OP-ED: Regional co-op key to Central Asian integration Central Asia is at a turning point, and its leaders agree that regional co-operation and integration are critical to prosperity. Its governments are making progress towards establishing a policy environment that will encourage investment and enable private sector growth. Its economies are exhibiting new levels of strength.
$952 million program to support Central Asia regional cooperation ADB will substantially increase its support for regional cooperation in Central Asia over the next three years.
New loan approved to rehabilitate Dushanbe-Kyrgyz-Border road ADB will help boost regional trade and cooperation in Central Asia through a $29.5 million loan that will help rehabilitate a critical part of the road linking Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, to the Kyrgyz Republic.
Central Asian states create electricity regulators’ forum Seven countries signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a forum of electricity regulators in the Central Asia region.
Ministers urge more rapid integration of Central Asian economies Ministers from Central Asian and neighboring countries agreed on a series of specific measures to accelerate economic cooperation in the fast-growing region.
Business leaders form Central-South Asia regional business roundtable More than 40 business leaders and policymakers from Central and South Asia met on 4 November to establish a Regional Business Roundtable to expand the involvement of the business community in economic cooperation in the region.
