Projects List

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.

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).

Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation

The key objective of this technical assistance (TA) was to strengthen regional customs cooperation, and thereby to establish efficient and effective customs systems that can facilitate foreign trade and investment.

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.