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Taiwan’s endeavors in foreign assistance

Progress

Economic growth through lending and investment

The TaiwanICDF initiates various lending and Responding to the global climate change, the
investment projects in response to the needs of friendly TaiwanICDF has started to participate in development
and allied nations, ranging from re-lending projects for projects in environmental protection and green energy in
small and medium enterprises that foster the development recent years. By linking the reduction of carbon dioxide
of the private sector, to microfinance or small farmholders’ (CO2) emissions to development projects, we urge partner
financing schemes that aim to alleviate poverty; from countries and municipals to advocate promoting energy
projects that strengthen the capacity of financial efficiency and considering environmental sustainability
intermediaries to those that boost human capital for long- when exploiting natural resources for economic growth.
term economic development.

2001 2002
‧ Dispatched the first group of Taiwan Youth Overseas ‧ Technical Mission in Nicaragua and Deutsche Gesellschaft
Service to provide support to various technical missions. fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Corporation for
‧ Provided credit guarantees to private companies that International Cooperation, GIZ) jointly implemented poverty
invest in allied countries. alleviation programs.
‧ Jointly established the Program for Environmental Pollution ‧ Technical Mission in Belize and Pan American Health Organization
Control in Critical Areas in El Salvador with IDB. (PAHO) jointly implemented the Food Processing Project.
‧ Implemented the Micro-credit Project in four allied island ‧ Initiated the Technological and Vocational Education and Training
states in the Eastern Caribbean region. Student Loan Fund in Guatemala.
‧ Jointly implemented the Mongolia Children’s Scholarship ‧ Worked with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Central Bank
Program with World Vision Mongolia. of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to jointly host the Asian
‧ Initiated humanitarian aid operations and cooperated with Development Bank Business Opportunity Conference.
Mercy Corps. ‧ Issued electronic newsletters and published a series of books on
the subject of international cooperation and development.

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