Multilateral Development Banks’ Water and Energy Sector Pipelines

Each quarter, International Rivers' staff produces a blog highlighting a few dam projects from multilateral development banks' pipelines. To read these blogs, access the "Blogs" section to the right.

To do your own search for information about dams in multilateral development banks' water and energy sector pipelines, follow the links and instructions for each institution, below. 

International Financial Institution

Project Information

World Bank

To find a full list of hydropower projects in the World Bank’s pipeline visit the Bank’s Monthly Operational Summary:

  • On the right-hand side of the page select the Region in which you want to search.

  • To refine your search use the “find” function on your computer to search for key words such as “hydro” or specific project names.

International Finance Corporation

To find a full list of hydropower projects in the IFC’s pipeline visit their Project Database:

  • In the search fields you can select which Region and Country you would like to search, or select “World

  • Under Sector select “-V-Ba-Large Hydro – Renewable Energy Generation"

Asian Development Bank

To find a full list of hydropower projects in the ABD’s pipeline visit their Proposed Project Records:

  • In the top menu bar, hover mouse over Projects and from the drop-down menu select Show Proposed Projects

  • Using the column of Filter options on the left side of the page, under Filter by Sector select "Energy"

  • To refine your search use the “find” function on your computer to search for key words such as “hydro” or specific project names

Inter-American Development Bank

To find a full list of hydropower projects in the IADB’s pipeline visit their Projects By Sector page:

  • To refine your search: Browse by Sector

  • Under Energy select “Energy – New Hydropower Projects

African Development Bank Group

To find a full list of hydropower projects in the African Development Bank’s pipeline visit their Procurement Notices page:

  • In the search fields you can browse by Country or by Topics & Sector

  • If you browse by Sector & Topics select: "Energy & Power"

European Development Bank

To find a full list of hydropower projects in the European Bank’s pipeline visit their Projects to be Financed Page:

  • Filter by Sector: “Energy” and by Region and Country if desired. For Status, select "Under Appraisal."