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INFOGRAPHIC: The Potential of Intra-regional Trade for South Asia

With intra-regional trade at less than 5% of total trade, South Asia is the least integrated region in the world, dwarfed by East Asia’s 35% and Europe’s 60%.

Q&A: Central Asia-South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project (CASA-1000)

The CASA-1000 project is the first step towards creating the Central Asia-South Asia Regional Electricity Market (CASAREM), leveraging Central Asia's significant energy resources to help alleviate South Asia's energy shortages on a mutually beneficial basis.

INFOGRAPHIC: TAPI Gas Pipeline

The proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline is expected to transport natural gas from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

TAPI pipeline to help Afghanistan rebuild ties with Silk Road neighbors

The shareholders of TAPI Pipeline Company Limited signed an Investment Agreement in a ceremony witnessed by petroleum ministers and senior government officials of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, and senior Asian Development Bank officials.

ADB approves $197 million loan for highway rehabilitation in Pakistan

The Asian Development Bank has approved a project loan of nearly $197 million to continue rebuilding highways and bridges damaged in Pakistan’s worst-ever floods in 2010.

TAPI shareholders agreement signed at ground breaking ceremony

The shareholders of TAPI Pipeline Company Limited have signed the Shareholders Agreement at a groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate the beginning of construction of the Turkmen portion of the planned 1,800 km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline project.

ADB loan to help improve land border point management for enhanced trade

The Asian Development Bank has approved a $250 million loan to boost cross-border trade activity with its neighboring countries by reducing customs processing time for cargo and goods at the three key border points of Charman, Torkham, and Wagha.

TAPI shareholders agreement initialed

he shareholders of TAPI Pipeline Company Limited have agreed on their respective shareholding percentages and initialed the Shareholders Agreement. TAPI Company Limited will build, finance, own and operate the planned 1,600 kilometer Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline.

ADB, Pakistan sign loan agreement for new section of M-4 motorway

The Asian Development Bank signed a loan agreement with the Government of Pakistan in Islamabad to fund the section of the M-4 motorway connecting Gojra to Shorkot in Pakistan’s Punjab province.

ADB loan to help upgrade provincial highway network in Sindh

The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of over $197 million to rehabilitate 328 kilometers (km) of provincial highways and assist authorities in developing a master plan to better manage current and future road traffic in Sindh.