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China Eximbank provides preferential buyer's credit for Phase 1 of the Rural Well Drilling Project (Linked to Record ID#110666)

$85M USD

Funder	Export-Import Bank of China (China Eximbank)
Recipient Organization	Government of Senegal
Country	Senegal
Start Date	Jan 01, 2017
End Date	Sep 09, 2031
Duration	5,364 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`58711`

Grant Description

China Eximbank provides preferential buyer's credit for Phase 1 of the Rural Well Drilling Project In 2017, China Eximbank and the Government of Senegal signed a preferential buyer's credit (PBC) agreement worth approximately $85,000,000 (CFA 50 billion) for Phase 1 of the Rural Well Drilling Project .

📋 Loan / Grant Terms

💰 Loan Amountare unknown

However, it is known that the borrower was expected to use the loan proceeds to finance 85% of the cost of commercial (EPC) contract worth approximately $100 million with CGCOC Group Co., Ltd, which was signed on February 12, 2016.

The purpose of the project was to build and rehabilitate 251 wells (including the rehabilitation of 70 existing boreholes and the construction of 181 new boreholes and water towers), 900 standpipes, and 1,800 km of pipelines in 13 regions within the country's most disadvantaged rural areas.

The project consisted of two parts – the construction of newly built well and water supply systems and the renovation of old wells.

The newly built project component involved 181 sets of water supply systems that have a maximal daily capacity of 80,000m3 per day, enough to meet the water needs of roughly 1.66 million people.

The renovation component of the project involved 70 wells that have a capacity of 30,000m3 per day, enough to meet the water needs of 621,000 people.

Upon completion, it was expected that this project would meet the water needs of more than 2.2 million people and 'solve the problem of water... for one-seventh of Senegal's population.' CGCOC Group Co., Ltd was the general EPC contractor responsible for implementation. An official project inauguration ceremony took place on June 4, 2016.

Then, on March 5, 2017, a formal groundbreaking ceremony took place. However, project implementation did not commence until April 17, 2017. The project was completed on October 10, 2019. The originally anticipated duration of the project was 14 months (June 17, 2018).

Ultimately, a total of 251 wells are drilled and 1,200 km of water pipelines were laid, providing the much-needed drinking water to the rural residents in Senegal. 181 sets of water supply systems were installed and 70 wells were rebuilt, which collectively able to meet the water demand of 2.28 million people.

Drinking water facilities were installed in 12 of the 14 major districts nationwide, benefiting rural residents by providing safe drinking water, reducing the occurrence and spread of diseases, and improving their living quality and health.

The project also reportedly created more than 3,000 jobs in 12 major districts of Senegal, including jobs related to well maintenance, security and fee collection, and cultivated a batch of local engineering and technical personnel.

📋 Staff Comments

This project is also known as the Village Water Supply Project, the Rural Well-Digging Project, the Village Water Supply Project, and the Senegal Rural Well Drilling and Water Supply Infrastructure Construction Project. The Chinese project title is 乡村打井供水项目 or 塞内加尔乡村打井项目 or 塞内加尔乡村打井供水项目 or 塞内加尔城乡供水项目 or 塞内加尔乡村打井供水基础设施建设项目. The French project title is Volet hydraulique de la phase 3 du Programme d’urgence de développement communautaire (PUDC) or Projet de forage de puits dans des régions arides et isolées du Sénégal.
The monetary value of the February 12, 2016 commercial contract with CGCOC Group Co., Ltd is identified in https://www.chinca.org/upload/file/20230413/6381700144050388943225072.pdf3. The Government of Senegal identifies the face value of the loan as CFA 50 billion (approximately $85 million) in its Aid Management Platform (AMP). However, given that the project was financed through a preferential buyer's credit from China Eximbank, AidData assumes for the time being that the loan was denominated in USD and that it was equivalent to 85% of the value of the underlying commercial contract. This issue warrants further investigation.

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