Project ID: 54308

China provides disaster rescue equipment to Bangladesh

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Chinese Embassy [Government Agency]

Recipient

Bangladesh

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

2017-10-29

Actual start

2017-10-29

Actual complete

2017-10-29

Geography

Description

On October 29th, 2017, the Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh handed over rescue operation equipment to the Secretary of Disaster Management and Relief of Bangladesh in Dhaka. The equipment comes at the Bangladeshi government's request and included a hydraulic wheel excavator, forklift, air compressor, generator set, and a cutting machine. It is not known from where the Chinese government procured the equipment.

Additional details

This project is coded as emergency response as a part of CRS code 74010 (Disaster prevention and preparedness), but the donation of the equipment was not prompted by a natural disaster at the time.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Bangladesh Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief [Government Agency]