Evicted and Abandoned

Sri Lanka

4 projects with confirmed or possible displacement between 2004 and 2013. That represents 11% of all the World Bank-financed projects in Sri Lanka. An estimated 3,882 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

Click on the project name to see more details. (Data updated as of December 31, 2014. Read more.)

* = This project was administered by the World Bank but paid through another financier.

Confirmed displacement
Project name Approval date Status Cost Displaced people (estimated)
Metro Colombo Urban Development Project Mar. 15, 2012 Active $213M 2
Provincial Roads Dec. 17, 2009 Active $105M 494
SL- Road Sector Assistance Project Dec. 15, 2005 Active $100M 3,386
Possible displacement
Project name Approval date Status Cost
Second Community Development and Livelihood Improvement Project Sep. 10, 2009 Closed $75M
Projects with complaints
Project name Approval date Status Cost Displaced people (estimated)
SL- Road Sector Assistance Project Dec. 15, 2005 Active $100M 3,386