News

World Bank country manager for Tajikistan visits projects in Sughd Oblast

World Bank Country Manager for Tajikistan Patricia Veevers-Carter visited the northern Sughd Oblast of Tajikistan to discuss with local authorities and beneficiaries the progress of the World Bank Group financed projects in agriculture, health, education, social protection, transportation and private sector development.

ADB annual meeting in Baku to focus on partnership for development

About 3,000 government officials, business leaders, investors, journalists, and representatives from civil society will gather on 2-5 May at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) 48th Annual Meeting of its Board of Governors.

PRC to improve rural roads and highway management with help from World Bank

Hundreds of thousands of people in Western People's Republic of China (PRC) will benefit from better rural roads and highway management with $300 million in loans approved by the World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors.

IFC, ADB, EBRD, Tata Power, and Clean Energy help Georgia achieve energy self-sufficiency

The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, the Asian Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development are helping Georgia tap its hydropower potential and achieve energy self-sufficiency by investing in the construction and operation of the Shuakhevi hydropower plant.

World Bank continues to support better roads in Georgia

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved an International Bank for Reconstruction and Development loan in the amount of $40 million to Georgia for the Secondary Road Asset Management Project.

Containers on rail: PRC’s next big opportunity in supply chain logistics

The transportation of containers by rail could grow substantially in the People's Republic of China, especially if the nation continues adopting the kind of operating practices and regulatory reforms that have boosted the development of the North American rail network, according to a new World Bank research paper.

Japan $3 million grant to support Afghanistan road corridor upgrade

The Government of Japan has approved a $3 million grant to Afghanistan for a project which will improve the country’s main north-south road corridor transport route.

World Bank invests in Tajikistan’s regional transport connectivity

The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved an allocation of $45 million equivalent to finance the second phase of the transformative Central Asia Road Links Program, to be implemented in Tajikistan in 2015-2020.

7.6 million people in Uzbekistan will benefit from better inter-regional accessibility by railway link

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $195 million IBRD loan for the Pap-Angren Railway Project in Uzbekistan. The project will help improve transport connectivity in the Ferghana Valley by enhancing the efficiency of transport services into and out of the Uzbekistan part of the Valley.

ADB provides $130 million to boost Afghanistan transport network

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of Afghanistan signed two grant agreements worth $130 million to finance a new road link that will open up an east-west trade corridor with Tajikistan and beyond.