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Chinese Government provides RMB 20 million interest-free loan for rehabilitation of the access road to the Mugere Hydroelectric Power Plant

¥20M RMB

Funder	China Ministry of Commerce
Recipient Organization	Government of Burundi
Country	Burundi
Start Date	Oct 27, 2008
End Date	Apr 01, 2033
Duration	8,922 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`824`

Grant Description

Chinese Government provides RMB 20 million interest-free loan for rehabilitation of the access road to the Mugere Hydroelectric Power Plant On October 27 and 29, 2008, China’s Ambassador to Burundi and the Government of Burundi signed an agreement to rehabilitate an 8.42 km access road to the Mugere Hydroelectric Power Plant.

The Chinese Government reportedly committed an RMB 20 million interest-free loan for this project.

Then, on August 13, 2009, China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) signed a contract with the Burundian Ministry of Public Works and Equipment to complete the road rehabilitation project and thereby support ongoing maintenance work at the 8MW Mugere Hydroelectric Power Plant (see Record ID#825).

According to the Government of Burundi's Development Assistance Database (DAD), the Chinese government ultimately disbursed $1.84 million in support of this project. China First Highway Engineering Company (CFHEC) was the contractor responsible for implementation. Construction began in April 2009 and ended on January 12, 2010.

📋 Staff Comments

The French project title is la réhabilitation de la route d’accès à la centrale hydroélectrique de Mugere. The Chinese project title is 布穆杰雷水电站进场道路修复项目 or 布隆迪穆杰雷水电站进场道路修复项目 or 援布隆迪穆杰雷水电站进场道路项目.
This loan is omitted from the database of Chinese loan commitments that SAIS-CARI released in July 2020. Since loan terms for the interest-free loan are unavailable, AidData has set maturity period to 20-years by default and grace period to 10-years by default per China's Foreign Assistance White Paper (http://www.cidca.gov.cn/2018-08/06/c_129925064_3.htm) which states that the maturity period of interest-free loans is 20-years, with a drawdown period of 5-years, grace period of 5-years, and repayment over 10-years. AidData treats the drawdown period as providing 5-years of additional grace.

📚 Sources & References

China to Begin Constructing Burundi's Presidential Palace in Early 2011, http://finance.ifeng.com/roll/20090821/1128568.shtml
援布隆迪穆杰雷水电站进场道路修复项目签订施工合同
援布隆迪穆杰雷水电站进场道路修复项目对外施工合同
Burundi : la centrale de Mugere réhabilitée
Coopération sino-burundaise, du donnant donnant
Aided construction contract for road repair project of Mujere Hydropower Station in Burundi
Ministry of Commerce's Foreign Aid Project Tendering Committee Circular No. 34 (2008)
Building Bridges: China's Growing Role as Infrastructure Financier for Sub-Saharan Africa 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.