Project ID: 98205

China donates rice to Guinea-Bassau

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Guinea-Bissau

Sector

Developmental food aid/food security assistance (Code: 520)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2007-06-01

Description

China donated 2,000 tons of rice to Guinea-Bassau, which allowed the regime to address the most basic immediate needs of the population while buying vital time for further shipments to arrive. This Chinese gesture may have prevented serious civil unrest, and it certainly enhanced China’s image in the eyes of the government and people. In August 2007, this first rice shipment was followed by an even larger one of 30,000 tons.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

1

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Cofinanced

No