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Overview

Chinese Government cancels $747,900 of debt accrued for Quito Education Center Project (Linked to Record ID#85568 and #88259)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$810,587
Commitment Year2012Country of ActivityEcuadorDirect Recipient Country of IncorporationEcuadorSectorAction Relating To DebtFlow TypeDebt forgiveness

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2012

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Ecuador

Loan desecription

Chinese Government cancels $747,900 of debt accrued for Quito Education Center Project (Linked to Record ID#85568 and #88259)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On February 1, 2005, the Chinese Government and the Government of Ecuador signed letters of exchange, committing an unknown amount of funding to the Quito Education Center Project (Proyecto de Centro Educativo de Quito) (as captured via Record ID#98658). However, in letters of exchange signed by the two governments on November 14, 2011 and April 13, 2012, the project was cancelled at the request of the Government of Ecuador. At that point, the preliminary design and detailed project preparation work had already taken place (at a cost of $1,521,100). Part of the cost ($747,900) was cancelled through the November 2011/April 2012 letters of exchange (as captured via Record ID#88260). $773,200 was still owed, and was drawn from an interest-free credit line through an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), which was signed on March 21, 1994 (as captured via Record ID#88259).

Staff comments

1. This record is not coded as an umbrella record due to no apparent risk of over counting. 2. The grant associated with a feasibility study for the Center is captured via Record ID#85568. The feasibility study appears to have been supported by a separate financial commitment through letters of exchange signed by the two governments in 2004 and not the letters of exchange signed by the two governments in February 2005.