Project ID: 54833

China donates educational equipment worth $9 million BBD to Barbados

Commitment amount

$ 5185521.706594382

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 5185521.71

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Barbados

Sector

Education (Code: 110)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

OOF-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

2017-01-01

Actual complete

2017-03-09

Description

On 9 March 2017, the Chinese Government officially donated educational equipment worth at least $9 million BBD to the Barbados Ministry of Education. The goods included: 3,000 desktop computers, 2,000 laptop computers, 9,000 tablets, 2,500 desks, and 2,500 chairs. Distribution of the equipment to both private and public educational institutions throughout Barbados had already begun when the handover ceremony took place.

Additional details

Barbados is not ODA-eligible from 2011 onwards. Sources say this donation was between BBD $9 million and BBD $10 million.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

6

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Barbados Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT) [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Barbados Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training (METVT) [Government Agency]