Kazakhstan: 7.9 million people to benefit from improved roads The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $1.068 million loan to Kazakhstan for the East-West Roads Project. The objective of the project is to increase transport efficiency along the section of the Western Europe-Western China Road Corridor within Almaty Oblast, and to modernize highway management on sections of the corridor.
World Bank approves $550 million to improve education and enhance natural gas supply in Pakistan The $200 million Natural Gas Efficiency Project aims to enhance the supply of natural gas in Pakistan by reducing the physical and commercial losses in the gas pipeline system.
World Bank and UN partners boost action on road safety The World Bank hosted the 15th UN Collaboration on Road Safety meeting in Washington, DC on April 16-17 aimed at strengthening efforts to support road safety action in the developing world ahead of a UN General Assembly debate on road safety on April 19.
ADB financing brings commercial loans to Uzbekistan’s natural gas sector The Asian Development Bank is providing a $100 million loan and $200 million political risk guarantee for the development of a natural gas field project in Uzbekistan's southwest.
World Bank approves over $1 billion to boost electricity supply and improve irrigated agriculture in Pakistan The Tarbela IV Extension Hydropower Project will add power generation capacity of 1,410 megawatts, and the Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Improvement Project is geared toward maximizing water use efficiency for increased yield per unit of water.
New railway line to shorten travel time to Inner Mongolia The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a loan of $200 million to the People’s Republic of China to help finance construction of the ZhangHu Railway to improve accessibility and mobility of China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
New railway line to shorten travel time to Inner Mongolia The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a loan of $200 million to the People’s Republic of China to help finance construction of the ZhangHu Railway to improve accessibility and mobility of China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
ADB and Uzbekistan sign loan agreements worth $508 million The President of the Asian Development Bank Haruhiko Kuroda signed loan agreements on rural housing, railway electrification, electricity metering, and water supply and sanitation for a total amount of $508 million.
ADB helps Uzbekistan establish solar energy institute The International Solar Energy Institute is envisioned to become an internationally recognized source of expertise for solar energy education, training and technology. Its applied research will bring innovation, promote technology transfer and spur efficient and economic solar technology use
ADB-funded road program to spur growth, development in West Mongolia The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a financing facility of up to $170 million for road improvements along a transport corridor in western Mongolia that will help reduce the region's isolation and spur development in one of the country's poorest areas.
