Narrative
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Project narrative
In November 2017, the Chinese Government provided $17 million through the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund to partner with UNDP in support of the recovery and reconstruction efforts in five countries: 1) $4 million USD to Bangladesh (see Record ID#87786) 2) $4 million USD to Nepal (see Record ID#53718) 3) $4 million USD to Pakistan for furnishing 423 schools in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Balochistan (Record ID#87787) 4) $2 million USD to Antigua and Barbuda (see Record ID#87791) 5) $3 million USD to the Commonwealth of Dominica (see Record ID#55325) The Chinese Government and UNDP first established the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund in 2016. It is unclear how much in total China has contributed to this special fund.
Staff comments
This project is seemingly separate from the school construction projects captured in Record ID#55284