Commitments in 2007
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Loans: Public Sector
Public Sector Loans approved (as of December 31, 2007) |
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| Country | Purpose | Amount (in US$ million) |
Approval Date |
| Bangladesh | Balancing, Modernization, Rehabilitation and Expansion of Eastern Refinery | 30.00 |
14.06.2007 |
| Benin | Cotonou East Coast Protection | 8.00 |
14.06.2007 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Railways Reconstruction (Sarajevo-Bradina Section I) | 12.00 |
14.06.2007 |
| Botswana | Sir Seretse Khama International Airport Upgrading and Expansion | 20.59 |
28.08.2007 |
| Burkina Faso | Samendeni Valley Integrated Development | 7.0 |
13.03.2007 |
| Burundi | Transitional Program of Post-Conflict Reconstruction | 10.0 |
13.03.2007 |
| Cape Verde | Reinforcement of Electricity Production and Distribution System | 12.40 |
04.12.2007 |
| China | Yunnan Vocational Education | 16.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| Colombia | La Linea (II Centennial) Tunnel | 30.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| Colombia | Buga-Buenaventura Highway | 20.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Abidjan Water Supply Reinforcement | 6.00 |
28.08.2007 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Jacqueville Bridge | 5.0 |
13.03.2007 |
| Dominican Republic | Multiphase Roads Rehabilitation and Maintenance | 30.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| Egypt | Grain Silos (Phase II) | 10.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| Ethiopia | Sawala Key Afer Rural Electrification | 20.00 |
28.08.2007 |
| The Gambia | Highway and Streets Lighting | 4.00 |
14.06.2007 |
| The Gambia | Third Public Works | 4.0 |
13.03.2007 |
| Ghana | Primary Schools | 8.50 |
14.06.2007 |
| Honduras | Complementary Works for the CA-5 North Road | 5.00 |
14.06.2007 |
| Jamaica | Rural Roads Rehabilitation, Phase II | 20.00 |
14.06.2007 |
| Kenya | Bura Irrigation Rehabilitation | 6.00 |
14.06.2007 |
| Lebanon | Northern Coastal Road, Phase II | 10.00 |
14.06.2007 |
| Lesotho | Metolong Water Supply | 6.0 |
13.03.2007 |
| Madagascar | Saint Marie Island Infrastructure Rehabilitation | 2.8 |
13.03.2007 |
| Malawi | Second National Water Development | 10.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| Maldives | Construction of Harbors for the Tsunami Victims | 6.00 |
28.08.2007 |
| Mali | Livestock Development III | 4.61 |
28.08.2007 |
| Morocco | Fez-Oujda Highway Reconstruction | 25.0 |
13.03.2007 |
| Myanmar | Thonze and Kabaung Irrigation | 20.00 |
14.06.2007 |
| Nepal | Rural Reconstruction and Rehabilitation | 10.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| Niger | Niamey-Ouallam Road | 12.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| Papua New Guinea | Lae Port Development | 6.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| Paraguay | Concepcion-Puerto Vallemi Road | 26.0 |
13.03.2007 |
| Philippines | Second Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management (CHARMP II) | 10.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| Philippines | Agrarian Reform Communities, Phase II | 30.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre Port Development | 6.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | São Tomé Water Supply | 2.50 |
04.12.2007 |
| Sierra Leone | Kenema - Pendembu Road | 12.51 |
28.08.2007 |
| The Sudan | Rahad Scheme Rehabilitation | 20.60 |
14.06.2007 |
| Swaziland | Sicunusa-Nhlangano Road | 25.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe-Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation (Phase II) | 3.50 |
04.12.2007 |
| Tanzania | Ole-Kengeja Road | 11.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| Tunisia | Rural Roads Integrated Construction | 24.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| Turkey | Bursa Light Rail System | 30.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| Uzbekistan | Secondary Schools Construction | 5.00 |
04.12.2007 |
| Uzbekistan | Kuyu Mazar Pumping Station | 12.00 |
28.08.2007 |
| Vietnam | Lai Chau Province Irrigation Development | 7.00 |
14.06.2007 |
| Yemen | Third Public Works | 11.0 |
13.03.2007 |
| Zambia | Copperbelt Feeder Road Rehabilitation | 6.00 |
14.06.2007 |
Loans: Private Sector
| Private Sector Loans signed (as of December 31, 2007) |
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| Country | Recipient Institution | Type and Purpose of Financing | Amount (in million) |
Date Signed |
| Azerbaijan | Microfinance Bank | Line of credit; microcredit financing | 5.0 | 20.03.2007 |
| Malawi | GM Properties Ltd. | Loan; housing | 1.2 | 20.11.2007 |
| Maldives | Maldives Leasing II | Line of credit; leasing | 3.0 | 13.03.2007 |
| Pakistan | Engro Chemicals Ltd. | Loan; industry sector | 15.0 | 05.10.2007 |
| Paraguay | Vision Finanzas | Line of credit; microcredit financing | 4.0 | 21.03.2007 |
| Uzbekistan | Bursel Textiles II | Loan; textiles | 0.50 | 09.04.2007 |
HIPC II Debt Relief
| HIPC II Debt Relief (as of December 31, 2007) |
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| Country | Purpose | Amount (in US$ million) |
Date Signed | |
| Congo Republic | HIPC II | 7.00 | 12.12.2007 | |
| Mauritania | HIPC II | 10.00 | 11.12.2007 | |
| Nicaragua | HIPC II | 10.00 | 14.06.2007 | |
| Sierra Leone | HIPC II | 5.40 | 05.12.2007 | |
Grants: Technical Assistance
| Technical Assistance Grants (as of December 31, 2007) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | Approval Date |
| 500,000 | To help finance the second phase of an agricultural research scheme conducted by the ICBA and ICRISAT, in partnership with the National Agricultural Research Systems of beneficiary countries. Phase II aims at improving the livelihoods of farmers in salinity affected environments by developing high yielding, salt-tolerant sorghum and pearl millet. | 04.12.2007 |
| 300,000 | To co-finance a South-South Global Assets and Technology Exchange System (GATE), a program created by the United Nations Development Program. The initiative aims at providing a sustainable South-South transaction platform that facilitates the transparent exchange of technology, assets, services and financial resources. | 04.12.2007 |
| 300,000 | To support a project developed by the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture to rehabilitate the Tam Bardoute irrigation scheme in Guelmim, Morocco. The scheme will help increase agricultural production and boost farmers’ incomes. At least 1,900 families are expected to benefit from the initiative. | 04.12.2007 |
| 750,000 | To support an initiative of the FAO - the Special Program for Food Security and Food Safety - to assist small-scale farmers in Cambodia, Haiti and Sierra Leone to increase producticity by using low-cost technologies. | 28.08.2007 |
| 350,000 | To help construct a medical center in Berkayel, Lebanon as part of the country's recovery and reconstruction focus. | 28.08.2007 |
| 500,000 | To support an initiative of the International Committee of the Red Cross Special Fund for the Disabled, in support of the Ho Chi Minh City Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled in Vietnam. The aim is to provide new-technology prosthetics and physical therapy services to those injured by landmines, particularly among underserved, disadvantaged communities. | 14.06.2007 |
| 300,000 | To help finance an International Atomic Energy scheme to purchase radiotherapy equipment for the University Teaching Hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay. This project will not only enlarge treatment coverage for cancer patients, but will also strengthen capacities of medical students, oncologists and other specialized personnel. | 14.06.2007 |
| 1.2 million | To help finance agricultural research at eight research centers sponsored by the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research. | 14.06.2007 |
| 600,000 | To support an initiative of the International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology aimed at boosting rural incomes in Egypt, the Sudan and Yemen by teaching communities beekeeping and silkworm raising technologies. | 13.03.2007 |
| 400,000 | To help finance a social development project in Pakistan established by the National Commission for Human Development. The scheme aims at reducing infant/child morbidity and mortality from diarrheal disease and boosting literacy by establishing adult literacy centers. | 13.03.2007 |
Grants: Research
| Research Grants (as of December 31, 2007) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | Approval Date |
| 100,000 | This grant will support a scheme of Caritas-Spes, Ukraine, which will construct a family home for orphans in the Bortnitschi district in Kiev. The project will also sponsor medical assistance and educational programs for the children, as well as provide them with clothing and other essential items. | 04.12.2007 |
| 90,000 | This grant will help finance an initiative of Books for Africa, which will ship approximately 350,000 textbooks for schoolchildren in Chad, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. | 04.12.2007 |
| 100,000 | This grant will support an initiative of the Arab Science and Technology Foundation, which aims at pooling the capacities of Arab science and technology abroad within the Arab economy and to create and build scientific knowledge. | 04.12.2007 |
| 50,000 | This grant will help finance an initiative of the Serra Matto Organization in the Sudan, which aims at upgrading medical services among Nubian communities in the Sudanese Kasala State, with particular emphasis on providing health care to women and children. At least 3,000 are expected to benefit from the scheme. | 05.11.2007 |
| 50,000 | This grant was extended to the InterAction Council of Former Heads of State and Government to support the production of a 12-volume series: The World Agenda: Studies of the InterAction Council 1982-2007. The books will comprise papers contributed by world renown economists, philosophers and specialists in international relations | 05.11.2007 |
| 100,000 | This grant helped finance the attendance of 16 participants from least-developed countries to attend an IDLO-sponsored seminar entitled Economic Empowerment of Women, which was held in Rome, Italy from September 10 – 21, 2007. The event featured experts from a range of internationals organizations who addressed key issues including: access to basic social resources, women’s health issues, women’s security, access to professional equality, a voice in governance, microfinance and women’s entrepreneurialism. | 28.08.2007 |
| 50,000 | This grant will support the production of a report, Arab Environment: Future Challenges, which will be prepared by The Arab Forum for Environment and Development. The Report which will examine various key environmental issues relevant to the Arab world and cover areas such as the region’s geography, air quality, water resources and water-related policies, among others. | 28.08.2007 |
| 100,000 | To help sponsor the 6th Arab Conference of the Arab Thought Foundation entitled FIKR 6 Manama 2007. | 03.07.2007 |
| 50,000 | To help finance a Capacity Building Program to Support South-South Cooperation, of the Rome Chapter of the G-77. The initiative will entail the preparation of a briefing of topics of interest to the FAO in Rome, ranging from governance issues relating to agriculture and environmental reform, to financial and budgetary matters and technical matters relevant to the organization. | 13.06.2007 |
| 100,000 | To help purchase a drilling rig to install 25 boreholes with pumps in deprived villages in the Chikwawa and Nsanje districts in Malawi, benefiting some 7,500 families. | 13.06.2007 |
| 50,000 | To procure 3,000 copies of the book Global Warming: An Unstoppable 1,500-year Cycle, written by climate physicist S. Fred Singer and Dennis T. Avery, a Hudson Institute Senior Fellow and Economist, examining the controversy surrounding the global warming debate. | 13.06.2007 |
| 75,000 | To support an initiative of the Austrian Doctors for the Disabled to improve the quality of life among the disabled in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where rehabilitation and other medical assistance is scarce. | 13.03.2007 |
| 100,000 | To support a scheme of the Arab Urban Development Institute to introduce City Development Strategies, a modern concept tool to help cities reduce poverty, to its members throughout the Middle East and North Africa Region. | 13.03.2007 |
Grants: Emergency Assistance
| Emergency Assistance Grants (as of December 31, 2007) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | Approval Date |
| 500,000 | To provide essential supplies and help finance emergency relief operations for cyclone victims in Bangladesh. See press release 29/2007. | 19.11.2007 |
| 200,000 | To provide essential supplies and help finance emergency relief operations for victims of a massive earthquake in Peru. See press release 23/2007. | 20.08.2007 |
| 1 million | To provide essential relief supplies and support emergency operation for victims of a spate of natural disasters in South Asia, affecting at least three million people across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. See press release 22/2007. | 18.07.2007 |
| 200,000 | To provide essential relief supplies and support emergency operations for victims of severe flooding in the Sudan. Immediate needs include shelter materials, blankets, mosquito nets, food supplies and water treatment kits. The grant was channeled through the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization | 18.07.2007 |
| 1 million | To assist an estimated two million Iraqis seeking safe accommodations abroad, particularly in Syria and Jordan. The target population is 100,000 externally displaced Iraqi families. The host Red Crescent National Societies, with support from the IFRC, will undertake the following activities: provide primary healthcare services; offer psychological and social support; establish rehabilitation and community-based first aid programs; and, distribute essential household items to 50,000 vulnerable families. | 26.06.2007 |
| 150,000 | To help procure essential relief supplies for victims of a crisis that occurred at the Palestinian Nahr Albared refugee camp in Tripoli, where clashes erupted between the Lebanese armed forces and a group within the camp. Proceeds were channeled through the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization. | 05.06.2007 |
| 200,000 | To assist flood victims in Indonesia. See press release 04/2007. | 07.02.2007 |
Grants: Special Grant Account for Palestine
| Special Grant Account for Palestine (as of December 31, 2007) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | Approval Date |
| 3 million | To support 21 civil society organizations in Palestine’s West Bank that are providing urgently-needed services in areas such as rehabilitation services to the disabled; early childhood development and higher learning. Other areas to be covered include health care; agricultural development and women’s education. | 04.12.2007 |
| 2.5 million | To help finance a project aimed improving the quality of education in Palestine by introducing new-curriculum textbooks. Some 9.4 million books for grades 1-12 will be printed and distributed among Palestinian schools, benefiting at least one million pupils. | 14.06.2007 |
| 1.5 million | To sponsor a population census that will be carried out by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, along with assistance of the United Nations Population Fund. The census will cover the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip. | 13.03.2007 |
| 3 million | To support 15 health centers, clinics, hospitals and rehabilitation centers to enable them to continue carrying out their urgently-needed services to the Palestinian community. | 13.03.2007 |
Grants - HIV/AIDS Special Account
| Special Grant Account for HIV/AIDS Operations (as of December 31, 2007) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | Approval Date |
| 3 million | To co-finance a joint OFID/UNODC HIV/AIDS Initiative to enhance the availability of prevention, care and treatment services in Latin Asia, sub-Sahara Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly among high-risk groups such as drug users. | 04.12.2007 |
| 1.45 million | To co-finance a joint OFID/World Food Program HIV/AIDS Initiative to enhance the availability of prevention, care and treatment services in Latin America and the Caribbean. The project will help strengthen the capacity of national governments and other relevant actors to integrate nutrition-related interventions within national HIV/AIDS programs. | 14.06.2007 |
| 4 million | To co-finance a joint initiative with the Clinton Foundation to boost the availability of adult and paediatric HIV/AIDS medical services in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal and Tanzania. | 13.03.2007 |
| 1.5 million | To support a joint program with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for internally displaced persons and returnees in Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia. | 13.03.2007 |
Grants - Cumulative Commitments
| 937 grants, worth a total of US$409 million had been approved. Of this amount (as of end of December, 2007) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | |
| 123 million | was made available as technical assistance. | |
| 56 million | was extended in emergency relief. | |
| 11 million | sponsored research and similar activities. | |
| 49 million | million was given to finance projects within the framework of the Fund's HIV/AIDS Special Account. | |
| 20 million | went to the Food Aid Special Grant Account. | |
| 47 million | was approved from the Special Grant Account for Palestine. | |
| 20 million | was a Special Contribution to IFAD | |
| 84 million | was approved for the Common Fund for Commodities | |