Evicted and Abandoned

Liberia

13 projects with confirmed or possible displacement between 2004 and 2013. That represents 25% of all the World Bank-financed projects in Liberia. An estimated 21,361 people were displaced by 7 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)
WAPP APL4 (Phase 1) - Côte d'Ivoire; Sierra Leone; Liberia; and Guinea Power System Re-development May. 31, 2012 Active $176M 710
Liberia Road Asset Management Project - LIBRAMP Jun. 7, 2011 Active $67.7M 1,042
Emergency Monrovia Urban Sanitation Project (EMUS) Nov. 13, 2009 Active N/A 143
West Africa Regional Fisheries Program Oct. 20, 2009 Active $45M 118
LR-Urban and Rural Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project Apr. 21, 2009 Active $44M 18,770
LR-Agriculture & Infrastructure Development Project Jul. 31, 2007 Active $37M 147
Emergency Infrastructure Project Jun. 20, 2006 Closed $30M 431
Possible displacement
Project name Approval date Status Cost
Liberia Accelerated Electricity Expansion Project (LACEEP) May. 30, 2013 Active $35M
LR Smallholder Tree Crop Revitalization Support Project Jun. 5, 2012 Active $15M
Liberia: Expansion of Protected Areas Network - II Mar. 15, 2011 Active $1M*
LIBERIA Electricity System Enhancement Project (LESEP) Nov. 30, 2010 Active $10M
Global Partnership for Education Grant for Basic Education Project Jul. 28, 2010 Active $40M*
Sapo National Park Sep. 19, 2005 Closed $980K*