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The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey in Istanbul, currently under construction, will become the first supertall building in Turkey. Azrieli Spiral Tower in Tel Aviv and Beyond Tower in Givatayim, both in construction, will become the first supertall buildings in Israel. Europe currently has nine supertall buildings, all completed since 2010.
This is a list of planned cities (sometimes known as planned communities or new towns) by country. Additions to this list should be cities whose overall form (as opposed to individual neighborhoods or expansions) has been determined in large part in advance on a drawing board, or which were planned to a degree which is unusual for their time and place.
City Country Planned Height (m) Planned Floors Year Cancelled Nakheel Tower: Dubai United Arab Emirates: 1,136 m (3,727 ft) 226: 2009 Sky City: Changsha China: 838 m (2,749 ft) 202: 2016 Suzhou Zhongnan Center: Suzhou China: 729 m (2,392 ft) 138: 2019 Dubai One Tower: Dubai United Arab Emirates: 711 m (2,333 ft) 161: 2021 India Tower: Mumbai India
Under-construction: 2025: Located in the Rann of Kutch; will cover an area of 726 km 2 (280 sq mi) once completed. Omkareshwar Floating Solar Power Park: Madhya Pradesh, India: 600 MW: Under-construction: 2023(Phase-I) Aims to become the world's largest floating solar park. KSEB- Kerala Dam Wind Farm, India [25] Kerala, India: 100 MW: Under ...
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution, established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States; it is the lending arm of World Bank Group. The IBRD offers loans to middle-income developing countries. It is the first of five member institutions that compose the ...
Between 2004 and 2013, the World Bank committed to lend or give at least $338 billion, according to bank data. Its private-lending affiliate, the International Finance Corporation, committed to invest at least $116 billion during the same period in corporations and other banks in pursuit of the overall goal of alleviating poverty.
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In Kosovo, a state-owned energy company plans to destroy a village to make way for expanded coal mining as the government and the World Bank plan for a proposed coal-burning power plant. The government has already forced roughly 1,000 residents from their homes. Many former residents claim officials violated World Bank policy requiring borrowers to restore their living conditions at equal or ...