Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2023
Area: Brasil
AIIB Investment Amount: 200 million USD
Total Project Cost: 200 million USD
Co-financier:  -

E&S Category: FI

Project details: A USD 200 million on-lending facility to Banco BTG Pactual S.A. to expand renewable energy in Brazil, focusing on solar and wind projects, with goals of increasing installed capacity, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and financing multiple clean energy initiatives.

 

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2025-?
Area: India
AIIB Investment Amount: 150 million USD in INR equivalent
Total Project Cost: 150 million USD
Co-financier:  - 

E&S Category: FI

Project details: The project aims provide 150 million USD in INR equivalent in debt financing to Aditya Birla Finance Limited (ABFL), a 100% subsidiary of Aditya Birla Capital Limited, to support renewable energy and e-mobility projects in India, fostering a low-carbon transition and reducing greenhouse gas emissions through non-convertible debenture (NCD) financing. ABFL is a non-banking finance company providing lending and financing solutions in India, including project finance loans, corporate loans, SME loans and personal loans.
 

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2024-2029
Area: Côte d’Ivoire
AIIB Investment Amount: 200 million USD
Total Project Cost: 571.2 million USD
Co-financier: World Bank

E&S Category: B

Project details: The project aims to upgrade and climate-proof roads in 11 regions of northern Côte d’Ivoire, enhancing transport connectivity and access to essential services. It includes climate-resilient rural infrastructure, support of agricultural logistics, and strengthening of institutional capacity for road safety and maintenance.

 

Project Concerns: 

Status: Proposed
Timeframe: 2025-2027
Area: North Dhaka, Bangladesh
AIIB Investment Amount: 100 million USD
Total Project Cost: 467 million USD
Co-financier: New Development Bank (NDB)

E&S Category: A

Project details: The project will develop a 42.5 MW waste-to-energy (WtE) facility in North Dhaka, processing municipal solid waste aiming to reduce landfill use and generate energy. Located near the Amin Bazar landfill, it includes four incineration lines, two 35 MW turbo-generator systems, a six-kilometer transmission line, and long-term agreements with government agencies for implementation, power purchase, waste supply, and land use.

 

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2024-2025 
Area: Uzbekistan
AIIB Investment Amount: 150 million USD
Total Project Cost: 2,543 million USD
Co-financier: ADB

E&S Category: A

Project details:

The project involves the development of a 1,500 MW wind power plant and a 300 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in the Karakalpakstan region of Uzbekistan. Implemented by a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) majority-owned by ACWA Power, the project includes a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with JSC National Electric Grid of Uzbekistan as the offtaker. It aims to enhance renewable energy capacity and support Uzbekistan's transition to clean energy. It includes the installation 800km of overhead transmission lines (OHTL) through Uzbekistan.

 

Project Concerns: 

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2024
Area: Uzbekistan
AIIB Investment Amount: 30 million USD (in CNY)
Total Project Cost: 30 million USD
Co-financier:  -

E&S Category: FI

Project details: The project aims to support climate change mitigation in Uzbekistan by financing energy efficiency and renewable energy sub-projects, including rooftop solar installations. It involves a USD 30 million five-year, senior unsecured loan to Asakabank, denominated in CNY (approximately CNY 215 million). The loan proceeds will be on-lent to eligible subprojects focused on energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives.

 

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2020 - ?
Area: Burkhara Region, Uzbekistan
AIIB Investment Amount: 165.5 million USD
Total Project Cost: 214.7 million USD
Co-financier:  Government of Uzbekistan

E&S Category: B

Project details: The project aims to enhance road efficiency, safety, and climate resilience of major cross-border roads in Bukhara, Karakalpakstan, and Khorezm regions. It involves rehabilitating and maintaining a critical section of international road A380 (km 150+000 to km 228+000) and includes construction supervision, technical audit consultancy, project preparation, institutional strengthening, and equipment purchase for innovative contracting methodologies. Components focus on rehabilitation, detailed design, capacity building, and equipment procurement to modernize road infrastructure and management practices.

 

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2023 - ?
Area: Uzbekistan
AIIB Investment Amount: 145 million USD
Total Project Cost: 634 million USD
Co-financier:  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Asian Development Bank, European Investment Bank, Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC)
Energy type: Solar

E&S Category: B

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2020 - ?
Area: Shirin, Uzbekistan
AIIB Investment Amount: 100 million USD
Total Project Cost: 1.02 billion USD
Co-financier:  EBRD, DEG, OPEC Fund for International Development, ACWA Power Sirdarya LLC
Energy type: Gas

E&S Category: A

Project details: The project aims to enhance high-efficiency gas power generation capacity in Uzbekistan by constructing, operating, and maintaining a 1,500MW greenfield combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant. ACWA Power is developing the project as an Independent Power Producer (IPP), under a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with JSC National Electric Networks of Uzbekistan (NENU) since March 2020.
 

Project Concerns: 

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2016-2022
Area: Pakistan, Punjab Province, between Shorkot and Khanewal
AIIB Investment Amount: 100 million USD
Total Project Cost: 273 million USD
Co-financier:  Asian Development Bank; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office United Kingdom; Government of Pakistan

E&S Category: A

Project details: The project constructed a 62 km four-lane, access-controlled motorway connecting Shorkot and Khanewal in Punjab Province, which was the last missing section of the national motorway M-4 to be constructed.
 

Status:  Approved
Timeframe: 2020-2025
Area: Burkhara Region, Uzbekistan
AIIB Investment Amount: 385.1 million USD
Total Project Cost: 437.62 million USD
Co-financier:  Government of Uzbekistan

E&S Category: A

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2022 - 2026
Area: Uzbekistan
AIIB Investment Amount: 108 million USD
Total Project Cost: 445.65 million USD
Co-financier: Asian Development Bank, Government of Uzbekistan and Uzbekistan Railways

E&S Category: A

Project details: The project aims to enhance freight and passenger railway services in Western Uzbekistan by electrifying the Bukhara-Miskin-Urgench-Khiva line. It involves upgrading the existing 465 km railway with electrification, signaling, telecommunication, and traction power management systems.

 

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2021 - 2027
Area: Uzbekistan
AIIB Investment Amount: 100 million USD
Total Project Cost: 240 million USD
Co-financier:  World Bank, Government of Uzbekistan

E&S Category: B

Project details: The project aims to enhance urban infrastructure in secondary cities. It includes investment in water supply, sanitation, energy efficiency, and urban regeneration. Additionally, it focuses on institutional strengthening, capacity building, and supporting sustainable urbanization policies. Emergency response measures are supposed to ensure flexibility in crisis situations.

 

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2022 - 2027
Area: Burkhara Region, Uzbekistan
AIIB Investment Amount: 248.4 million USD
Total Project Cost: 281.3 million USD
Co-financier:  Government of Uzbekistan 

E&S Category: A

Project details:

The project aims to enhance water and sanitation services in Uzbekistan's Bukhara Region, bolstering the operational performance of the local water utility. It represents the second phase of a broader initiative by the government to extend these services comprehensively across the region. Key components include investment in water supply infrastructure, covering districts Gijduvon, Vobkent, and Shofirkon, and sewage infrastructure, including centralized systems in district centers and the extension of sewerage networks in Bukhara City. 
 

Project Concerns: 

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2024-?
Area: Cambodia, Pursat and Sangker River Basin
AIIB Investment Amount: USD 80 million
Total Project Cost: USD 176 million
Co-financier: ADB, Government of Cambodia

E&S Category: B

Project Details: 
The project aims to improve the irrigation water availibility in the dry season and to manage wet season flooding. 

Project concerns: 
The project requires land acquisition of agricultural land of private households along the irrigation canals and for the construction of flooding controlling schemes. The project is situated in areas possibly inhabited by ethnic Cham communities. These communities will also be impacted by land acquisition. 

The project is expected to affect approximately 231 households or 975 people, including the physical relocation of 169 people. At least 21 businesses will be impacted permanently, affecting 110 people. An estimated 36 households (179 people) will suffer major livelihood impacts due to business loss, resettlement or both.

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2023- ? 
Area: Tajikistan
AIIB Investment Amount: 500 million USD
Total Project Cost Completion: estimated at more than USD 6.4 billion (this does not include previous expenditure. The dam was built from 1976-1991 and from 2006-2024. The total cost of completing the project should include expenditures already made: USD 1.4 billion in Soviet times and USD 3.6 billion by Tajikistan)
Co-financier:  
WB: 700 million USD
EIB: 550 million USD
ADB: 500 million USD
IsDB: 150 million USD
OPEC Fund: 100 million USD
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development: 100 million USD
Abu Dhabi Fund for Arab Economic Development: 100 million USD
Saudi Fund for Development: 100 million USD
Bilateral Agencies (unidentified): 450 million USD
Borrowing Agency: 1250 million USD
Borrower: 2140 million USD

Status: Proposed
Timeframe: 2020- ?
Area: Izmir, Turkey
AIIB Investment Amount: EUR 125 million
Total Project Cost: EUR 650 million
Co-financier:  EBRD, AFD and other lenders

E&S Category: B

Project details:
The project involves building a new 13.4 km metro line (M2) in Izmir, connecting central areas to a heavily populated district. It aims to ease traffic by offering efficient public transport, includes 11 stations and interchanges with existing lines, and will take about 4 years to complete.
 

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2023- ?
Area: Turkey, 
AIIB Investment Amount: USD 250 million
Total Project Cost: USD 1,100 million
Co-financier: World Bank 
E&S Category: B

Project details:
The project aims to boost efficiency and resilience in Turkey's railway system. It includes installing modern systems along a 660-kilometer corridor, improving infrastructure like bridges and stations, and deploying digital tech for enhanced safety and network strength.

Project Concerns:
There is documented presence of several Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA), national parks, lakes, rivers/streams, and critical habitats in the vicinity of the railway alignment.

It is emphasized that the project is expected to require land, primarily state-owned land along the railway route. Resettlements are anticipated, mainly from state forest areas, pastureland, and private land.

Status: Approved
TimeFrame: 2020-? 
Area: Istanbul, Turkey
AIIB Investment Amount: EUR 125 million
Total Project Cost: EUR 1.2 billion
Co-financier: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and other Lenders: Rönesans Holding A.Ş. (Rönesans or the Sponsor), Meridiam SAS (Meridiam)
 

E&S Category: A
 

Project details:
The Project aims to complete the eighth section of the long-term project (20 years) North Marmara Highway (NMH and is part of the long-term (20 years) General Directorate of Highways (KGM)’s Development Program), planning to connect Asia and Europe. Constructing a 30.64-kilometer toll road, including a cable-stayed bridge, linking Nakkaş and Başakşehir in Istanbul. Once completed, it's expected to boost economic activity in Istanbul, improve regional connectivity, ease city traffic jams, promote electric vehicles, and prioritize climate-resilient design against extreme weather.

Status: Proposed
Timeframe: 2018-?
Estimated Date of Board Consideration: 2019 Q4
Area: Tamakoshi river/basin in Janakpur, Nepal
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 112 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 165 million
Co-financier: GoN/NEA

E&S Category: A

Project Details: The project aims to bridge the supply and demand gap by injecting extra power into the national grid, while also contributing to grid stability and meeting the daily peak demand.

Capacity: 101 MW

Resettlement: According to early estimates in the Project Summary, 35 households (consisting of approximately 177 individuals) are expected to be affected by land acquisition impacts, primarily in terms of economic displacement, with only two of these households expected to experience physical displacement.

CSO reports and organizations monitoring: Case Study from urgewald & CEMSOJ 

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2018-2024
Area: Indonesia, Mandalika region of Lombok
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 248.4 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 316.5 million
Co-financier: Government of Indonesia (GoI); Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC)

E&S Category: A

Project Details: The project aims to develop sustainable core infrastructure for a new tourism destination in Mandalika, Lombok as part of the “10 New Balis” strategy. Focused on Phase I (2019–2023), it includes the construction of essential infrastructure within Mandalika and improvements in nearby communities 

Project concerns:

Status: Approved (but loan agreement not signed yet)
Timeframe: 2022-2023
Area: Cambodia
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 100 million
Total Project Cost: Up to US$ 100 million

E&S Category: FI

Project Details: The project is a non-sovereign backed loan to ACLEDA Bank (ACLEDA), to expand its lending to eligible private sector micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Cambodia.

Resettlement: The frequent use of land titles as collateral for microloans in Cambodia, combined with reports of predatory lending and abusive collection practices, has been widely criticized for dispossessing borrowers of their land without the use of legal foreclosure methods and contributing to poverty and involuntary resettlement. Reported abuses include the microloan activities of ACLEDA Bank Plc., which this AIIB project will be funding.

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2017-2021
Area: Bangladesh, between Chittagong and Bakhrabad
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 60 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 453 million
Co-financier: ADB: US$ 167 million; Government of Bangladesh: US$ 226 million

E&S Category: A

Project Details: The project sets out to improve efficiency in gas production at the Titas Gas Field and to build a 181 km pipeline between Chattogram and Bakhrabad.

Resettlement: According to the updated Resettlement Plan by the ADB from October 2021, in total 802 title-holding households will be displaced by the project. Another 101 non-titled households also face resettlement. While not suffering the loss of residential structures, nearly 8000 further households are in some way affected by land acquisition.

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2016-2019
Area: Rural areas and North Dhaka, People's Republic of Bangladesh
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 165 million committed; US$ 144.22 million disbursed; US$ 20.88 million cancelled.
Total Project Cost: US$ 262.29 million
Co-financier: Stand-alone project. Financing gaps will be covered by the Government or the respective Executing Agencies (EAs).

E&S Category: B

Project Details: The project has the issue to enhance distribution capacity and increase the number of rural and urban electricity consumers in Bangladesh.

Resettlement: Due to the construction work more than 5,000 hawkers were displaced from an area, but they never received compensation since the area was not listed in the E&S review.

CSO reports and organizations monitoring: Recourse (BIC) (2019): Dangerous Distractions Report

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2022-?
Area: Bangladesh, Narayanganj District, Dudhghata, Korbanpur and Chanderchak villages
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 110 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 613 million
Co-financier: Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG), OPEC Fund, and Standard Chartered Bank (with Swiss Export Risk Insurance (SERV) providing policy cover to Standard Chartered Bank)

E&S Category: A

Project Details: The Project involves the design, financing, engineering, construction, operation, and maintenance of a 584-megawatt (MW) greenfield gas-fired combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant on a Build-Own-Operate (BOO) basis, to be implemented as an Independent Power Producer (IPP) facility.

Capacity: 584-megawatt (MW)
Construction Company: Unique Meghnaghat Power Limited (UMPL)

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2016-?
Area: Taungtha, Myingyan District in Mandalay Division, Myanmar
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 20 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 304 million
Co-financier: Asian Development Bank: US$ 143 million (+ US$ 110 guarantee); World Bank (International Finance Corporation): US$ 75 million; Others, e.g. UK ́s Private Infrastructure Development Group

E&S Category: A

Project Details: The project involves the development, construction, and operation of a greenfield 225 MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power plant in the Mandalay region of Myanmar.

Total Capacity: 225 MW
Construction Company: Sembcorp Utilities Pte Ltd and MMID Utilities Pte Ltd

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2019-2023
Area: Sikeut to Songpeuay market to Phonhong, close to Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 40 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 128.2 million
Co-financier: World Bank (IDA): US$ 40.2 million; Nordic Development Fund: US$ 9.5 million; Lao government: US$ 38.5 million.

E&S Category: A

Project Details: The project comprises two components: the widening of a road just North of the capital Vientiane and the renovation of the same road a bit further north along the stretch between Songpeuay Market and Phonhong.

Resettlement: In total, 2441 households are affected by land acquisition for the widening of the road. Furthermore, 8 residential structures face demolition meaning that households will have to resettle. Out of all affected households, 378 households belong to families headed by single women without families. They ask for land compensation and reconstruction of their homes and businesses. They request for livelihood restoration prior to the demolition of their houses and vendor places.

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2017-2027
Area: Asia Region (China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand)
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 150 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 640 million
Co-financier: IFC: US$ 150 million; Other Investors: US$ 340 million

E&S Category: FI

Project Details: The Fund is an Emerging Asia growth-focused private equity fund with a returns-driven strategy, selectively investing growth capital across multiple sectors.

CSO reports and organizations monitoring: Recourse, SOMO, Inclusive Development International (IDI) (2018) – Shwe Taung Cement Case Study;
Recourse, SOMO, Inclusive Development International (IDI) (2018) – Moving Beyond Rhetoric: How the AIIB can close the loophole on fossil fuels;

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2020-2021
Area: Multicountry - East Asia and Pacific
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 100 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 666.9 million committed capital

E&S Category: FI

Project Details: The objective is to mobilize private capital investments into infrastructure in AIIB’s members via a fund with a market risk-adjusted return.

Project concerns: Due to the projects categorization as FI the decision-making lays with the borrower, raising concerns about transparency. The specific subprojects to be financed are unclear, as only AIIB's ESP requirements must be met. The project description merely states that involuntary resettlement and impact on indigenous people is to be avoided where feasible.

AIIB interactions to date: Several online meetings with bank management in the aftermath of AIIB AGM 2020.

Further information: AIIB Page

Last update: 09.04.2025

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2020-2027
Area: Greater Malé capital region, Maldives
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 40 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 151.13 million
Co-financier: ADB; Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JFJCM); Government of Maldives

E&S Category: A

Project Details: Co-financed with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) this projects sets out to construct a regional waste management facility, including construction of a 500-ton per day (tpd) Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plant.

Capacity: 8MW

Resettlement: No resettlement or land acquisition is expected to result from the project.

Organizations monitoring: NGO Forum on ADB – Photobook

AIIB interactions to date: Field visit in May 2022.

Further information: AIIB Page

Last update: 31.12.2023

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2018-2025
Area: Colombo, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 200 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 287 million
Co-financier: GoSL: US$ 84 million; Private Partner: US$ 5 million

E&S Category: A

Project Details: This project aims to resettle about 50.000 low-income and lower-middle-income households into new high-rise apartment buildings with improved utilities and facilities. AIIB has recently approved financing for the third phase of the project, under which approximately 23,000 people will be resettled in Sri Lanka's capital city.

Resettlement: The current occupants do not hold the legal right to the land, AIIB therefore classifies it as “no involuntary land acquisition”. The project will offer alternate housing for the households who will be displaced by the recovery of their land.

CSO Reports and organizations monitoring: Bank Information Center

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2017-2021
Area: Tamil Nadu, Republic of India
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 100 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 303.5 million
Co-financier: ADB: US$ 50 million; POWERGRID: US$ 153.47 million

E&S Category: B

Project Details: This Project aims to strengthen the power transmission and generation of energy to provide electricity to Tamil Nadu region.

Resettlement: Under the ADB SPS, the Project is classified Category B for Environmental and Involuntary Resettlement.

CSO reports and organizations monitoring: CFA

AIIB interactions to date: None

Further information: AIIB Page; Gender Action Scorecard

Last update: 31.12.2023

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2017-2021
Area: Gottigere to Nagavara in Bangalore, Republic of India
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 335 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 1.785 billion
Co-financier: EIB, Government of India, Government of Karnataka

E&S Category: A

Project Details: Line R6 is to run 22 kms (7.5 km elevated and 14.5 km underground), north to south across Bangalore’s heart and important commercial centers.

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2022-2027
Area: All across India
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 250 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 713.41 million
Co-financier: World Bank

E&S Category: A

Project Details: The project aims to improve the safety and operational performance of selected dams across the country, along with institutional strengthening. Planned is the comprehensive rehabilitation of 736 existing dams.

Resettlement: According to local CSOs multiple of the target dam projects are linked to resettlement and land acquisition legacy issues lasting until today, like for example the controversial Bhakra Dam. The World Bank’s appraisal Environmental and Social Review denies the existence of any legacy issues from the time of construction of any of the dams attached to the project.

Organizations monitoring: Environics Trust - Bankwatch, June 2022. Published by the NGO Forum on ADB.

AIIB interactions to date: None so far.

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2017-2029
Area: Mumbai, Republic of India
AIIB Investment Amount: Up to US$ 37.51 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 187.55 million committed capital upon closing on July 6, 2020

E&S Category: FI

Project Details: The fund's strategy is to invest in infrastructure platforms/ services companies with high growth potential that derive their revenues principally from India. Proposed sectors include energy and utilities, transport and logistics, and other sectors, including telecommunications, broadband, urban PPP projects, healthcare and education.

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2017-2019
Area: State of Gujarat, Republic of India
AIIB Investment Amount: 329 million USD
Total Project Cost: 658 million USD
Co-financier: Government of Gujarat

E&S Category: B

Project Details: The project aims to improve all-weather rural road connectivity for 1,060 villages across all 33 districts of Gujarat, potentially benefiting around 8 million people. It involves the construction and upgrading of non-plan roads and planned rural roads, including missing links, culverts, and bridges.

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2017-2020
Area: Republic of India
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 100 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 600 million
Co-financier: Government of India, ADB

E&S Category: FI

Project Details: NIIF has been set up by the Government of India to address the infrastructure financing gap in the country, particularly on the equity front.

CSO reports and organizations monitoring: Centre for Financial Accountability

AIIB interactions to date: In mid-March 2018, 31 Indian CSOs wrote to M.M. Kutty, the Executive Director representing India at the AIIB

Further information: AIIB Page; BIC Booklet

Last update: 31.12.2023

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2022 - 2027
Area: Surkhandarya region, Uzbekistan
AIIB Investment Amount: € 225 million
Total Project Cost: € 1,205 million
Co-financier: Sponsors’ equity and external debts
Energy type: Gas

E&S Category: A

Project Details: The AIIB is proposing to provide a loan of 225 million EUR to support the design, construction, and operation of a new 1560MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant.

Capacity: 1,560MW
Construction Company: The project is being developed by Stone City Energy (SCE, 20%), EDF (20%), Siemens Energy (25%) and Nebras Power (35%), through a dedicated project company SCE-Quvvat.

Resettlement: No resettlement is expected as social surveys found all land areas provided for the project to be unoccupied, and no agricultural or other economic activity was observed within the project area.

Organizations monitoring: NGO Forum on ADB

AIIB interactions to date: None so far.

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2016-2022
Area: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 300 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 823.5 million
Co-financier: World Bank: US$ 390 million; Government of Pakistan: US$ 133.5 million

E&S Category: A

Project Details: The project will boost production at an existing hydro-dam and linking it with new transmission lines to the national grid, adding 1,410 MW capacity.

Total Capacity: 6,298 MW

Resettlement: There are remaining legacy resettlement and land acquisition cases to be settled under the project. Additional resettlement or land acquisition for the construction of the transmission line is to be expected.

CSO reports and organizations monitoring: BIC Case Study (2017)

AIIB interactions to date: None

Further information: AIIB Page; Gender Action Scorecard

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2017-2021
Area: Nurek, Tajikistan
AIIB Investment Amount: 60 million USD
Total Project Cost: 350 million USD
Co-financier: World Bank; Eurasian Development Bank

E&S Category: A

Project Details: The project aims to rehabilitate three power-generating units of the Nurek Hydropower Plant (HPP), improve operational efficiency, and enhance dam safety. Phase I includes equipment refurbishment, auto-transformer replacement, dam safety upgrades, and technical assistance to strengthen the capacity of utility company Barqi Tojik.

Capacity: 3000MW

Project Concerns: Large hydropower projects like Nurek pose significant environmental and human rights risks, including disruption of river ecosystems, downstream impacts, and the marginalization of affected communities. In the past, the government reintroduced energy rationing for households due to low water levels at Nurek. The country's heavy reliance on the hydropower plant makes its energy supply highly climate-sensitive and unreliable during dry periods.

Status: Proposed
Timeframe: 2017-2022
Estimated Date of Board Consideration: 2023
Area: Georgia, Svaneti Region
AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 100 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 1.083 billion
Co-financier: ADB, EBRD, EIB and KDB

E&S Category: A

Project Details: The project's objective is to increase the country's power generation capacity year-round, reduce dependency on fossil fuel-fired power plants and thus decrease their associated pollution, and reduce electricity imports from neighboring countries.

Capacity: 280 MW

Status: Approved
Timeframe: 2017-2021
Area: China, Beijing

AIIB Investment Amount: US$ 250 million
Total Project Cost: US$ 761.10 million
Co-financier: Beijing Municipality: US$ 228.33 million; China CDM Fund: US$ 30 million; Beijing Gas: US$ 252.77 million

E&S Category: B

Project Details: The project is designed to improve air quality and reduce air pollution by replacing dirty coal with natural gas in the rural areas of Beijing (Coal-to-gas).

Project Concerns: The project is the AIIB’s first standalone project in China and raises serious concerns regarding transparency, accountability, and adherence to the Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF). Despite the ESF’s requirements, critical project information—such as Environmental and Social Assessments, consultation records, and detailed data on the 510 affected villages—has not been disclosed. The publicly available Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) contains only vague references to awareness-raising activities and lacks evidence of meaningful public consultations with affected communities. This raises doubts about whether those impacted were adequately informed or involved in the project planning process.