Projects List

Enhancing Border Trade Services and Rules for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)

The purpose of the technical assistance (TA) was to address constraints and to recommend strategies for improving trade efficiency and promoting trade activities conducted by SMEs at key border crossing points along the People’s Republic of China (PRC)-Viet Nam and the PRC-Mongolia borders.

Regional Power Rehabilitation

Individual consultants will be recruited to prepare the Regional Power Rehabilitation Project in Tajikistan for Asian Development Bank financing.

National Road Rehabilitation (Osh–Batken–Isfana) Project

The project will contribute to the reduction of transport costs and travel time along the Osh–Batken–Isfana Road corridor, improve road safety, and create temporary jobs through the repair and rehabilitation of road infrastructure in and around Osh and Jalal-Abad cities.

Transmission and Distribution Metering Project

The technical assistance will prepare the Transmission and Distribution Metering Project which will install accurate, tamper-proof wholesale meters, and auxiliary substation equipment at key interfaces between the generation company and licensees, transmission company, distribution companies and licensees, import/export nodes, and large consumers.

CAREC Transport Corridor I (Zhambyl Oblast Section) Investment Program, Tranche 2

The second project will reconstruct 79 kilometers of the highway in Zhambyl Oblast. This will be part of the CAREC Transport Corridor 1, running from Khorgos city through Almaty and Shymkent to the Russian Federation's western border.

Inner Mongolia Road Development Project

The main objective of the technical assistance is to support the Inner Mongolia Road Development Project by assisting the executing agency to ensure that the project would be suitable for Asian Development Bank financing.

Hairatan to Mazar-e-Sharif Railway Development Program

The project will increase economic growth and trade between Afghanistan and the region due to a more efficient, safe, and sustainable railway transport network. Increased transport volumes will also reduce transport costs.

CAREC: Working with the Private Sector in Trade Facilitation

The technical assistance will support the design, implementation, and monitoring of key trade facilitation and private sector development activities under the CAREC Program.

CASAREM-Talimarjan Power Generation and Transmission Project

The original aim of the technical assistance (TA) was to prepare the Talimarjan Power Project for Asian Development Bank financing. The TA scope was expanded to include assistance to the EA in procuring the main power plant contract. The TA scope was expanded to include assistance to the executing agency in procuring the main power plant contract.

Kazakhstan Moinak Electricity Transmission Project

The project will increase and improve the electricity supply to business enterprises and households in southern Kazakhstan in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner.

Regional Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project

The project aims to improve the efficiency and transparency of customs services and reinforce the ongoing customs legal reforms and simplification of custom procedures and facilitate trade and promote regional customs cooperation through concerted customs reforms and modernization in the region.

Dushanbe–Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project, Phase II (Supplementary)

The supplementary grant will reinforce the original project’s impact and outcome, contributing to integrated and efficient regional road transport and trade links, and creating improved access to market and social services.

Regional Economic Integration in Central Asia: Stocktaking and Experience Sharing

The technical assistance was designed as a stocktaking exercise of regional cooperation and integration (RCI) institutions, with a special focus on Central Asia, with the goal of enhancing RCI activities in the subregion.

CAREC Transport Corridor I (Bishkek–Torugart Road), Tranche 2

The second rehabilitation project on the Bishkek–Torugart Road will upgrade 75 kilometers of a two-lane road, build a border control facility, and provide training and skills development for road engineering graduates of local universities.

Osh–Isfana Road Upgrading Project

The project is part of the development of the Kyrgyz Republic’s road network, and specifically to growing mobility along the only connection between the main Kyrgyz cities in Fergana Valley and the rest of the country.

Xinjiang Urban Transport and Environmental Improvement Project

The project will improve urban road infrastructure, traffic management, and environmental sanitation in the cities of Altay, Changji, Hami, Kuytun, and Turpan.

Second Highway Project, Second Additional Financing

The second additional financing will promote regional economic development and poverty reduction by reducing road transport costs and improving access, transit, and road safety.

Road Database Development Using Geographic Information System

The technical assistance will upgrade the existing road database by applying a geographic information system (GIS).

Kabul Distribution Network Rehabilitation

The technical assistance will prepare the Kabul Distribution Network Rehabilitation Project.

Pakistan Trade and Transport Facilitation II

The project aims to improve the performance of trade and transport logistics in Pakistan by facilitating the implementation of the National Trade Corridor Improvement Program (NTCIP) and the simplification and modernization of Pakistan's international trade procedures and practices.