Environmental and Social Management Network

The World Bank is providing a loan in an amount of US$25.00 million to the Government of Mongolia for the Mining Infrastructure Investment Support Project (MINIS). The project will seek to facilitate investments in infrastructure to support mining and downstream processing activities, regardless of funding source, and to build local capacity to prepare and transact infrastructure projects. The project is a technical assistance activity which finances feasibility studies of proposed infrastructure projects, and relevant capacity building activities. The project will not finance any physical activities or works that pose direct environmental and social impacts. However, when the projects that are transacted under the MINIS are implemented by the Government or under subsequent agreement between the Government of Mongolia and investors, there is the potential for moderate to significant environmental or social impacts.