Projects List

CAREC Institute, 2009–2012

The CAREC Institute was initially established as a virtual institute supported by the CAREC Secretariat through this technical assistance (TA) to enhance the quality of regional cooperation by generating and sharing knowledge solutions in the priority areas of transport, energy, trade facilitation and trade policy under the CAREC Program.

Power Transmission Enhancement Project

The project will build a double-circuit 220-kilovolt transmission line and associated substation facilities, replacing two existing lines that have been in use for about 60 years by state-owned power firm, Azerenergy. It will improve power supply, especially in the key Azeri industrial hub, near the capital city of Baku.

Road Network Development Program, Tranche 2 (Ganja Bypass)

The second project under the multitranche financing facility will rehabilitate about 37.5 kilometers of the two-lane Ganja bypass road. The road is part of the country's primary east-west highway linking the capital, Baku, to the Georgian border.

Regional Logistics Development Project

A strategy for developing multimodal transport and a project design for developing a multimodal transport facility at Zamyn Uud suitable for financing are agreed to by the Government of Mongolia and Asian Development Bank.

Community-Based Local Road Upgrading and Maintenance in the Western Region of Mongolia

The project will improve about 33.5 kilometers in 10 locations of local-access and soum-center roads; and establish a community-based system for rural-access and soum-center road maintenance.

Xinjiang Municipal Infrastructure and Environmental Improvement Project

The project will contribute to sustained socioeconomic growth and improved living standards in Altay Administrative District, Boertala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, and Yili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture—border areas of northern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Preparing the CAREC Transport Corridor 1 (Zhambyl Oblast Section) Project

The technical assistance will prepare initial environment examination for the first tranche project roads and an environmental framework.

Power Transmission Enhancement Project

The objective of the technical assistance (TA) is to review and update the existing pre-feasibility study for a proposed energy investment project, including due diligence review and updated feasibility study with detailed assessment in the financial and economic analysis, social and environmental assessment in line with ADB's guidelines.

CAREC Transport Corridor 1 (Bishkek–Torugart Road)

The outcome of the TA will be the agreed design and feasibility study that will make the Project suitable for ADB financing as well as Kazakhstan national standards and regulations.

Western Regional Road Corridor Development Project, Phase 1

The Western Regional Road Corridor will span nearly 750 kilometers and become part of the Asian Highway Network. The first phase of the project will improve the Yarant–Hovd city road, create road maintenance units, improve road safety, and provide skills training.

CAREC Regional Road Project

The project will improve 131 kilometers of the A-380 highway, a 1,204 kilometer road that runs from the Kazakh border in Uzbekistan's north toward Afghanistan and Turkmenistan in the south. It will also help strengthen government’s operation and maintenance of the road network.

Regional Power Transmission Interconnection Project (Tajikistan Component)

The project will enhance transmission interconnectivity in the power sector between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. It will increase power export and income generation capacity of Tajikistan, and restore power supply and reduce costs for consumers in Afghanistan.

Capacity Development for Regional Cooperation in the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia

The intended impact of the regional technical assistance is to strengthen the institutional and human capacity for regional cooperation of the governments of the People’s Republic of China and Mongolia.

Integrated Trade Facilitation Support for CAREC

The technical assistance supported the implementation of the trade facilitation aspects of CAREC’s Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy, a key feature of which is to concentrate trade facilitation reforms along the designated CAREC transport corridors.

Silk Road Ecosystem Restoration Project

The technical assistance (TA) will help the Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in preparing an investment proposal for improving the environment of degraded or at-risk ecological areas along the Silk Road route in Gansu and Shaanxi Provinces and in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Xinjiang Regional Road Improvement Project (Korla–Kuqa Section)

The project will improve the east-west road transport corridor by upgrading the Korla-Kuqa section of the national highway as well as the local road network and road connection to neighboring countries.

CAREC Regional Road Corridor Improvement Project (Kyrgyz Republic Component)

The project will improve 263 kilometers of the 550-kilometer road corridor linking the People's Republic of China, Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan. It will also upgrade border infrastructure and prepare the cross-border agreement among these countries to facilitate regional trade and transport.

CAREC Regional Road Corridor Improvement Project (Tajikistan Component)

The project will improve 263 kilometers of the 550-kilometer road corridor linking the People's Republic of China, Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan. It will also upgrade border infrastructure and prepare the cross-border agreement among these countries to facilitate regional trade and transport.

Cross-Border Agreement among the Kyrgyz Republic, People’s Republic of China, and Tajikistan

The technical assistance (TA) helped prepare a cross border agreement (CBA) between the PRC, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan to facilitate smooth regional trade and traffic.

Road Network Development Program, Tranche 1

The first project under the multitranche financing facility will construct a 22.1 kilometer expressway between Masalli and Astara on the southern corridor, rehabilitate local roads in the project area and along East-West highway, install vehicle weighing stations in selected locations, and provide project support and capacity building.