Evicted and Abandoned

Egypt

EG-Giza North Power Project

Country: Egypt
Sector: Energy and mining
Approval Date
Jun. 8, 2010
Status
Active
Closing Date
Dec. 31, 2016
Amount
$600M
Displacement:
Confirmed
People displaced (estimated)
3.6K
Additional details
  • A complaint mentioning land acquisition and/or resettlement was received on 2/21/2013 by the World Bank Inspection Panel.
  • Environmental category: A (project with high environmental and social risk)
  • The project didn’t have a resettlement action plan/abbreviated resettlement plan as of December 31, 2014 but it had a resettlement policy framework.
  • Connected World Bank project(s) with resettlement issues, with a total additional cost of $240,000,000: EG-Giza North Additional Financing
More details at worldbank.org