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China Funds Feasibility Study for the Nata-Maun Road Rehabilitation Project (Linked to Record ID#57892)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$335,866
Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•BotswanaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BotswanaSector•Transport And StorageFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2018
End (actual)
Nov 6, 2018

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of this project was to fund a feasibility study for the 305 km road from Nata to Maun More detailed location information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_car&route=-20.2107%2C26.1805%3B-19.9861%2C23.4224#map=8/-20.120/24.801

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

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Botswana

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Botswana Ministry of Transport and Communications

Loan desecription

China Funds Feasibility Study for the Nata-Maun Road Rehabilitation Project (Linked to Record ID#57892)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On May 24th, 2019, China and Botswana signed an Exchange of Notes on the Feasibility Study of Nata-Maun Road Project, which is based on the consensus reached by the two state heads in the August 2018 (which is likely where the securing of funding mentioned above came from). The feasibility study was ongoing as of May 30th, 2019. In a Facebook post released by the Botswana government, the Nata-Maun Road Rehabilitation project feasibility study is valued at P3.4 million and was provided by China as a fully funded grant. The first meeting of the fifth session of the eleventh parliament of Botswana on November 6th, 2018 confirmed the completion of the feasibility study. During the feasibility study, the Botswana Government assigned the Botswana Ministry of Transport and Communications to facilitate the arrival and equipment management of the visiting Chinese experts. This project is linked to Record ID#57892, which captures that China pledged 10 billion BWP of funding for the construction of the Francistown-Nata and Nata-Maun Road (Francistown-Nata-Maun Road Rehabilitation Project or Nata-Maun Road Rehabilitation Project) on November 6th, 2018, at the first meeting of the fifth session of the eleventh parliament of Botswana was held. However, an agreement was not signed at that point. The Chinese government stipulated that this feasibility study was a requirement for the infrastructure project to be considered for a loan.