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Overview

Chinese government provides grant - via ETCA - for feasibility study for Quinindé Hospital construction (Linked to Record ID#59712, #59063, #72705, and #91494)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$147,424
Commitment Year•2022Country of Activity•EcuadorDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•EcuadorSector•HealthFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Oct 17, 2022

Geospatial footprint

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The purpose of this project was to do a feasibility study for Quinindé Hospital construction in the Esmeraldas province of Ecuador. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/288647

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

  • Ecuador Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Migration

Loan description

Chinese government provides grant - via ETCA - for feasibility study for Quinindé Hospital construction (Linked to Record ID#59712, #59063, #72705, and #91494)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On or about June 30, 2020, the Vice President of Ecuador verbally announced that USD 40 million in Chinese government grants would be available for the Quinindé Hospital construction project. Then, on September 28, 2022 and October 17, 2022, the Chinese Ambassador to Ecuador and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador signed Letters of Exchange committing RMB 1,050,000 originally granted via an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) for a feasibility study for the hospital. The funds were to be pulled from the ETCA signed October 11, 2017, captured via Record ID#59712.

Staff comments

1. There is circumstantial evidence to indicate that the funds originally intended for the Miguel Hilario Alcívar Hospital Reconstruction Project (captured via Record ID#91494) were to be reallocated to the Quinindé Hospital project. However, this issue warrants further investigation.