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Overview

Chinese Government provides a RMB 5 million grant — via a March 2002 ETCA — for the acquisition of 500 computers for the TVA Department of Lebanon's Ministry of Finance

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,394,575
Commitment Year•2002Country of Activity•LebanonDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•LebanonSector•Government And Civil SocietyFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Mar 20, 2002
Start (actual)
Oct 31, 2003
End (actual)
Oct 31, 2003

Geospatial footprint

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This project involved the provision of computers to Lebanon’s Ministry of Finance in Beirut. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/514515325.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Lebanese Ministry of Finance

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides a RMB 5 million grant — via a March 2002 ETCA — for the acquisition of 500 computers for the TVA Department of Lebanon's Ministry of Finance

Narrative

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Project narrative

On March 20, 2002, the Chinese Government and the Government of Lebanon signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), in which the Chinese Government committed RMB 5 million in grant funding for the supply of public goods. The grant proceeds ultimately were used to acquire 500 computers for the TVA Department of Lebanon's Ministry of Finance (TVA stands for Taxe à la Valeur Ajoutée, the French phrase for value-added tax). The Chinese-made computers were intended to improve Lebanon's tax collection and management system. The computers were installed in the tax administration center building of Lebanon's Ministry of Finance. The handover ceremony and the signing of the project handover certificate by the Chinese Government and the Lebanese Government occurred on October 31, 2003.

Staff comments

This project is known as "Technical and Economic Cooperation Projects and Supply of public commodities (500 Computers for the TVA Department in the Ministry of Finance), 2002" in the Lebanese Council for Development and Reconstruction's (CDR) database. The agreement number is 1057 (see "CDR Funding - Technical and Economic Cooperation Projects and Supply of public commodities (500 Computers for the TVA Department in the Ministry of Finance), 2002"). As this is an ETCA, which is a financing mechanism specific to China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), AidData has coded MOFCOM as the specific Chinese Government institution responsible for providing this grant.