four and a half hours), stopping over on his way to the Persian Gulf. According to the Nepal government, the agreement was signed in 2012 but not implemented yet as of 2018.
Number of official sources
1
Number of total sources
10
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Nepal [Government Agency]