Project ID: 58235

Chinese government helps fund construction of disaster evacuation centers (linked to #58234)

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Malawi

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

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

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2016-01-01

Geography

Description

In 2016, the Chinese government helped to fund construction of four disaster evacuation centers in the Salima, Nsange, Karonga, and Mangqi areas of Malawi. The project was jointly funded by the United Nations Development Programme under the disaster relief small grant program. Each center could protect 300 people in an emergency. This project is likely financed from the UNDP Disaster Risk Reduction project recorded in #58234. According to the UNDP China webpage, $96,199 was delivered in 2016 as part of the Disaster Risk Reduction Project. It is unclear if that amount was used to finance this project. Transaction amount not recorded as it is already captured as part of #58234. Linked to #58234, where this project's transaction amount is recorded in the disaster risk reduction project with the UNDP

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

Yes

Cofinancing agencies [Type]

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [Intergovernmental Organization]

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Malawi [Government Agency]