Evicted and Abandoned

Pakistan

8 projects with confirmed or possible displacement between 2004 and 2013. That represents 11% of all the World Bank-financed projects in Pakistan. An estimated 17,995 people were displaced by 6 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)
MDTF FATA Emergency Rural Roads Project Nov. 19, 2012 Active $16M* 3,829
MDTF KP Emergency Roads Recovery Project Jul. 7, 2011 Active $8M* 5,398
Electricity Distribution and Transmission Improvement Project Jun. 17, 2008 Closed $256.7M 1,303
Punjab Municipal Services Improvement Project (PMSIP) Jun. 1, 2006 Closed $50M 6,153
Highways Rehabilitation Project Dec. 1, 2005 Closed $100M 513
Taunsa Barrages Emergency Rehabilitation and Modernization Project Mar. 15, 2005 Closed $123M 799
Possible displacement
Project name Approval date Status Cost
Tarbela Fourth Extension Hydropower Project Mar. 20, 2012 Active $840M
PK Sindh Water Sector Improvement Project Phase I Sep. 18, 2007 Active $150.2M