Evicted and Abandoned

Kazakhstan

6 projects with confirmed or possible displacement between 2004 and 2013. That represents 22% of all the World Bank-financed projects in Kazakhstan. An estimated 7,666 people were displaced by 2 projects. The World Bank doesn't have information on the effects produced by the rest.

Top 2 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
Project name Approval date Status Cost Displaced people (estimated)
Kazakhstan Moinak Electricity Transmission Project Sep. 15, 2009 Closed $48M 316
South-West Roads: Western Europe-Western China International Transit Corridor (Carec 1B & 6B) Apr. 30, 2009 Active $2.1B 7,350
Possible displacement
Project name Approval date Status Cost
East-West Roads Project (Almaty-Korgos Section): Western Europe - Western China International Transit Corridor (CAREC - 1b) May. 1, 2012 Active $1B
Alma Transmission Project Nov. 16, 2010 Active $78M
Tien Shan Ecosystem Development Project Nov. 3, 2009 Closed $3.4M*
Forest Protection & Reforestation Project Nov. 29, 2005 Active $30M
Projects with complaints
Project name Approval date Status Cost Displaced people (estimated)
South-West Roads: Western Europe-Western China International Transit Corridor (Carec 1B & 6B) Apr. 30, 2009 Active $2.1B 7,350