Projects List

Master Plan for Road Network Improvement Project

The purpose of the technical assistance is to (i) develop a road development program for efficient and effective road rehabilitation for the next 5–10 years, taking into account operation and maintenance (O&M) financing requirements; and (ii) prepare a high priority road improvement project for ADB’s follow-on investment.

Regional Road Development Project

The project will increase the efficiency and safety of domestic and international transit traffic between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation through Mongolia’s north–south road transport corridor.

Improved Management of Shared Water Resources in Central Asia

The technical assistance (TA) – Asian Development Bank’s first regional initiative in Central Asia that helped to depoliticize regional water discussions – aimed to achieve sustainable and efficient water management in the region.

Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Natural Gas Pipeline Project, Phase II

This technical assistance (TA) was primarily a follow-up on the recommendations of the risk analysis and risk mitigation study under the Phase 1 TA and was designed as an integral part of the preparation for development of a natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to off-take points in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

Capacity Building for Regional Cooperation in Central Asia

The regional technical assistance (RETA) underscored the need for strengthening the overall institutional framework for the CAREC Program by building capacity for regional cooperation at the country level.

Dushanbe–Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project, Phase 1

The project will help reduce poverty, by reducing the cost of road transport and improving access to markets, and increase regional trade and cooperation, by rehabilitating the road linking Dushanbe to Nurobod (Darband) in the Rasht Valley, and on to the Kyrgyz Republic and the People's Republic of China.

Strengthening Implementation of Road Maintenance

The technical assistance (TA) was approved together with Loan 2062-TAJ: Dushanbe – Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project (Phase I).

Subregional Economic Cooperation in South and Central Asia (SECSCA)

The main objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to assist Afghanistan, Pakistan, and neighboring countries in Central and South Asia in jointly identifying and prioritizing subregional cooperation projects and programs.

Capacity Building on Selected WTO Issues

Preparing the Regional Airports Rehabilitation Project

The technical assistance will help prepare the Regional Airports Rehabilitation Project for financing.

Preparing the Herat–Andkhoy Road Project

The technical assistance prepares a project preparatory study of the rehabilitation and improvement of the road connecting Herat to Andkhoy in Afghanistan.

Feasibility Study for Power Transmission and Distribution Project

The technical assistance (TA) will support the Government’s strategy for poverty reduction through economic growth by helping prepare a power transmission and distribution project.

Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project

The project will help the government rehabilitate and reconstruct key transport and energy infrastructure damaged during two decades of conflict and neglect, anchored Afghanistan's National Development Framework.

Feasibility Study of Aktau–Atyrau Road Improvement

The technical assistance reviews and revises, where necessary, the government's proposal to improve the road from Atyrau to Aktau with external financing.

Energy Needs Assessment

The Government of Uzbekistan requested technical assistance from Asian Development Bank to develop the first stage of its energy-saving program.

Feasibility Studies of the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan Natural Gas Pipeline Project

A steering committee of the ministers of oil and gas from the three countries was established for necessary follow-up and supervision of the project. The Steering Committee requested the Asian Development Bank to play the role of a development partner and provide regional technical assistance for feasibility studies.

Road Development Project III

The technical assistance conducts a comprehensive study of the feasibility of constructing a paved road of about 430 kilometers from the Mongolian town of Choir to the border of the People's Republic of China.

Hydropower Development Strategy

The technical TA helped the Government of Tajikistan to prepare a hydropower development strategy. The strategy identified for the Tajikistan energy sector the optimal energy development program that will meet domestic energy requirements and realized export opportunities given the energy resources available, existing power investments, and fiscal and other constraints.

Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project (Kyrgyz Republic Component)

The project preparatory technical assistance (PPTA) will help prepare Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project to support the East and Central Asia Regional Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation Program (RTFCCP).

Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project (Tajikistan Component)

The project preparatory technical assistance (PPTA) will help prepare Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project to support the East and Central Asia Regional Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation Program (RTFCCP).