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34 projects with confirmed or possible displacement between 2004 and 2013. That represents 4% of all the World Bank-financed projects in this database. Every project is tied to one or several sectors by the bank.
An estimated 14,724 people were displaced by 9 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 (10) Possible displacement (24)
Confirmed displacement
Project name
Approval date
Status
Cost
Displaced people (estimated)
Transport Corridors Project Dec. 19, 2013
Active
$355M
256
Dem Rep Congo - Western Growth Poles Jun. 11, 2013
Active
$110M
976
WARCIP APL 1C - Benin Jul. 12, 2012
Active
$35M
6
Central African Backbone - APL4 - Gabon Mar. 28, 2012
Active
$58M
13
WAPP: The First Phase of the Inter-Zonal Transmission Hub Project of the WAPP (APL3) Program Jun. 29, 2011
Active
$41.9M
1,166
West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL-1B Jun. 21, 2011
Active
$92M
27
BD Private Sector Development Mar. 1, 2011
Active
$120M
Unknown
Central African Backbone - APL2 Jan. 20, 2011
Closed
$14.9M
40
Uganda: Energy for Rural Transformation APL-2 Apr. 6, 2009
Active
$75M
12,239
Regional Communications Infrastructure Project Mar. 29, 2007
Active
$164.5M
1
Possible displacement
Project name
Approval date
Status
Cost
RCIP4 - Regional Communications Infrastructure Program - APL 4 Sep. 10, 2013
Active
$22M
West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Project - APL 2 May. 30, 2013
Active
$60M
Zambia Strengthening Climate Resilience (PPCR Phase II) May. 9, 2013
Active
$36M *
Disaster Risk Management Project Dec. 13, 2012
Active
$30M
Judicial Performance Improvement Nov. 15, 2012
Active
$120M
KI: Telecommunications and ICT Development Project Jul. 26, 2012
Active
$1M
Nicaragua Rural Telecom Additional Finance Jun. 14, 2012
Active
$5M
Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program May. 22, 2012
Active
$25M
Pacific Regional Connectivity Program Aug. 30, 2011
Active
$17.2M
Central African Backbone - APL3 - Republic of Congo May. 25, 2011
Active
$15M
Nigeria - Growth & Employment Mar. 17, 2011
Active
$160M
Public Sector Strengthening Program - APL1 Feb. 22, 2011
Active
$30M
West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Program Jan. 20, 2011
Active
$56.6M
Sustainable Land and Water Management Nov. 30, 2010
Active
$8.2M *
Samoa Post Tsunami Reconstruction Nov. 2, 2010
Active
$10M
India National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (1) Jun. 22, 2010
Active
$255M
Henan Ecological Livestock Project May. 27, 2010
Active
$80M
Central African Backbone - APL1A Sep. 24, 2009
Active
$26.2M
RCIP3 - Regional Communications Infrastructure Program - Phase 3 Jun. 25, 2009
Active
$151M
Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (Phase 2) - Rwanda Project Sep. 30, 2008
Active
$24M
Information Technology Development Jul. 10, 2008
Active
$80M
Insfrastructure Services Jun. 27, 2006
Closed
$40M
Community-Based Land Management Project Jun. 22, 2006
Closed
$7M *
Project to Support a Rural Economic Development Program Mar. 29, 2006
Closed
$30M
