Conformed Copy - C3255 - Western Poverty Reduction Project - Project Agreement

Page 1 CONFORMED COPY CREDIT NUMBER 3255 - CHA LOAN NUMBER 4501 - CHA Project Agreement (Western Poverty Reduction Project) among INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT and GANSU PROVINCE INNER MONGOLIA AUTONOMOUS REGION and QINGHAI PROVINCE Dated December 30, 1999 CREDIT NUMBER 3255 - CHA LOAN NUMBER 4501- CHA PROJECT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT, dated December 30, 1999, among INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (the Association), INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (the Bank) and GANSU PROVINCE (Gansu), INNER MONGOLIA AUTONOMOUS REGION (Inner Mongolia) and QINGHAI PROVINCE (Qinghai) (Gansu, Inner Mongolia and Qinghai, hereinafter referred to collectively as the Project Provinces and individually as a Project Province). WHEREAS (A) by the Development Credit Agreement of even date herewith between the People