Overview

Chinese Government signs agreement with UN World Food Program to provide food aid to Benin, Liberia and the Republic of Congo in July 2021

Commitment Year•2021Country of Activity•Africa, regionalSector•Developmental Food Aid/food Security AssistanceFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jul 29, 2021

Stakeholders

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

Funding agencies

State-owned Funds

Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund

Implementing agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Loan description

Chinese Government signs agreement with UN World Food Program to provide food aid to Benin, Liberia and the Republic of Congo in July 2021

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On July 29, 2021, the Chinese Government signed an agreement with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide food aid to Benin, Liberia, and the Republic of Congo. The purpose of this agreement is to provide food assistance to vulnerable groups in the three countries. The agreement indicates that China will use its South-South Cooperation Fund to finance the project and the WFP will help to implement the project. Implementation details have yet to be found. A signing ceremony was held virtually for this agreement. Luo Zhaohui, the Chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), and David Beasley, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), attended the ceremony and signed the food assistance agreement.