Projects List

Greater Silk Road Initiative

The overall goal of the regional technical assistance (TA) was to promote economic growth and raise standards of living in the countries of Central Asia through economic cooperation.

Capacity Building for Developing Member Countries on the WTO Trading System

The main objective of the technical assistance is to support developing member countries (DMCs) to fully integrate into the World trade Organization (WTO) multilateral trading system through (i) increasing their awareness of WTO agreements so that they can be fully implemented; (ii) assisting them to participate fully in the new WTO round; and (iii) assisting DMCs, including Pacific DMCs, to accede to WTO.

Railways Development Project

The objective of the technical assistance (TA) is to prepare a project that helps the Government of Uzbekistan improve sector efficiency to meet the transportation needs of the domestic economy and international traffic.

Preparing the Regional Gas Transmission Improvement Project in the Central Asia Republics

The TA was to formulate a regional project suitable for ADB financing to improve the gas transmission network in the Central Asia Republics (CARs) to facilitate access to modern energy by the rural poor, regional major cities, and commercial centers.

Regional Cooperation in Transport Projects in Central Asia

The technical assistance (TA) supports the CAREC program in transport by assessing two key regional cooperation projects involving the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan.

Feasibility Study of Borovoe–Petropavlovsk Road Rehabilitation Project in Kazakhstan

The technical assistance assisted the Government of Kazakhstan in preparing a proposal to improve the road from Borovoe to Petropavlovsk. It supplements and reviews the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)-financed feasibility study of the Borovoe-Petropavlovsk Road Rehabilitation Project.

Reassessment of the Regional Transport Sector Strategy

This technical assistance updates the existing regional transport sector study of the Asian Development Bank. Initial work includes discussion of issues and collection of information during a field trip to Kazakstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, and presentation of an initial outline strategy to the governments at a regional transport meeting.

Institutional Support in the Transport Sector

The TA was attached to the Third Road Rehabilitation Project, which included rehabilitation of 120 kilometers of national highway from Bishkek to Osh, as well as support for regulatory reform in the road sector.

Third Road Rehabilitation Project

The project will help reduce poverty and promote sustainable economic growth by reducing the cost of road transport and improving access to markets in the Bishkek–Osh corridor.

Regional Economic Cooperation in Central Asia (Phase 2, Year 3)

Phase II, Year Three was intended to also address other regional concerns such as trade facilitation and broad water/energy/environment issues, as well as the establishment of an institutionalized mechanism for the CAREC Program.

Preparing the Second Road Rehabilitation Project

The technical assistance helps the government prepare a feasibility study and preliminary design to rehabilitate selected sections of the Dushanbe-Darband road and selected rural roads. This rehabilitation project is part of Tajikistan's Second Road Rehabilitation Project.

Almaty–Bishkek Economic Corridor Regional Improvement of Border Services Project Readiness

The regional knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will continue supporting the implementation of a pilot cross-border economic corridor around Almaty and Bishkek under the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program. The governments of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic are implementing an economic corridor between Almaty, Bishkek, and the surrounding regions since 2014. The proposed TA will support the work of the ABEC Subcommittee in designing new regional projects, develop a new mechanism for selecting projects, and develop a framework for a regional development fund.