Projects List

Subproject 12: Building Capacities of Women in the Energy Sector in Pakistan

Pre-feasibility Study on Turgen Mountain Resort Development

Tajikistan: Road Network Sustainability Project

The project will address the oblast's immediate needs by improving two national arterial roads, namely (i) Dangara Okmazor and (ii) Hulbuk Kangurt.

CAREC Corridor 2 (Pap-Namangan-Andijan) Railway Electrification Project, Additional Financing

With this additional financing, UTY will be able to complete the modernization of this part of the network, and trains will be able to travel safely and at more frequent intervals between the towns and cities within the Fergana Valley, as well as to and from Tashkent.

Energy Supply Improvement Investment Program, Tranche 6

In December 2017, the Government of Uzbekistan and the Government of Afghanistan agreed to jointly develop a 500-kilovolt (kV) power interconnection from the Surkhan substation in Uzbekistan to the Khwaja-Alwan substation in Afghanistan.

People’s Republic of China: Inner Mongolia Sustainable Cross-Border Development Investment Program (Tranche 1)

CAREC Regional Infrastructure Projects Enabling Facility

The technical assistance (TA) will enhance economic connectivity and increased sustainability and resilience of regional infrastructure in the CAREC region.

CAREC Corridor 2 Karakalpakstan Road (A380 Kungrad to Daut-Ata Section) Project

The project will upgrade and widen a section of the Guzar Bukhara Nukus Beyneu highway (A380) of about 240 kilometers (km) in the Republic of Karakalpakstan.

Preparing the CAREC Corridors 3 and 6 Turkistan Road Network Improvement Project

The technical assistance (TA) will support phase 1 of preparatory activities to help scope and structure the proposed Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Corridors 3 and 6 Turkistan Road Network Improvement Project.

Addressing Health Threats in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Countries and the Caucasus

This knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will enhance regional health cooperation in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) countries and the Caucasus. It will facilitate regional policy dialogues, knowledge sharing, and a more coordinated approach to common health threats and challenges.

Mongolia: Developing the Economic Cooperation Zone Project

Developing the CAREC Water Pillar

The technical assistance (TA) will support the development of the CAREC water pillar, with an emphasis on economic aspects and sustainable financing of water resources management.

Analytical Support on Uzbekistan’s Foreign Economic Policy Issues

CAREC Corridors 2, 3, and 5 (Obigarm-Nurobod) Road Project

The Obigarm–Nurobod road section of the existing M41 highway, which carries about 3,000 vehicles per day, will be inundated once the HPP reservoir has filled to operating levels. A bypass road must be completed and opened to traffic by latest November 2023, the date by which the rising water in the HPP reservoir will have inundated several critical sections of the M41 highway.

East–West Highway (Shorapani–Argveta Section) Improvement Project

The project involves construction of a new road section of the E-60 highway located in Imereti Region of central Georgia. Section F4 forms the Shoropani-Argveta portion of the Khevi-Ubisa-Shorapani-Argveta section of the E-60.

Developing a Disaster Risk Transfer Facility in the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Region

The regional knowledge and support technical assistance will support the development of comprehensive regional disaster risk financing solutions to assist the CAREC countries in reducing their physical and financial vulnerability to natural hazards.

Regional Cooperation on Increasing Cross-Border Energy Trading within the Central Asian Power System – Expansion of Membership in Central Asian Power System (Subproject 3)

The technical assistance (TA) will have the following outcome: regional energy trade and cooperation enhanced. The identified infrastructure projects, which are necessary for connection of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and other potential new electricity markets to Central Asian Power System (CAPS), will be submitted for endorsement of the CAPS governments at Central Asia United Power System Council Meeting.

CAREC Corridors 1 and 6 Connector Road (Aktobe–Kandyagash) Reconstruction Project

The proposed project will (i) reconstruct the 89-kilometer highway connecting Aktobe and Kandyagash and (ii) strengthen the institutional capacity of KazAvtoZhol. The project is aligned with the following impact: More jobs created and Kazakhstan integrated into the regional and global economic system (Kazakhstan 2050 Strategy).

Preparing the Batumi–Sarpi Bypass Project

The Government of Georgia is investing substantial amounts in the infrastructure needed to take advantage of its location, with emphasis on the country's backbone for transit trade comprised of the East–West and North–South transport corridors.

Preparing Railway Modernization Projects

The Government of Uzbekistan and O'zbekiston Temir Yo'llari (UTY) have requested technical assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to prepare two projects to further modernize railways in Uzbekistan: (i) CAREC Corridor 2 (Pap Namangan Andijan) Railway Electrification Project, Additional Financing, and (ii) CAREC Corridor 2 (Bukhara Miskin Urgench Khiva) Railway Electrification Project.