Projects List

CAREC Corridors 1 and 3 Connector Road Project

The technical assistance will identify, formulate, and prepare an ensuing loan and/or grant for the CAREC Corridors 1 and 3 Connector Road.

Oshelectro Rehabilitation Project

The program aims to rehabilitate and modernize low and medium voltage networks, including installation of number of smart meters in Osh and Batken regions in the south of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Pap–Angren Railway

The project will reduce transport costs and increase transport capacity and reliability through the construction of a rail link between the Uzbek part of the Ferghana Valley and the rest of Uzbekistan.

Olzha Phase III Loan

The project extends a secured loan to JSC Olzha, a private operator of freight wagons in Kazakhstan, to acquire new freight railcars.

Astana Airport Rehabilitation

The project will finance the rehabilitation of the runway, taxiways, and apron, and upgrade of lighting navigational aids at Astana Airport as part of the airport modernization project.

Regional Road Development and Maintenance Project

The technical assistance is required to help the Government of Mongolia design the Regional Road Development and Maintenance Project suitable for financing.

Building Trade Policy Capacity: Formulating an International Trade Policy

The Mongolia Interim Country Partnership Strategy emphasizes the importance of employment creation, support for agribusiness and small and medium-sized enterprises or SMEs.

Enhancing Road Safety for CAREC Member Countries

The TA will strengthen the capacity of CAREC governments to identify and address key road safety issues in their respective countries.

Transport Network Development Investment Program, Tranche 4

Tranche 4 will reconstruct the remaining 108-kilometer gap from Beharak to Eshkashim in the northeastern corridor, which starts at city of Kunduz and connects to the border-crossing point with Tajikistan at Eshkashim.

CAREC: Knowledge Sharing and Services in Transport and Transport Facilitation

The technical assistance acts as a vehicle for generation, management and dissemination of knowledge aimed at strengthening the implementation of the CAREC Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy 2020.

Renewable Energy Development

The technical assistance aims to increase the share of renewable energy in Afghanistan by developing a roadmap, developing hybrid wind/solar/diesel renewable energy projects, and increasing the necessary institutional capacity in the country.

Supporting Industrial Park Development in the CAREC Region

This technical assistance aims to improve the policy framework for planning, developing, and upgrading industrial parks in CAREC countries, and thereby increase the region's industrial productivity and competitiveness.

CAREC Transport Corridor 1 (Bishkek–Torugart Road) Project 3, Additional Financing

The additional financing is for a project that is improving the last 60 kilometers of this transport corridor. The project will contribute to fostering regional trade between the Kyrgyz Republic and the People's Republic of China, and higher mobility for people in Naryn Province.

Toktogul Rehabilitation Phase 2 Project

The project will help upgrade the Kyrgyz Republic's largest power plant, Toktogul, which produces 40% of the country's electricity supply and regulates power frequency for Central Asia.

National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program, Tranche 3

The program is helping Pakistan improve highways along its national trade corridor, which handles the bulk of the country's freight movements and provides a gateway to Afghanistan and Central Asia. Tranche 3 funds a 19-kilometer expressway between Sarai Saleh and Havelian in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.

CAREC: Working with the Private Sector in Trade Facilitation (Phase 2: CFCFA strengthening and CPMM)

This regional policy and advisory technical assistance is designed to support implementation of the refined Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy 2020.

Study for a Power Sector Financing Roadmap within CAREC

The CAREC Power Sector Financing Roadmap, to be prepared under the technical assistance, will assess the capacity and willingness of CAREC countries to finance power infrastructure development from their own resources, and examine other potential sources of financing, for both national and cross-border projects.

Preparation of CAREC Corridor 2 (Pap–Namangan–Andijan) Railway Electrification Project

The project will help facilitate direct and efficient operation of both freight and passenger train services and thereby promote economic and social development of the Fergana Valley.

Second Road Network Development Program, Tranche 2

The project will finance construction of new motorway between Jalilabad and Shorsulu and provide capacity development. Tranche 2 aims to develop Jalilabad to Shorsulu motorway section and provide sector capacity development.

Transport Sector Master Plan Update

This technical assistance project will contribute to an increase in trade between Afghanistan and neighboring countries of 100% over the period 2012-2020.