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ADB to study power trade potential to Afghanistan and Pakistan

ADB is providing a $3 million technical assistance grant to study the potential for regional electricity trading that would help optimize utilization of power resources in both Central and South Asia.

Grant of $7 million to support renewable energy in rural Mongolia approved

This will help finance the Renewable Energy for Rural Electricity Access Project, which will assist the country to provide electricity for herders and rural people who do not have access to the main power grid.

Ministers adopt action plan to accelerate regional cooperation in Central Asia

Ministers from eight Central Asian and neighboring countries adopted a Comprehensive Action Plan to strengthen the momentum and increase the benefits of regional cooperation.

Reducing pollution in PRC’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

A $120 million loan will help reduce environmental pollution to improve the quality of life for about 2.2 million people in Wuhai and Bayannur municipalities in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the People's Republic of China (PRC).

ADB seeks Kyrgyz Republic government inputs to CAREC’s Comprehensive Action Plan

The Kyrgyz Government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) discussed the preparation of a comprehensive action plan for the Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program, at a national workshop in Bishkek.

OP-ED: Regional co-op key to Central Asian integration

Central Asia is at a turning point, and its leaders agree that regional co-operation and integration are critical to prosperity. Its governments are making progress towards establishing a policy environment that will encourage investment and enable private sector growth. Its economies are exhibiting new levels of strength.

$952 million program to support Central Asia regional cooperation

ADB will substantially increase its support for regional cooperation in Central Asia over the next three years.

Central Asian states create electricity regulators’ forum

Seven countries signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a forum of electricity regulators in the Central Asia region.

Ministers urge more rapid integration of Central Asian economies

Ministers from Central Asian and neighboring countries agreed on a series of specific measures to accelerate economic cooperation in the fast-growing region.

Business leaders form Central-South Asia regional business roundtable

More than 40 business leaders and policymakers from Central and South Asia met on 4 November to establish a Regional Business Roundtable to expand the involvement of the business community in economic cooperation in the region.