Evicted and Abandoned

Sierra Leone

15 projects with confirmed or possible displacement between 2004 and 2013. That represents 27% of all the World Bank-financed projects in Sierra Leone. An estimated 16,770 people were displaced by 5 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)
Sierra Leone Energy Access Project - Sierra Leone Infrastructure Development Fund Jan. 31, 2013 Active $16M* 888
WAPP APL4 (Phase 1) - Côte d'Ivoire; Sierra Leone; Liberia; and Guinea Power System Re-development May. 31, 2012 Active $176M 3,312
West Africa Regional Fisheries Program Oct. 20, 2009 Active $45M 990
SL Bumbuna Hydroelectric Environmental and Social Management project Jun. 16, 2005 Closed $12.5M 8,862
Power and Water Project Jul. 1, 2004 Closed $35M 2,718
Possible displacement
Project name Approval date Status Cost
Sierra Leone Energy Sector Utility Reform Project Dec. 18, 2013 Active $40M
Decentralized Service Delivery Program II Dec. 20, 2011 Active $26M
Wetlands Conservation Project Mar. 24, 2011 Active $1.8M*
West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Program Jan. 20, 2011 Active $56.6M
Youth Employment Support Jun. 30, 2010 Active $20M
SL-GEF Biodiversity Conservation Project Jan. 21, 2010 Active $5M*
Sierra Leone Mineral Sector Technical Assistance Dec. 3, 2009 Active $4M
Rural and Private Sector Development May. 22, 2007 Active $30M
SL Infrastructure Development Project (Transport) Dec. 6, 2005 Closed $44M
Institutional Reform & Capacity Building May. 11, 2004 Closed $25.1M