Tajikistan - Sustainable Financing for Rogun Hydropower Project and Technical Assistance for Financing Framework for Rogun Hydropower Project : Inspection Panel Report and Recommendation on a Request for Inspection

Overview & Synopsis

The World Bank Inspection Panel received a Request for Inspection on February 24, 2025, regarding the Technical Assistance for Financing Framework for Rogun Hydropower Project (the TA) and the Sustainable Financing for Rogun Hydropower Project (the SFRHP). The Request alleges that the Rogun HPP will likely cause wide-ranging socioeconomic and ecological harm downstream of Tajikistan’s Vakhsh Hydropower cascade - including in the riparian countries of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. It claims the Bank did not comply with its environmental and social framework (ESF) and has failed to ensure that a robust environmental and social management plan (ESMP) and environmental and social commitment plan (ESCP) have been developed for the Rogun HPP. On April 8, 2025, the Panel registered the Request, and Bank Management submitted its response to the Request (the Management Response or the Response) on May 25, 2025. A Panel team visited Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan on June 1 to 7, 2025, to inform the Panel’s Report and Recommendation to the Board of Executive Directors as to whether an investigation into the matters alleged in the Request is warranted. In consideration of the analysis set out in this report, the Panel recommends an investigation.