Projects likely to tender soon
Tenders come from projects. Here are projects without a notice yet: those approved in the last 12 months still waiting for their first notice, and projects in preparation, the ones the World Bank plans to approve soonest first.
Approval to first notice, projects approved since 2 Feb 2026
- Median time
- 75 days after approval
- Advertised
- 74 of 421 projects
- Advertised before approval
- 16%
Measured from our own records, not a forecast. Contract award notices are not counted; projects without a notice yet are left out of the median.
361 projects
Pacific Island Countries Teacher Upgrading and Resourcing for the Early YearsP511162
- Country
- Pacific 1
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$65m
Planned approval: 1 Dec 2026
Stage: Concept Review
Meghalaya Logistics and Connectivity Improvement ProjectP508453
- Country
- India
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$207m
Planned approval: 2 Dec 2026
Stage: Begin Negotiation
10 notices published before approval
South Africa Port and Rail Infrastructure Transformation P4RP512358
- Country
- South Africa
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$1.5bn
Planned approval: 2 Dec 2026
Stage: Decision Meeting
Bihar Rural Transformation ProjectP512959
- Country
- India
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$218.8m
Planned approval: 3 Dec 2026
Stage: Begin Negotiation
Gurugram Metro Rail Project - Sustainable Multimodal and Resilient Transport for HaryanaP510062
- Country
- India
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$113m
Planned approval: 3 Dec 2026
Stage: Begin Negotiation
1 notice published before approval
Economic Transformation for Inclusive Growth ProjectP519601
- Country
- Madagascar
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$33m
Planned approval: 3 Dec 2026
Stage: OIS Sign-off
ASCENT Regional Energy Access Financing Platform 2 -Derisking FacilitiesP513432
- Country
- Eastern and Southern Africa
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$25m
Planned approval: 3 Dec 2026
Stage: Concept Review
DRC Development of Statistical Capacity to Improve Decision-Making (DECIDE) ProjectP513798
- Country
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$110m
Planned approval: 4 Dec 2026
Stage: Begin Negotiation
Modernizing Ethiopia’s Statistical SystemP513304
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$50m
Planned approval: 4 Dec 2026
Stage: Begin Negotiation
Support for Resilient Livelihoods in the South of Madagascar - MIONJO ProjectP519482
- Country
- Madagascar
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$50m
Planned approval: 4 Dec 2026
Stage: OIS Sign-off
Morocco Disaster Resilience Development Policy Financing with Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown OptionP517767
- Country
- Morocco
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$100m
Planned approval: 7 Dec 2026
Stage: Technical Design
Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project, Phase Two (LLRP II)P519581
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$50m
Planned approval: 7 Dec 2026
Stage: OIS Sign-off
Samoa Resilience and Investment Development Policy Operation with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown OptionP514213
- Country
- Samoa
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$30m
Planned approval: 8 Dec 2026
Stage: Begin Negotiation
Mozambique Program for Strengthening Governance and Citizen Service DeliveryP514896
- Country
- Mozambique
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$200m
Planned approval: 8 Dec 2026
Stage: Decision Meeting
Health Enhancement And Lifesaving (HEAL) Ukraine ProjectP519384
- Country
- Ukraine
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$400m
Planned approval: 8 Dec 2026
Stage: OIS Sign-off
Tuvalu First Inclusive Resilience Development Policy FinancingP513267
- Country
- Tuvalu
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$15m
Planned approval: 8 Dec 2026
Stage: Concept Review
Montenegro Water Security and Climate Adaptation Phase 1 ProjectP512709
- Country
- Montenegro
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$39.9m
Planned approval: 9 Dec 2026
Stage: Begin Negotiation
Sao Paulo Sustainable Family Farming and Agri-food Jobs ProjectP512530
- Country
- Brazil
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$160m
Planned approval: 9 Dec 2026
Stage: Begin Negotiation
Guatemala: Strategic Investments in Human Development ProjectP510758
- Country
- Guatemala
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$125m
Planned approval: 9 Dec 2026
Stage: Begin Negotiation
Sustainable Transformation for Efficient and EU-aligned Railways (STEER)P515601
- Country
- Ukraine
- Status
- Pipeline
- World Bank amount
- US$500m
Planned approval: 10 Dec 2026
Stage: Decision Meeting
Approved projects are those approved in the last 12 months without any notice in our records; we keep every notice of the last 12 months. The planned approval date and the stage are the latest the World Bank published; the date can change.