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bicusa.org/infrastructure Home IssuesInfrastructure Infrastructure Overview Background Concerns Problem Projects Updates Contacts Colombia Ancla Project: Pasto - Mocoa variantes de Pavimentación Status: Active Read more Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey \| US$3.6 billion \| 2003 – 2009 Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline Project Status: Active Controversial pipeline monitored for adherence to IFC and EBRD policies and to international standards Read more 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 Peru \| US$135.00 million \| 2003 – 2005 Camisea Natural Gas Project Status: Completed Exploration, extraction, and transport activities have led to degradation and conversion of critical natural habitats 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 South America Initiative for Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) Regional infrastructure mega-project involves 12 governments and $37 billion in potential investment Read more Peru Interoceanic Highway Status: Active This controversial transcontinental road project threatens the environment and indigenous communities in both Peru and Brazil. 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 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 Bolivia-Brasil Rio Madeira Hydroelectric Complex Status: Active This multi-billion dollar hydroelectric complex threatens one of the Amazon Basin’s main southern tributaries. Read more Bolivia-Brasil Vial Program of the Corredor Norte (Tramo Rio Branco/La Paz, La Paz-Caranavi) Status: Active 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. Brazil \| US$165.00 million \| 2000 – 2004 Cana Brava Hydroelectric Project Status: Closed Will directly affect more than 75,000 people, and flood savannas and rainforest Read more Pakistan \| US$454.00 million Chashma Right Bank Irrigation Project III Status: Active Project ignores social and environmental concerns Read more Cambodia \| US$50.70 million \| 1999 – 2002 Phnom Penh -- Ho Chi Minh City Road Project Status: Closed Residents complain of forced relocation, intimidation, inadequate compensation Read more Mexico, Central America \| US$ 10000.00 million Plan Puebla Panama Project Before there was IIRSA, there was Plan Puebla Panama Read more Cambodia Primary Roads Restoration Read more Sri Lanka \| US$288.20 million \| 1999 – 2009 Southern Transport Development Project Status: Active Problems include harsh resettlement practice, environmental degradation, and lack of participation and transparency Read more Argentina, Paraguay \| US$510.00 million \| 1979 – 2000 Yacyretá Hydroelectric Project Status: Closed Civil society groups argue that public consultation has been minimal to non-existent and that compensation and relocation packages for affected peoples have been inadequate. Read more Print this page Email this page		Search Key Issues Accountability Debt Energy & Extractive Industries Environmental & Social Policies IFI Governance Infrastructure Trade Transparency U.S. Government Oversight Stay Informed! Sign up for our e-newsletters. Sign up

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