Features

In the Kyrgyz Republic: A New Road Ties Trade and Towns Together

Fast, efficient roads bring people, produce and even fresh ideas from region to region, from country to country. In a stretch of the southwestern Kyrgyz Republic, even the construction work on a refurbished road is generating new opportunities and a sense of optimism.

Central Asia Cross-Border Trade and Transport

Rehabilitated roads in landlocked Tajikistan boost trade at home and with other Central Asian nations and the People's Republic of China.

The Importance of Refreshing Cities Along the Eurasian Silk Road

As economic circumstances change and trade is reoriented towards Europe and Asia, it is important to rethink cities along the Eurasian “Silk Road.”

ADB Loan Benefits CAREC Corridor 3, Connecting Shymkent and Tashkent

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $125 million loan to finance rehabilitation of a 37-kilometer (km), four-lane section of the 99 km Shymkent-Tashkent road.

Roads in Kyrgyz Republic will Help Improve Trade with Neighboring Countries

The Osh-Sary-Tash-Irkeshtam and the Sary-Tash-Karamyk roads were officially opened on 22 November 2012, in a ceremony participated in by Kyrgyz Prime Minister Jantoro Satybaldiev, Minister of Transport and Communications Kalykbek Sultanov, Asian Development Bank's Country Director in the Kyrgyz Republic Rie Hiraoka, and Islamic Development Bank representatives.

The Kyrgyz Republic’s Power Sector Rehabilitation Project Receives $55 Million in ADB Funding

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $40 million grant and a $15 million loan to finance the Kyrgyz Republic’s $62 million Power Sector Rehabilitation Project. The government and electric power plants will provide $7 million. The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program will coordinate the project funding.

Member Countries Start to Mainstream CAREC 2020 in National Development Programs

Five member countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program have initiated discussion on mainstreaming CAREC 2020 into their national development programs. Azerbaijan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan conducted in-country workshops in May 2012 to start this process, and to accelerate awareness-raising efforts of CAREC’s work.

Central Asia and the New Silk Road: 12 Things to Know

The thriving east-west trade that once prospered along the famed Silk Road is slowly being restored to its former glory through transport and trade links being rolled out under the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation program. Here are 12 facts and figures on the New Silk Road.

ADB pledges $4.7 billion to CAREC 2020

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated $4.7 billion over the next 3 years to support the new 10-year strategy for the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program or CAREC 2020, and its goals of trade expansion and improved competitiveness.

Central Asia Economy and Regional Trade

The thriving east-west trade that once spanned Central Eurasia along the famed Silk Road may soon be restored to its former glory thanks to growing transport and trade links being rolled out under the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program.