Projects List

Regional Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project (Kyrgyz Republic Component)

The objectives of the project are to (i) improve the efficiency and transparency of customs services and reinforce the ongoing customs legal reforms and simplification of customs procedures; and (ii) facilitate regional trade and promote regional customs cooperation through concerted customs reforms and modernization in the region.

Regional Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project (Tajikistan Component)

The project aims to (i) improve the efficiency and transparency of customs services and reinforce the ongoing customs legal reforms and simplification of custom procedures and (ii) facilitate trade and promote regional customs cooperation through concerted customs reforms and modernization in the region.

Improving Road Maintenance and Strengthening the Transport Corridor Management Department

Piggybacked on the Southern Transport Corridor Road Rehabilitation Project loan, the technical assistance helps the Ministry of Transport and Communications improve maintenance of the Kyrgyz road network.

Regional Airports Rehabilitation Project, Phase 1

The project will help the government reconstruct Afghanistan by rehabilitating regional airports damaged during two decades of conflict and neglect.

Southern Transport Corridor Road Rehabilitation Project

The project will promote economic growth and reduce poverty by improving the transport network and increasing regional trade and cooperation through rehabilitation of the road linking the Kyrgyz Republic, the People's Republic of China, and Uzbekistan.

Greater Silk Road Initiative 2005

The regional technical assistance (TA) was expected to contribute to economic growth and reduced poverty in CAREC countries through support for regional economic cooperation.

Dushanbe–Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project, Phase II

The technical assistance (TA) will assist the government in preparing the Dushanbe-Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project (Phase II) for Asian Development Bank financing.

Central Asia Regional Cooperation in Trade, Transport, and Transit

The technical assistance will support increased regional economic cooperation in Central Asia. It will enhance analytical underpinnings of regional cooperation in Central Asia in the areas of trade, transport, and transit.

Yevlax–Ganja Road Rehabilitation Project

The technical assistance has to prepare a feasibility study for the planning of the Yevlax-Ganja road rehabilitation project suitable for an Asian Development Bank financing.

Master Plan for Road Network Improvement Project

The purpose of the technical assistance is to (i) develop a road development program for efficient and effective road rehabilitation for the next 5–10 years, taking into account operation and maintenance (O&M) financing requirements; and (ii) prepare a high priority road improvement project for ADB’s follow-on investment.

Regional Road Development Project

The project will increase the efficiency and safety of domestic and international transit traffic between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation through Mongolia’s north–south road transport corridor.

Silk Road (Hajigabul–Kyurdamir Road Section)

The loan finances the reconstruction of the 85-kilometer section of the Silk Road (also part of the multidonor-financed East-West Highway Improvement Project) from Hajigabul to Kyurdamir in Azerbaijan.

Promotion of Regional Supply of Goods, Services, and Expertise for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Gazzi Mammed–Kyurdamir Road: Revisions to Designs

The design for the reconstruction of an 85-kilometer section of road from Gazzi Mamed to Kyurdamir has been revised. The revisions are funded by the German government through EBRD.

Shagon–Zigar Road Reconstruction, Phase 2

The second phase of the project upgrades the 9.75 kilometer (km), part of the 34 km existing single lane track to Class III standard, of the Shagon-Zigar Road.

Emergency Customs Modernization and Trade Facilitation Project

The project aims to improve key customs and transit-related infrastructure and communications, improve the capacity for customs and transit administration, and improve local tax administration.

Improved Management of Shared Water Resources in Central Asia

The technical assistance (TA) – Asian Development Bank’s first regional initiative in Central Asia that helped to depoliticize regional water discussions – aimed to achieve sustainable and efficient water management in the region.

Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Natural Gas Pipeline Project, Phase II

This technical assistance (TA) was primarily a follow-up on the recommendations of the risk analysis and risk mitigation study under the Phase 1 TA and was designed as an integral part of the preparation for development of a natural gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to off-take points in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

Capacity Building for Regional Cooperation in Central Asia

The regional technical assistance (RETA) underscored the need for strengthening the overall institutional framework for the CAREC Program by building capacity for regional cooperation at the country level.

Dushanbe–Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project, Phase 1

The project will help reduce poverty, by reducing the cost of road transport and improving access to markets, and increase regional trade and cooperation, by rehabilitating the road linking Dushanbe to Nurobod (Darband) in the Rasht Valley, and on to the Kyrgyz Republic and the People's Republic of China.