Project ID: 55888

China grants 1 million RMB to Lesotho for food aid through the World Food Programme (WFP)

Commitment amount

$ 164782.88271654732

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 164782.88

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Lesotho

Sector

Developmental food aid/food security assistance (Code: 520)

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

2018-09-03

Description

Between 3 and 4 September 2018 at the Beijing Summit for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), Lesotho's Prime Minister and China's President signed several agreements; one of which being 1 million RMB (equivalent to M16 million) for food aid to Lesotho. The food aid was to be implemented through the World Food Programme. The other agreements signed at the same meeting include another 25 million RMB (M50 million) for rice (#55882) and 150 million RMB (M300 million) in cash (#55883).

Additional details

The original amount of the project is in RMB while most sources report it as in the Lesotho Loti amount.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Lesotho [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) [Intergovernmental Organization]