Project ID: 59162

China donates 5 million USD to World Food Program (WFP) to provide famine relief to South Sudan in 2017

Commitment amount

$ 5761690.785104869

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 5761690.79

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

South Sudan

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

2017-04-13

Planned start

2017-04-13

Actual start

2017-06-06

Actual complete

2017-06-06

NOTE: Red circles denote delays between planned and actual dates

Description

On April 13, 2017, China signed an agreement to provide a cash donation of $5 million USD to the World Food Program (WFP) for emergency relief to South Sudan (UNOCHA: Financial Tracking Service Flow ID: 156908). On June 6, 2017, the WFP handed over the food purchased using Chinese donations to the South Sudanese government. The Chinese government has contributed to several donations of food aid to South Sudan since the country became independent. This project is completed.

Number of official sources

8

Number of total sources

8

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of South Sudan [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

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