Commitments in 2008
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» Grants - Special Grant Account for Palestine
» Grants - HIV/AIDS Special Account
» Grants - Cumulative Commitments
Loans: Public Sector
Public Sector Loans approved (as of June 18, 2008) |
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| Country | Purpose | Amount (in US$ million) |
Approval Date |
| Albania | Secondary and Local Roads | 15.00 |
18.06.2008 |
| Bangladesh | Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation | 20.00 |
11.03.2008 |
| Burkina Faso | Small-Scale Irrigation and Water Management | 4.00 |
18.06.2008 |
| Burundi | Bubanza-Ntamba Road | 10.00 |
18.06.2008 |
| Burundi | Kirundo-Gasenyi Road. Read more... | 12.00 |
11.03.2008 |
| Cameroon | Chari/Logone Integrated Rural Development | 6.00 |
11.03.2008 |
| Cape Verde | Fogo Ring Road | 8.00 |
18.06.2008 |
| Chad | Am Timan-Haraze Mangueigne Road | 4.00 |
18.06.2008 |
| Laos | Northern Greater-Mekong Sub-region Transport Network Improvement | 11.00 |
18.06.2008 |
| Madagascar | Support Program for Rural Micro Enterprise Poles and Regional Economies | 5.00 |
18.06.2008 |
| Mauritania | Aftout Es-Saheli Water Supply, Phase II | 8.40 |
11.03.2008 |
| Mauritius | Terre Rouge Verdun Ebene Road (Phase II) | 8.07 |
18.06.2008 |
| Morocco | Taskourt Dam Construction (Phase I) | 20.00 |
18.06.2008 |
| Nicaragua | Acoyapa-Costa Rican Border Road Integration | 4.60 |
11.03.2008 |
| Seychelles | Perseverance Island Social Services. Read more... | 8.00 |
11.03.2008 |
| Sudan | Heightening of the Roseires Dam Rehabilitation. Read more... | 30.00 |
18.06.2008 |
| Turkey | Zonguldak Wastewater System | 10.00 |
11.03.2008 |
| Vietnam | Ha Tinh Province Irrigation Development | 10.50 |
18.06.2008 |
| Zambia | Kalabo-Sikonga-Angola Border Road | 10.00 |
18.06.2008 |
Loans: Private Sector
| Private Sector Loans signed (as of June 18, 2008) |
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| Country | Recipient Institution | Type and Purpose of Financing | Amount (in million) |
Date Signed |
| Armenia | Byblos Bank Armenia | Equity financing. | 3.0 | 19.02.2008 |
| Azerbaijan | AzerDemiryolbank (Micro-finance Bank of Azerbaijan) | Micro-finance. | 5.0 | 21.04.2008 |
| Bahrain | Gulf Industrial Investment Co. (GIIC) | Loan. | 15.0 | 13.05.2008 |
HIPC II Debt Relief
| HIPC II Debt Relief (as of June 18, 2008) |
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| Country | Purpose | Amount (in US$ million) |
Date Signed | |
Grants: Technical Assistance
| Technical Assistance Grants (as of June 18, 2008) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | Approval Date |
| 1 million | To support a UNICEF polio eradication campaign in Afghanistan and Pakistan.See press release 23/2008. | 18.6.2008 |
| 300,000 | To support a project of the Foundation for the Social Promotion of Culture (FPSC) to expand the Serrania Technical School for women in the Municipality of Jarabacoa and surrounding villages in the Dominican Republic. See press release 23/2008. | 18.6.2008 |
| 300,000 | To help fund Phase III of an initiative of the World Health Organization, carried out in collaboration with Health Action International, to assess medicine prices in Latin America and the Caribbean. See press release 08/2008. | 11.3.2008 |
Grants: Research
| Research Grants (as of June 18, 2008) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | Approval Date |
| 45,000 | This grant will co-finance the 16th Conference of the IAS convening under the title of Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development in the Islamic World, which will take place in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russian Federation, in August. | 21.07.2008 |
| 50,000 | This grant will help support AFED’s (Arab Forum for Environment and Development) 1st Annual Conference being held under the theme Arab Environment 2008, which will take place October 26-27 in Manama, Bahrain. | 18.06.2008 |
| 100,000 | This grant will help finance an AUDI (Arab Urban Development Institute) program Middle East and North Africa Child Protection Initiative (MENA-CPI). Launched in 2003, aims of scheme are to build a knowledge base of the main issues facing vulnerable and disadvantaged children in the MENA region. | 18.06.2008 |
| 35,000 | This grant will help support the IDDC (International Dryland Development Commission) 9th International Conference on Sustainable Development in Dry Lands – Meeting the Challenges on Global Climate Change. The event, which is being organized jointly with Bibliotheca Alexandrina, will be held on November 7-10, 2008 in Alexandria, Egypt. | 18.06.2008 |
| 20,000 | To sponsor the attendence of students from developing countries to attend the International Association for Energy Economics conferences being held in Istanbul, Turkey; Perth, Australia; and, New Orleans, USA. | 25.03.2008 |
| 50,000 | To support ICARDA's 10th International Barley Genetics Symposium, which was held April 5-10 in Alexandria, Egypt. The event brought together some 350 barley researchers from different parts of the world. | 25.03.2008 |
| 50,000 | To support the BioVision Alexandria Conference 2008 hosted by Bibliotheca Alexandrina under the theme From Promise to Practice. The event, which will be held in April 2008, will include plenary sessions in areas such as bioenergy and biofuels; bio-ethics; water resources; and, technology divide. | 11.03.2008 |
| 100,000 | This grant will be divided evenly between two Austrian-based NGOs: the Austrian Relief Organization and CARE Austria as part of OFID's sponsorship of the Vienna Marathon, which will take place April 27, 2008. The funds will be used to carry out works in least-developed countries. | 11.03.2008 |
| 50,000 | To support Private Enterprise Partnership in the Middle East and North Africa (PEP-MENA), a multi-donor facility for advisory services to support private enterprise development in the MENA region. The grant will help finance Phase II of the Yemen Leasing Project, which aims at assisting banks, leasing companies and others to design, market, launch and manage leasing operations, especially those targeting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. | 11.03.2008 |
Grants: Emergency Assistance
| Emergency Assistance Grants (as of June 18, 2008) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | Approval Date |
| 1 million | To assist earthquake victims in China. See press release 14/2008. | 20.05.2008 |
| 500,000 | To aid cyclone victims in Myanmar. See press release 13/2008. | 31.03.2008 |
| 1.5 million | To help the World Food Program address a critical funding gap caused by soaring food and fuel prices. See press release 09/2008. | 31.03.2008 |
Grants: Special Grant Account for Palestine
| Special Grant Account for Palestine (As of June 18, 2008 ) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | Approval Date |
| 5 million | To help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. See press release 01/2008. | 31.01.2008 |
Grants - HIV/AIDS Special Account
| Special Grant Account for HIV/AIDS Operations (as of June 18, 2008) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | Approval Date |
| 350,000 | To support the attendance of participants from least-developed countries at the 17th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008), which will take place August 3-8, 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico. See press release 08/2008. | 11.03.2008 |
Grants - Cumulative Commitments
| 976 grants, worth a total of US$425 million had been approved. Of this amount (as of end of June, 2008) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | |
| 125 million | was made available as technical assistance. | |
| 59 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. | |
| 57 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 | |