Projects List

East–West Highway Improvement Project

The project will help accelerate socioeconomic development in west Azerbaijan (Agstafa, Ganja, Goranboy, Khanlar, Qazakh, and Yevlakh) and strengthen regional cooperation by improving transport efficiency in the East-West Highway and selected local roads.

Building the Capacity of the Ministry of Commerce for Trade and Transit Facilitation

The technical assistance was expected to enhance the capacity of the Ministry of Commerce in trade and transit facilitation, with emphasis on negotiating and implementing actual transit agreements.

Greater Silk Road Initiative 2006

The goal of this umbrella regional technical assistance (RETA) is to promote regional economic cooperation in Central Asia. The RETA includes support for high-level policy and sector-related meetings among CAREC participating countries and their development partners.

Dushanbe–Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project, Phase II

The project will help increase trade in Central Asia and economic growth in the Rasht Valley and Dushanbe. It will improve and create sustainable regional and national road networks.

Establishment of the CAREC Members Electricity Regulators Forum

The goal of the technical assistance (TA) is the promotion of regional trade and cooperation, private sector investment, and infrastructure development in the energy sectors in East and Central Asia by advancing regulation of the electricity sector in a harmonized fashion.

Southern Road Corridor Improvement Project (Alyat–Astara Road)

The technical assistance will prepare the Southern Road Corridor Improvement Project so that it is suitable for Asian Development Bank financing.

Capacity Building for Road Sector Institutions

The objective of the technical assistance is to upgrade the road database management and the quality control of road works in Afghanistan.

North–South Electricity Transmission Project

The project will ensure business enterprises and households in southern Kazakhstan access to reliable, cost effective, and high-quality supply of electricity.

Transport Sector Strategy (2006–2020)

The technical assistance helps the Uzbekistan government prepare a transport sector strategy that will have guiding policies and investment in the transport sector (2006-2020).

Capacity Building Support to the Ministry of Economic Development to Develop a Competitive Non-Oil Sector in Azerbaijan

The project helps Azerbaijan diversify its economy by facilitating the growth of a globally competitive private non-oil sector.

KEGOC: Ekibastuz–YukGres Power Transmission

The project will promote competition and trade both on national and regional levels by facilitating low-cost producers in North Kazakhstan to supply South Kazakhstan and the Central Asia integrated system.

Prefeasibility Study of the Western Regional Road Corridor Development

A prefeasibility study is prepared to tackle transport issues and help achieve the sector performance indicators in the Asian Development Bank's country strategy and program for Mongolia.

Qaisar-Bala Murghab Road Project

The project will assist the government to promote economic and social development and reduce poverty by rehabilitating the primary road network damaged during three decades of conflict and neglect.

Baku to Samur

The proposed project will upgrade and rehabilitate a 60 km section of road, from Sumgait to Zarat, which is located on the main north–south route from Baku to Samur, which is located at the Russian border.

Capacity Strengthening of the Civil Aviation Sector

The technical assistance (TA) helps to upgrade the air safety oversight and improve financial governance of airport operations in Afghanistan.

Power Rehabilitation, Phase II

The project preparatory technical assistance (TA) will prepare the ensuing investment project, which aims to rehabilitate and upgrade the existing facilities in southern Tajikistan, covering generation, transmission, and distribution.

Emergency Transport Rehabilitation Project, Supplemental Grant

The project aims to facilitate the country's economic and social recovery through improved physical access to goods, markets, and administrative and social services.

Transport Sector Development Strategy

The technical assistance aims to improve transport sector performance in Azerbaijan by assessing in detail all modes of transport and identifying strategic priorities and resources for sector development and operational needs for the medium term (2006-2016).

Power Transmission and Distribution Project

The project will improve power supply in the northern, southern, and eastern areas of Afghanistan by rehabilitating and extending power transmission and distribution systems.

Capacity Building and Strengthening Foreign Trade and Investment Promotion Institutions in Uzbekistan (Phase 1)

The Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade and UNDP have been promoting investment in Uzbekistan through their joint project. The project has produced the Investment Guide to Uzbekistan which is complemented by the Catalogue of Investment Opportunities in Uzbekistan and the Cost of Doing Business in Uzbekistan.