42 projects with confirmed or possible displacement between 2004 and 2013. That represents 30% of all the World Bank-financed projects in Brazil. An estimated 10,094 people were displaced by 12 projects. The World Bank doesn't have information on the effects produced by the rest.
Top 3 projects per estimated # people physically or economically displaced
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* = This project was administered by the World Bank but paid through another financier.
Confirmed displacement (14) Possible displacement (28)
Confirmed displacement
Project name
Approval date
Status
Cost
Displaced people (estimated)
BR Sergipe Water Jan. 26, 2012
Active
$70.3M
Unknown
Upgrading and Greening the Rio de Janeiro Urban Rail System Additional Financing Jan. 26, 2012
Active
$600M
228
Sao Paulo Metro Line 5 Project Apr. 20, 2010
Active
$650.4M
350
BR Pernambuco Sustainable Water Jan. 14, 2010
Active
$190M
220
Santos Municipality Nov. 24, 2009
Active
$44M
Unknown
BR AF to the Ceara Integrated Water Resource Management Project Dec. 18, 2008
Closed
$103M
1,176
BR Ceara Inclusive Growth (SWAp II) Sep. 30, 2008
Closed
$240M
114
BR-Sao Paulo Metro Line 4 - Additional Financing Apr. 8, 2008
Closed
$95M
129
Pelotas - Rio Grande do Sul Integrated Municipal Development Program (APL) Jan. 15, 2008
Closed
$18.9M
4
Recife Urban Development and Social Inclusion (CAPIBARIBE MELHOR) Dec. 20, 2007
Closed
$32.8M
364
BR Municipal APL1: Uberaba Mar. 21, 2007
Closed
$17.3M
18
Bahia Poor Urban Areas Integrated Development Dec. 6, 2005
Closed
$49.3M
5,768
Brasilia Environmentally Sustainable Project Aug. 25, 2005
Closed
$57.6M
903
Integrated Municipal Project - Betim Municipality Jul. 1, 2004
Closed
$24M
820
Possible displacement
Project name
Approval date
Status
Cost
Rio Grande do Norte: Regional Development and Governance Jun. 25, 2013
Active
$360M
Sao Paulo State Sustainable Transport Project Jun. 14, 2013
Active
$300M
SWAp for Parana Multi-sector Development Project Nov. 6, 2012
Active
$350M
Tocantins Integrated Sustainable Regional Development Jul. 26, 2012
Active
$300M
Recife Swap Education and Public Management May. 29, 2012
Active
$130M
Rio Grande do Sul SWAp May. 1, 2012
Active
$480M
Ceara Rural Sustainable Development and Competitiveness Apr. 5, 2012
Active
$100M
Pernambuco Rural Economic Inclusion Mar. 6, 2012
Active
$100M
Amazon Region Protected Areas Program Phase II (GEF) Feb. 23, 2012
Active
$15.9M*
BR Federal Integrated Water - Interaguas Jul. 12, 2011
Active
$107.3M
Santa Catarina Rural Competitiveness Sep. 2, 2010
Active
$90M
ELETROBRAS Distribution Rehabilitation Jun. 3, 2010
Active
$495M
Sao Paulo Sustainable Rural Development and Access to Markets May. 25, 2010
Active
$78M
Mato Grosso do Sul State Road Transport Project May. 4, 2010
Active
$300M
BR Sao Paulo Water Recovery Project - REAGUA May. 4, 2010
Active
$64.5M
Sustainable Cerrado Initiative Mar. 18, 2010
Active
$7M*
Second National Environmental Project - Phase II Sep. 22, 2009
Active
$24.3M
Rio de Janeiro Sustainable Rural Development Project Sep. 10, 2009
Active
$39.5M
BR APL Integrated Water Management In Metropolitan Sao Paulo Jul. 9, 2009
Active
$104M
Sao Paulo Feeder Roads Project Jul. 9, 2009
Active
$166.7M
Ceara Regional Economic Development: Cidades do Ceara Feb. 24, 2009
Active
$46M
BR Nova Gerar Carbon Finance adn Solid Waste Management Project II Dec. 3, 2008
Active
$10M*
BR Municipal APL: Sao Luis Enhancing Municipal Governance and Quality of Life Project Jul. 17, 2008
Active
$35.6M
Minas Gerais Partnership II SWAP May. 1, 2008
Closed
$976M
BR Municipal APL: Teresina Enhancing Municipal Governance and Quality of Life Project Mar. 27, 2008
Active
$31.1M
Caatinga Conservation and Management - Mata Branca - (GEF) Jun. 26, 2007
Closed
$10M*
BR APL 1 Para Integrated Rural Dev Dec. 12, 2006
Closed
$60M
BR - Road Transport Project Jun. 6, 2006
Closed
$501.3M
