Evicted and Abandoned

Rwanda

10 projects with confirmed or possible displacement between 2004 and 2013. That represents 20% of all the World Bank-financed projects in Rwanda. An estimated 7,367 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)
Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project Aug. 6, 2013 Active $339.9M 3,121
Land Husbandry; Water Harvesting and Hillside Irrigation Dec. 22, 2009 Active $34M 423
Rwanda Electricity Access Scale-up and Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) Development Project Oct. 15, 2009 Active $70M 234
Second Rural Sector Support Jun. 24, 2008 Closed $35M 3,088
Urban Infrastructure and City Management Project Nov. 10, 2005 Closed $20M 42
Urgent Electricity Rehabilitation Jan. 27, 2005 Closed $25M 459
Possible displacement
Project name Approval date Status Cost
Third Rural Sector Support Project Mar. 1, 2012 Active $80M
Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project (Burundi and Rwanda) Jun. 13, 2011 Active $30M
Rwanda Land; husbandry water harvesting and hillside irrigation Feb. 22, 2011 Active $50M*
Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (Phase 2) - Rwanda Project Sep. 30, 2008 Active $24M