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Kazakhstan: 7.9 million people to benefit from improved roads

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $1.068 million loan to Kazakhstan for the East-West Roads Project. The objective of the project is to increase transport efficiency along the section of the Western Europe-Western China Road Corridor within Almaty Oblast, and to modernize highway management on sections of the corridor.

World Bank approves $550 million to improve education and enhance natural gas supply in Pakistan

The $200 million Natural Gas Efficiency Project aims to enhance the supply of natural gas in Pakistan by reducing the physical and commercial losses in the gas pipeline system.

World Bank and UN partners boost action on road safety

The World Bank hosted the 15th UN Collaboration on Road Safety meeting in Washington, DC on April 16-17 aimed at strengthening efforts to support road safety action in the developing world ahead of a UN General Assembly debate on road safety on April 19.

World Bank approves over $1 billion to boost electricity supply and improve irrigated agriculture in Pakistan

The Tarbela IV Extension Hydropower Project will add power generation capacity of 1,410 megawatts, and the Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Improvement Project is geared toward maximizing water use efficiency for increased yield per unit of water.

New railway line to shorten travel time to Inner Mongolia

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a loan of $200 million to the People’s Republic of China to help finance construction of the ZhangHu Railway to improve accessibility and mobility of China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

New railway line to shorten travel time to Inner Mongolia

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a loan of $200 million to the People’s Republic of China to help finance construction of the ZhangHu Railway to improve accessibility and mobility of China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

World Bank supports integration of Southern Kyrgyz Republic

The World Bank’s Board of Directors approved a Second Additional Financing in the amount of $16 million equivalent to support scaling up activities under the on-going National Road Rehabilitation (Osh-Batken-Isfana) Project in the Kyrgyz Republic.

PRC: World Bank supports integrated district heating project to improve air quality for 2.3 million Urumqi residents

The World Bank Board approved a $100 million loan to help two districts in Urumqi with access to more energy efficient and environmental friendly district heating services.

World Bank supports integrated district heating project to improve air quality for 2.3 million Urumqi residents

The World Bank Board approved a $100 million loan to help two districts in Urumqi with access to more energy efficient and environmental friendly district heating services.

World Bank financing to help over 4 million Uzbekistan citizens get improved electricity supply

More than 4 million residential and business consumers of electricity in the South-Western part of Uzbekistan will have better access to reliable electricity supply thanks to World Bank financing.