Commitments in 2008
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» HIPC II Debt Relief
» Grants - Technical Assistance
» Grants - Research
» Grants - Emergency Assistance
» Grants - Special Grant Account for Palestine
» Grants - HIV/AIDS Special Account
» Grants - Cumulative Commitments
Loans: Public Sector
Public Sector Loans approved (as of March 11, 2008) |
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| Country | Purpose | Amount (in US$ million) |
Approval Date |
| Bangladesh | Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation | 20.00 |
11.03.2008 |
| Burundi | Kirundo-Gasenyi Road | 12.00 |
11.03.2008 |
| Cameroon | Chari/Logone Integrated Rural Development | 6.00 |
11.03.2008 |
| Mauritania | Aftout Es-Saheli Water Supply, Phase II | 8.40 |
11.03.2008 |
| Nicaragua | Acoyapa-Costa Rican Border Road Integration | 4.60 |
11.03.2008 |
| Seychelles | Perseverance Island Social Services | 8.00 |
11.03.2008 |
| Turkey | Zonguldak Wastewater System | 10.00 |
11.03.2008 |
Loans: Private Sector
| Private Sector Loans signed (as of April 21, 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 |
HIPC II Debt Relief
| HIPC II Debt Relief (as of March 11, 2008) |
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| Country | Purpose | Amount (in US$ million) |
Date Signed | |
Grants: Technical Assistance
| Technical Assistance Grants (as of March 11, 2008) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | Approval Date |
| 300,000 | To help fund Phase III of an initiative of the World Health Organization, carried out in collaboration with Health Action International, to assess medicine prices in Latin America and the Caribbean. See press release 08/2008. | 11.3.2008 |
Grants: Research
| Research Grants (as of May 7, 2008) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | Approval Date |
| 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 2007, 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 deisgn, 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 May 7, 2008) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | Approval Date |
| 500,000 | To aid cyclone victims in Myanmar. See press release 13/2008. | 31.03.2008 |
| 1.5 million | To help the World Food Program address a critical funding gap caused by soaring food and fuel prices. See press release 09/2008. | 31.03.2008 |
Grants: Special Grant Account for Palestine
| Special Grant Account for Palestine (As of March 11, 2008 ) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
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 March 11, 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
| 966 grants, worth a total of US$417 million had been approved. Of this amount (as of end of March, 2008) |
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| Amount (in US$) |
Purpose | |
| 123 million | was made available as technical assistance. | |
| 57 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. | |
| 52 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 | |