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Cultural Heritage Projects


Between 1996-2007, there have been 68 projects approved and implemented, which include cultural components or are specifically designed for cultural heritage conservation, management and economic use. Overall cultural heritage initiatives total more than US$782 million in investment, a highly visible and growing part of the Bank’s technical assistance and lending programs.

World Bank Investment in Cultural Heritage and Development
Financing Cultural Heritage Initiatives in the World Bank

 (figures in million of dollars)
(The links below are to the World Bank Projects database)

Country 

Project Name (number)

Fiscal Year

Loan amount

Direct cost of cultural heritage component

     
Africa 

 

 
KenyaTana River Primate National Reserve Conservation Project (P001217)19966.2 Grant 
MaliUrban Development and Decentralization Project (P001750)19968012.7
EthiopiaEnergy Project (P000736)1997200 
Eritrea Ports Rehabilitation Project(P034154) 1998 30.3  
Ethiopia Second Energy Project (P000736) 1998 200  
EthiopiaRoad Sector Development Program Support Project (P000755)1998309.2 
UgandaInstitutional Capacity Building for Protected Areas Management and Sustainable Use Project (P035311)19982 Grant 
MalawiSecond Social Action Fund (MASAF II)(P049599)199866 
Senegal Urban Development and Decentralization Program Project (P002365) 1998 75  
BeninDecentralized City Management Project(P035648)199925.5 
Mauritania Nutrition, Food Security, and Social Mobilization Project(P055003) 1999 4.9  
BeninNational Parks Conservation and Management Project (P037580)20006 Grant 
Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (P051059) 2000 53.4  
Chad Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (P044305) 2000 39.5  
Mali National Rural Infrastructure Project(P041723) 2000 115.1  
MauritaniaCultural Heritage Project (P064570)200055
Rwanda Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project(P045182) 2000 20  
Senegal Urban Mobility Improvement Project(P055472) 2000 70  
EritreaCultural Assets Rehabilitation Project(P058724)200155
Ethiopia Cultural Heritage Project (P057770) 2002 5 5 
Ghana Road Sector Development Project(P050623) 2002 220  
Lesotho Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Project(P052367) 2002 7.32  
South Africa Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Project(P052368) 2002 7.93  
Tanzania Songo Songo Gas Development and Power Generation Project(P002797) 2002 183  
Uganda Energy for Rural Transformation Project(P069996) 2002 49.15  
Uganda Energy for Rural Transformation Project(P070222) 2002 12.12  
Uganda Protected Areas Management and Sustainable Use Project (P065437)  2002 27 0.7 
Ethiopia Road Sector Development Phase 2(P044613) 2003 126.8  
ZambiaCopperbelt Environment Project(P070962)200340 
     
     
East Asia and the Pacific  

 

 

China Second Henan Provincial Highway Project(P040513)

1996

210  
China Second Shaanxi Provincial Highway Project (P003652)1996 210 
China Chongqing Industrial Pollution Control and Reform Project (P003646)1996 170  
China Yunnan Environment Project (P003599)1996 150  
China Gansu Hexi Corridor Project (P003594)1996150  
ChinaNational Highway (02) Project (P003654)1996400 
China Xiaolangdi Multipurpose Project: Stage II (P034081)1997 430  
China Wanjiazhai Water Transfer Project(P036405)  1997 400  
China Waigaoqiao Thermal Power Project(P044485)    1997 400  
IndonesiaBali Urban Infrastructure Project(P036047)199711010.4
China Tarim Basin II Project (P046563) 1998 150  
China Tri - Provincial Highway Project(P045788) 1998 230  
China Third National Highway Project (P036949)1998 250  
China Hunan Power Development Project(P035698) 1998 300  
ChinaHebei Earthquake Rehabilitation Project(P056491)199828.4 
ChinaTri - Provincial Highway Project
(P045788)
1998230 
CambodiaRoad Rehabilitation Project (P004030)199945.311.6
ChinaSichuan Urban Environment Project(P043933)19991527.5
China Fourth National Highway Project (P041268) 1999 350  
China Second Fujian Highway Project (P051705) 1999 200  
Indonesia Municipal Innovations Project (P056074) 1999 5  
Philippines Local Government Finance & Development Project (LOGOFIND) (P048588)1999 100  
PhilippinesMindanao Rural Development Project (APL) (P058842)199927.5 
Cambodia Forest Concession Management and Control Pilot Project (P060003) 2000 4.82  
China Yangtze Dike Strengthening Project(P064730) 2000 210  
ChinaChongqing Urban Environment Project(P049436)20002004.9
China Urumqi Urban Transport Improvement Project (P045915) 2001 100  
Timor-LesteCommunity Empowerment Project (02)(P072356)20018.5 Grant2
Vanuatu Second Education Project(P004823)2001 3.5  
Cambodia Land Management and Administration Project (P070875) 2002 24.3  
China National Railway Project (P058846) 2002 160  
China Sustainable Forestry Development Project (Natural Forest Protection)(P060029) 2002 16  
China Sustainable Forestry Development Project (P064729)  2002 93.9  
Indonesia Eastern Indonesia Region Transport Project (P040578) 2002 200  
Indonesia Second Urban Poverty Project (UPP2)(P072852) 2002 100  
Timor-Leste Second Agriculture Rehabilitation Project(P073911) 2002 8  
Cambodia Rural Investment and Local Governance Project (P071146)2003 22  
China Shanghai Urban Environment Project(P070191) 2003 200 14.8 
China Hubei Xiaogan-Xiangfan Highway Project(P070441) 2003 250  
China Second Anhui Highway Project(P076714) 2003 250  
Lao People's Democratic Republic Second Land Titling Project(P075006) 2003 14.82  
Timor-Leste Second Timor-Leste Petroleum TA(P082942) 2003 1.28  
China Zhejiang Urban Environment Project(P066955) 2004 133 154.32 
     
     
     
Europe and Central Asia 

 

 
Russian Federation Biodiversity Conservation GEF Project (P008801)199620.1 Grant 
Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of Private Farmer Support Project 
(P010001)
19967.9  
Kazakhstan Irrigation & Drainage Project (P008510)199680  
Latvia Highway Project(P008532)   1997 20  
Lithuania
 
Highway Project (P008551)  1997 19  
Croatia Coastal Forest Reconstruction & Protection Project   (P008334) 199742  
Russian FederationSt. Petersburg Center City Rehabilitation Project (P042720)199731 
Azerbaijan Urgent Environmental Investment Project (P055155)1998 20  
Croatia Reconstruction Project for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srijem(P048983) 1998 40.6  
Croatia Municipal Environmental Infrastructure Project(P043444) 1998 36.3  
GeorgiaCultural Heritage Project (P055573)19984.495
Romania School Rehabilitation Project (P044614) 1998 70  
RomaniaCultural Heritage Project (P058284)199856.9
Azerbaijan Pilot Reconstruction Project(P035770) 1999 20  
AzerbaijanCultural Heritage Preservation Project(P058969)19997.57.5
Bosnia and Herzgovina Cultural Heritage Pilot Project
(P059763)
1999 4 15.8 
Central Asia Central Asia Biodiversity GEF Project(P042573) 1999 10.15 Grant  
LithuaniaMunicipal Development Project
(P035802)
199920.1 
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Social Support Project(P066221) 1999 10  
Russian Federation Highway Rehabilitation & Maintenance 2 Project(P042722) 1999 400  
Bosnia and Herzgovina  Pilot Emergency Labor Redeployment Project(P070146) 2000 15  
Estonia Transport Project(P035775) 2000 25  
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic ofCommunity Development & Culture Project (LIL) (P063577)200156.12
AzerbaijanCultural Heritage Support Project 20017.58.9
Albania Pilot Fishery Development Project(P069479) 2002 5.6  
Tajikistan Pamir Private Power Project(P075256) 2002 10  
Albania Community Works 2 Project(P077297) 2003 15  
Russian FederationSt. Petersburg Economic Development Project (P069063)2003161.1101.5
Uzbekistan Drainage, Irrigation & Wetlands Improvement Project - Phase 1(P009127) 2003 60  
AlbaniaIntegrated Coastal Zone Management & Clean-Up Project (APL #1) (P086807)200517.514.09
 Butrint National Park: Biodiversity and Global Heritage Conservation Project20051.02 
Latin America and the Caribbean   
Trinidad and Tobago Basic Education Project (P035312) 1996 51  
Brazil Federal Railways Restructuring and Privatization Project 1996   
Argentina Mining Sector Development T.A. (P006055)1996 30  
Argentina Native Forests & Protected Areas Project(P040808) 1997 19.5  
PanamaSocial Investment Project (P007837)199728 
Brazil Federal Highway Rehabilitation and Decentralization Project(P006532) 1997 300  
BrazilGas Sector Development Project - Bolivia-Brazil Gas Pipeline (P006549)1997130 
Brazil Bahia Water Resources Management Project(P035728) 1997 51  
Peru Irrigation Subsector Project(P008037) 1997 85  
EcuadorIndigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian Peoples Development Project (P040086)199825 
Bolivia El Nino Emergency Assistance Project(P055974) 1998 25  
BoliviaParticipatory Rural Investment Project(P040085)199862.8 
HondurasSocial Investment Fund Project (04)(P048651)199845 
GuatemalaReconstruction and Local Development Project (P049386)199830 
Argentina Second Mining Development Technical Assistance Project(P055477) 1998 39.5  
Argentina Third Secondary Education Project(P050714) 1998 119  
ArgentinaFourth Social Protection Project 
(P006058)
199890.8 
Brazil Federal Water Resources Management Project(P038895) 1998 198  
Brazil Sao Paulo Integrated Urban Transport Project (P006559) 1998 45  
Costa Rica Biodiversity Resource Development (GEF)(P039876) 1998 7 Grant  
Peru El Nino Emergency Assistance Project(P054667) 1998 150  
Brazil RF Flood Plain (Varzea) Management Project(P006570) 1999 2 Grant  
Brazil RF Monitoring & Analysis Project(P044289) 1999 5.9 Total Cost  
Brazil Salvador Urban Transport Project(P048869) 1999 150  
Colombia Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project(P044140) 1999 85  3.3
Guatemala Land Administration Project(P049616) 1999 31  
Guatemala Land Fund Project(P054462) 1999 23  
HondurasInteractive Environmental Learning & Science Promotion Project (P057350)19998.33.1
Brazil Ceara Integrated Water Resources Management Project(P006449) 2000 136  
Colombia Sierra Nevada Sustainable Development Project(P057326) 2000 5  
Honduras Natural Disaster Mitigation(P064913) 2000 10.82  
PeruIndigenous and Afro-Peruvian Peoples Development Project (P060499)20005 
Argentina Indigenous Community Development LIL(P057473) 2001 5  
Belize Roads and Municipal Drainage Project(P040150) 2001 13  
BoliviaIndigenous Peoples Development Project(P057416)200155.5
Central America Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (GEF)(P053349) 2001 11.03  
GuatemalaUniversalization of Basic Education Project (P048652)200162.1627.73
HondurasSustainable Coastal Tourism Project(P057859)200150.7
Mexico Mexico Mesoamerican Biological Corridor Project (GEF)(P060908) 2001 14.84  
Mexico Natural Disaster Management Project(P064887) 2001 404.05  
Mexico Indigenous and Community Biodiversity Conservation Project (GEF)(P066674) 2001 7.5  
Nicaragua NI Competitiveness LIL(P070016) 2001 5  
Panama Land Administration Project(P050595) 2001 47.9  
Peru Second Rural Roads Project(P044601) 2001 50  
Peru Indigenous Management of Protected Areas in the Peruvian Amazon (GEF) Project(P065200) 2001 10  
Brazil Goias State Highway Management Project(P055954) 2002 65  
Brazil Fundescola IIIA (Third School Improvement Project) (P057653) 2002 160  
Nicaragua Land Administration(P056018) 2002 32.6  
Colombia Jepirachi Carbon Off Set Project(P074426) 2003   
Ecuador National System of Protected Areas(P066752) 2003 8  
Guatemala Second Rural and Main Roads Project (P055085) 2003 46.7  
HondurasRegional Development in the Copan Valley Project (P081172)20031212
HondurasNuestras Raices Program (P083244)20041515
EcuadorAfro-Ecuadorian Peoples Development Project200440 
EcuadorSecond Indigenous and AfroEcuadorian Peoples Development Project (P077257)20043414.2
PeruVilcanota Valley Rehabilitation and Management Project (P082625)20044.9818.3
Middle East and North Africa   
Jordan Gulf of Aqaba EAP (P005237)1996   
West Bank and Gaza Municipal Infrastructure Development Project (P043339)1996 40 Grant  
Egypt, Arab Republic of Second Social Fund Project (P043102)1996 120  
JordanJordan Tourism and Historic Cities Development Project 2030
Jordan Tourism Development Project (02)(P035997)1997 3244
Lebanon National Roads Project(P038674) 1997 42  
LebanonAgriculture Infrastructure Development Project(P034037) 199731 
West Bank and Gaza Housing Project(P043338)  1997 20 Grant  
Yemen, Republic of  Southern Governorates Agricultural Privatization(P005902) 1997 24.7  
Yemen, Republic of Social Fund for Development Project(P041199) 1997 30  
MoroccoWater Resources Management 
(P005521)
199820 
West Bank and Gaza Gaza Industrial Estate Project(P040503) 1998 

84.5 Special Financing

 
West Bank and GazaBethlehem 2000 Project (P053985)199825 Grant 
MoroccoFes Medina Rehabilitation Project(P005524)19981427.6
Djibouti Djibouti Social Development and Public Works Project(P044584) 1999 14.8  
Egypt, Arab Republic ofSocial Fund for Development Project (03)(P052705)199950 
Egypt, Arab Republic of Sohag Rural Development Project(P040858) 1999 25  
Yemen, Republic of Sana'a Emergency Power Project(P050530) 1999 54  
Djibouti International Road Corridor Rehabilitation Project(P069930) 2000 15  
Egypt, Arab Republic of The Second National Drainage Project(P045499) 2000 50  
Yemen, Republic ofSecond Social Fund for Development Project (P068830)20007510
TunisiaCultural Heritage Project (P048825)20011723.79
LebanonCommunity Development Project(P071113)20012012.5
Yemen, Republic of Rural Access Project(P070391) 2001 45  
Lebanon Urban Transport Development Project(P034038) 2002 65  
Lebanon Ba'albeck Water and Wastewater Project(P074042) 2002 43.53  
LebanonCultural Heritage and Urban Development Project (P050529)200331.561.89
Yemen, Republic ofSocial Fund for Development III(P082498)20046012
JordanCultural Heritage, Tourism & Urban Development (P081823)20075665

South Asia

   
Pakistan Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project(P039281) 1996 350  
Pakistan NWFP Community Infrastsructure Project (CIP) (P010478) 1996 21.5  
India Andhra Pradesh State Highway Project(P009995) 1997 350  
India  Ecodevelopment Project (P036062) 1997 28 
India Coal Sector Rehabilitation Project(P009979) 1998 532  
Sri Lanka Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants Project (P035828) 1998 4.6 Grant  
Bhutan Urban Development Project (P057570) 1999 10.8  
India Integrated Watershed Development Project (P041264) 1999 135  
NepalRoad Maintenance and Development(P045052)199954.5 
Buthan Rural Access Project (P059481) 2000 11.6  
IndiaAndhra Pradesh District Poverty Initiatives Project (P045049) 2000 111  
IndiaRajasthan District Poverty Initiatives Project (P010505)2000100.480.03
Maldives Third Education and Training Project(P055944) 2000 17.6  
India Grand Trunk Road Improvement Project(P071244) 2001 589  
India Gujarat Emergency Earthquake Reconstruction Project(P074018) 2002 442.8  
India Kerala State Transport Project(P072539) 2002 255  
India Karnataka Community-Based Tank Management Project(P071033) 2002 98.9  
India Mizoram State Roads Project(P069889) 2002 60  
India Uttar Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring Project (P050647) 2002 149.2  
India Mumbai Urban Transport Project(P050668) 2002 542  
India Rampur Hydropower Project(P095114) 2007 400  
PakistanPunjab Municipal Services Improvement Project (PMSIP) (P083929)2006506
     
 

Total

 

3, 860.14

782.37

     
     
     



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