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Loan assistance is a form of ODA to loan development fund for the government
of developing countries in long-term and low interest
Long-term and low interest loans will be able to support projects that are not
feasible for private finance due to low returns and poor commercial success despite
their significance.
The principal form of loan assistance is project loan. That funds are provided
for facilities, machinery, consulting services and other project needs. There
are non-project type loans, such as commodity loans, structural adjustment loan,
etc. The scope of loan assistance is mainly focusing on development of economic
infrastructure, but importance is gradually increasing in social sector, such
as health care program, education, environment etc. |
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| Example in the Loan Assistance |
| The North-South Submarine Fiber Optic Link Project |
| This Project aims to improve reliability of telecommunications network infrastructure
and to meet the increasing demands for the telecommunications services. The project
will build 2,000 km of submarine fiber optic cable and 11 landing satiations along
the coastline between Hai Phong and Soc Trang in Vietnam. |
| Loan assistance implemented in ICT field (FY1997~FY2002) |
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| Loan
Assistance (Procedures and Flow) |
