Evicted and Abandoned

Laos

13 projects with confirmed or possible displacement between 2004 and 2013. That represents 29% of all the World Bank-financed projects in Laos. An estimated 10,538 people were displaced by 3 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
Project name Approval date Status Cost Displaced people (estimated)
Road Sector Project Mar. 25, 2010 Active $27.8M 399
GMS Power Trade (Laos) Project Jun. 5, 2007 Closed $15M 1,180
Rural Electrification Phase I Project of the Rural Electrification (APL) Program Apr. 27, 2006 Closed $10M Unknown
Nam Theun 2 Social and Environment Project Mar. 31, 2005 Active $20M 8,959
Possible displacement
Project name Approval date Status Cost
LA-Scaling-Up Participatory Sustainable Forest Management May. 31, 2013 Active $19M
LA-Nam Et-Phou Louey Tiger Landscape Conservation Project Apr. 18, 2013 Active $880K*
Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management Mar. 8, 2012 Active $26M
Lao PDR - Mainstreaming Disaster and Climate Risk Management into Investment Decisions Nov. 28, 2011 Active $2.7M*
LA-Poverty Reduction Fund II Jun. 9, 2011 Active $25M
GEF Project: Lao Rural Electrification Phase II Project Feb. 22, 2011 Active $1.8M*
Catalytic Fund EFA/FTI Jul. 20, 2010 Closed $30M*
Sustainable Forestry For Rural Development II Dec. 18, 2008 Closed $10M
LA-Khammouane Development Project Jun. 17, 2008 Active $9M