World Bank (IBRD & IDA)


bicusa.org/wb Home InstitutionsWorld Bank World Bank (IBRD & IDA) Overview Structure Lending Policies Getting Info Projects Updates Resources Contacts Uganda \| $800 million \| 2007 – 2010 Bujagali Hydroelectric Project Status: Active Costly, unsustainable dam on the White Nile opposed by local civil society organizations. Read more Chad, Cameroon \| US$4200.00 million Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline Project Status: Active One of the most controversial World Bank projects ever, this $4.2 billion pipeline fails to beat the "resource curse" Read more Cameroon \| US$200.00 million Lom Pangar Dam Status: proposed -- financing not yet approved Proposed dam would meet industrial energy needs, rather than those of rural poor, and would flood 30,000 hectares of tropical hardwood forest, threaten biodiversity, and submerge part of oil pipeline. Read more Lao PDR \| US$1300.00 million \| 2005 – 2009 Nam Theun II Hydropower Project Status: Active Partly built dam has already caused significant environmental destruction Read more Kazakhstan \| $67.82 million Nura River Project Status: Approved May 8, 2003 Attempt to clean up river contaminated with dangerous levels of mercury will worsen situation Read more Israel, Palestine, Jordan \| US$5 billion Red Sea - Dead Sea Water Conduit Project Given the cost, complexity and risks involved in the project, many are asking why there isn't more consideration of alternatives to halt the Dead Sea crisis. Read more Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana \| US$500.00 million \| 2004 – 2007 West African Gas Pipeline Project Status: Active Local groups say project will not end gas flaring, could exacerbate conflicts in the Niger Delta Read more Archived Problem Projects BIC has worked on these projects in the past, but is no longer actively covering them. Bulgaria \| US$30.00 million \| 2002 – 2008 Bulgaria Forestry Project Status: Completed Local NGOs concerned about corruption and environmental impacts of forest roads Read more Georgia \| US$5.70 million \| 1998 – 2006 Georgia Integrated Coastal Management Project: Kolkheti National Park Status: Temporarily Stopped Private oil terminal development has moved forward without regard for national, international, or World Bank agreements Read more Romania \| US$25.00 million \| 2002 – 2009 Romania Forestry Project Status: Active Local organizations point out that money is going to road construction, not monitoring Read more Romania Rosia Montana Gold Mine Project Status: Continuing with private funding Huge open cast gold mine to flood valley with cyanide leaching pond Read more Mozambique, South Africa Sasol Natural Gas Project Read more Indonesia \| US$300.00 million \| 1999 – 2005 Water Resources Sector Adjustment Loan (WATSAL) Status: Closed Local groups fear project will pave the way for privatization of water resources Read more Print this page Email this page		Search Institutions AfDB ADB Bank of the South EBRD IDB IFC IMF MIGA World Bank See also Afghanistan Africa Asia Azerbaijan Democratic Republic of Congo Egypt Europe/Central Asia Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic Latin America Latinoamérica (en Español) Mekong/South East Asia Middle East and North Africa Mongolia Russia South Asia Yemen Азербайджан Европа и Центральная Азия Казахстан Accountability at the World Bank Indigenous Peoples and the World Bank International Development Association replenishment Transparency at the World Bank World Bank Governance and Anticorruption Strategy Stay Informed! Sign up for our e-newsletters. Sign up

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