Features

Keeping Warm: Urban Heating Options for the Kyrgyz Republic

Given the cold climate and long heating seasons in the Kyrgyz Republic, access to reliable heating services is an essential need for everyday life – but it is a need that is often not met.

Azerbaijan’s Railroads: The Missing Link?

With support from the World Bank, and for the first time in 30 years, Azerbaijan is investing heavily in its railroads.

Road Project Opens Pakistan Valley to Tourists

Restoring a vital road damaged by the 2005 earthquake boosts tourism and opens livelihood opportunities in Pakistan’s Neelum Valley.

ADB approves additional financing for Bishkek-Torugart road

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $15 million in additional financing for the reconstruction of the remaining 60-kilometer (km) section of the Bishkek-Torugart road.

Almaty, Kazakhstan, and Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, to develop first CAREC economic corridor

Almaty and Bishkek will work together to identify physical infrastructure, policy and institutional initiatives, and market opportunities for development of the economic corridor.

Second Trade and Transport Facilitation Project

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

Railway Modernization Project

Funded by the Asian Development Bank and completed in 2006, the Railway Modernization Project helped transform Uzbekistan's deteriorating infrastructure into the high-speed rail network the country enjoys today.

Nurek 500 kV Switchyard Reconstruction Project

The Nurek Hydroelectric Power Plant also plays an important role in regulating the frequency of power transmissions to the interlinked electricity networks of four other Central Asian countries: Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Xinjiang Regional Road Improvement Project

The many new road connections in Xinjiang are the result of government plans to provide strong trade links for the booming eastern provinces and to improve access to remote western regions in the People's Republic of China.

Regional Road Development Project

The project aims to build a 432-kilometer section from Zamyn-Uud to Choyr, south of Ulaanbaatar, at an estimated cost of $78.1 million. Started in 2004, the project complements previous initiatives by the Asian Development Bank under which road sections linking Altanbulag with Ulaanbaatar were paved.