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China Eximbank provides RMB 602 million government concessional loan for Phase I of Abidjan City Water Supply Project (Linked to Record ID#60789)

¥602K RMB

Funder	Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank)
Recipient Organization	Government of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Country	Cote d'Ivoire
Start Date	Apr 13, 2012
End Date	Feb 06, 2026
Duration	5,047 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`30120`

Grant Description

China Eximbank provides RMB 602 million government concessional loan for Phase I of Abidjan City Water Supply Project On April 11, 2012, the Chinese Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire and Ivorian Minister of Foreign Affairs signed a preferential loan framework agreement in which China Eximbank pledged to finance over CFA 100 billion for the Abidjan City Water Supply Project.

Then, on April 13, 2012, China Eximbank and Government of Cote d'Ivoire signed a government concessional loan (GCL) agreement worth RMB 602 million (or CFA 47,031,250,000) for Phase I. The loan was ratified by the Legislature of Cote d'Ivoire on June 27, 2012 (le décret n° 2012-484).

📋 Loan / Grant Terms

💰 Loan Amountare unknown

According to the Government of Côte d'Ivoire’s Aid Management Platform (AMP), China Eximbank made 6 loan disbursements (worth CFA 38,498,681,611) between 2012 and 2015: a CFA 3,950,100,000 disbursement on December 31, 2012, a CFA 26,283,100,000 disbursement on December 31, 2013, a CFA 1,970,780,000 disbursement on June 30, 2014, a CFA 3,868,095,000 disbursement on September 30, 2014, a CFA 2,319,450,000 disbursement on January 31, 2015, and a CFA 107,156,611 disbursement on March 15, 2015.

This project involved building infrastructure to distribute water from South Comoé groundwater table in Bonoua to the southern zone of the capital city of Abidjan (in particular, the island of Petit Bassam, which includes the municipalities of Marcory, Koumassi, Treichville and Port-Bouët).

More specifically, it involved an 80,000 m3/day water treatment plant in Bonoua, 2 well fields, 18 wells, 5 ground tanks of 5000 m3 each, a 4000 m3/hour water plant, and 93 km of water pipeline. China Geo-Engineering Corporation (CGC) was the EPC contractor responsible for implementation.

Construction began on March 28, 2013, but the official groundbreaking ceremony did not take place until on August 6, 2013. The project was scheduled to take place over 24 months. It was officially completed and handed over to the Ivorian authorities on March 2, 2015.

One of the main implementation obstacles that this project had to overcome was the displacement of populations in the project area.

The Government of Cote d'Ivoire ultimately agreed to provide CFA 2,990,000,00 (CFA 1,000 per m² of land) of compensations to affected populations.

China Eximbank also provided an RMB 605.5 million (CFA 51.6 million) government concessional loan for Phase II of the project (as captured via Record ID#60789).

📋 Staff Comments

This project is also known as the Abidjan Bonoua Water Supply Phase I Project. The Chinese project title is 阿比让供水第一阶段 or 阿比让城市供水项目 or 的阿比让供水项目一期工 or 科特迪瓦阿比让供水二期项目. The French project title is Alimentation en eau de la ville d'Abidjan à partir de la nappe du Sud Comoé (Bonoua) - Phase I or Alimentation en eau potable de la ville d'Abidjan (Phase I).
This official source (http://www.gouv.ci/rss_declaration_rss.php?recordID=364) says the loan's face value is CFA 49.73 billion but the AMP says it is CFA 47,031,250,000. It is unclear why this discrepancy exists between two official sources.
Adama Colonel TONDOSSAMA ([email protected]) was the project coordinator.
The system identification number for this project in the Government of Côte d'Ivoire’s Aid Management Platform (AMP) is 11200713564. The AMP project code is 732960371.
The source of the disbursement information that is provided in the project description is the AMP. An additional/alternative source of information on disbursement amounts and dates is a September 21, 2015 letter from China Eximbank’s Concessional Loan Department to the Mme. Niale Kaba, the Ivorian Minister to the Prime Minister for Economy and Finance (accessible via https://www.dropbox.com/s/ze7fni7npn60eym/Disbursement%20Data%20for%204%20China%20Eximbank%20loans%20to%20Ivory%20Coast.pdf?dl=0).
According to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS), the weighted average grace period of all official sector lending from all Chinese creditors to government and government-guaranteed borrowing institutions in Côte d'Ivoire was 3.161-years in 2012. AidData estimates the grace period of the Export-Import Bank of China loan that supported Phase I of the Abidjan City Water Supply Project by using this figure. See https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i7f56vi0ix8drznpbaczg/Weighted-average-borrowing-terms-from-Chinese-Lenders-to-Ivory-Coast-April-2024-IDS-Data-Extraction.xlsx?rlkey=0uj6y8don6vdg39v28f1y4nwz&dl=0 7. According to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS), the weighted average maturity of all official sector lending from all Chinese creditors to government and government-guaranteed borrowing institutions in Côte d'Ivoire was 20.7783-years in 2012. AidData estimates the maturity of the Export-Import Bank of China loan that supported Phase I of the Abidjan City Water Supply Project by using this figure. See https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i7f56vi0ix8drznpbaczg/Weighted-average-borrowing-terms-from-Chinese-Lenders-to-Ivory-Coast-April-2024-IDS-Data-Extraction.xlsx?rlkey=0uj6y8don6vdg39v28f1y4nwz&dl=0 8. According to the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS), the weighted average interest rate of all official sector lending from all Chinese creditors to government and government-guaranteed borrowing institutions in Côte d'Ivoire was 1.3849% in 2012. AidData estimates the interest rate of the Export-Import Bank of China loan that supported Phase I of the Abidjan City Water Supply Project by using this figure. See https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/i7f56vi0ix8drznpbaczg/Weighted-average-borrowing-terms-from-Chinese-Lenders-to-Ivory-Coast-April-2024-IDS-Data-Extraction.xlsx?rlkey=0uj6y8don6vdg39v28f1y4nwz&dl=0

📚 Sources & References

http://www.gouv.ci/actualite_1.php?recordID=3275
Infrastructure: The Head of State Launches the Work of Abidjan Water Supply from Bonoua
Transcript of Council of Ministers of Wednesday, 6/27/2012
China / Ivory Coast: Eximbank lends 244 million dollars for infrastructure in Abidjan
Chine : dix milliards de dollars pour la Côte d'Ivoire
China to invest about $5 bln in Cote d'Ivoire in coming years, http://www.globalwaterintel.com/archive/15/3/general/cote-divoire-reboots-its-water-sector.html
Alimentation en eau potable de la ville d’Abidjan: Le calvaire des populations prend fin en décembre
Côte d’Ivoire: Infrastructure funding boost
科特迪瓦阿比让供水一期项目正式启用
中科双方签署《阿比让市供水项目政府间优惠贷款框架协议》
驻科特迪瓦大使唐卫斌在科官方报纸发表署名文章
February 2018 Export from the Government of Ivory Coast's Aid Management Platform
Rapport de Presentation du Project de Loi de Reglement Pour l'Annee 2016
科特迪瓦阿比让供水一期项目竣工仪式暨二期项目开工典礼在博努阿举行
孙亮经商参赞考察阿比让城市供水项目工地
瓦塔拉总统参加我优惠贷款城市供水项目开工仪式
唐卫斌大使视察阿比让供水项目工地
科特迪瓦阿比让供水一期项目正式启用
唐卫斌大使视察阿比让供水项目工地
科特迪瓦与中国关系处于巩固深化阶段
科特迪瓦政府总理视察中地阿比让供水项目工地
科特迪瓦政府总理视察阿比让供水项目工地
MOT DU PREMIER MINISTRE DUNCAN - SIGNATURE DE CONVENTIONS ENTRE L’ETAT DE COTE D’IVOIRE ET LA CHINE POUR LA REHABILITATION DU RESEAU ELECTRIQUE DE COTE D’IVOIRE - 16 DECEMBRE 2015
Decret No. 2012-583
Chinese Loans to Africa Database
Alimentation en eau de la ville d'ABIDJAN à partir de la nappe du Sud Comoé (BONOUA) - Phase
W ater supply to the city of ABIDJAN from the South Comoé aquifer (BONOUA) - Phase I
ALIMENTATION DU SUD D’ABIDJAN A PARTIR DE LA NAPPE DU SUD COMOE PHASE II
Disbursement Details Under The Chinese Government Concessional Loan and Preferential Buyer Credit Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.

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