Project ID: 53258

China Funded 60 Students and Trainees to Study in China

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Liberia

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Scholarships/training in the donor country

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

2015-01-01

Actual start

2015-08-28

Description

August 28, 2015, the Chinese Embassy of Liberia hosted a reception to send off 60 students and professionals to China, to attend either educational institutions or Chinese government training programs on Chinese government-provided scholarship. The Chinese ambassador, Zhang Yue, pointed out in his speech that the Chinese government has been committed to helping the development of the Liberian education sector, such as providing a number of scholarships and training places, assisting in the construction of the University of Fendall, expanding the professional training center in Monrovia. Moreover, China had decided to increase the number of scholarships offered to Liberia to 40 per year. In addition, the Chinese government also provides “Chinese Ambassador Scholarships” and “Chinese Enterprise Scholarships” to Liberian college students. The funding organization and transaction costs are unknown

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

3

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Cofinanced

No