Project ID: 43974

China grants Sudan funding for construction of bridges in Darfur (linked to ID #2470)

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sudan

Sector

Transport and storage (Code: 210)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

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

Pipeline: Commitment (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2011-06-29

Description

On June 29, 2011, in Beijing, President Umar al-Bashir and his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao witnessed the signing of an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) between the Chinese Deputy Minister of Commerce and the Sudanese Minister of Finance and National Economy, Ali Mahmud. The ETCA provides a grant for the eastern Sudan (Darfur region) development fund and construction of bridges on River Atbara. The total value of the donation is 154 million RMB, which was provided to Sudan through a combination of interest-free loans and grants. The breakdown of the funding is unknown. The aid will go toward reconstruction in eastern Sudan and economic and technical cooperation projects. The transaction amount has been left in this project. See ID #2470 for the transaction amount and the interest-free loan project. The current status and start and end dates are unknown.

Additional details

There is some discrepancy between the amount of funding. According to the Factiva source, the total amount of funding was 132 million RMB. Both the Arab News and official Chinese government sources report 154 million RMB.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

3

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Cofinanced

No