Projects List

Strengthening Implementation of Road Maintenance

The technical assistance (TA) was approved together with Loan 2062-TAJ: Dushanbe – Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project (Phase I).

Subregional Economic Cooperation in South and Central Asia (SECSCA)

The main objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to assist Afghanistan, Pakistan, and neighboring countries in Central and South Asia in jointly identifying and prioritizing subregional cooperation projects and programs.

Capacity Building on Selected WTO Issues

KEGOC: North–South Power Transmission

The project covers construction of 270-kilometer YukGres-Shu first section of the new North-South 500-kilovolt electricity transmission line.

Preparing the Regional Airports Rehabilitation Project

The technical assistance will help prepare the Regional Airports Rehabilitation Project for financing.

Preparing the Herat–Andkhoy Road Project

The technical assistance prepares a project preparatory study of the rehabilitation and improvement of the road connecting Herat to Andkhoy in Afghanistan.

Feasibility Study for Power Transmission and Distribution Project

The technical assistance (TA) will support the Government’s strategy for poverty reduction through economic growth by helping prepare a power transmission and distribution project.

Road Sector Restructuring Loan (Atyrau–Aktau)

The project will improve road access between Kazakhstan’s main port of Aktau and the important regional center of Atyrau. It will also support the existing oil production area at Tenghiz.

Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Project

The project will help the government rehabilitate and reconstruct key transport and energy infrastructure damaged during two decades of conflict and neglect, anchored Afghanistan's National Development Framework.

Emergency Transport Rehabilitation Project

The project will facilitate Afghanistan’s economic and social recovery through improved physical access to goods, markets, and administrative and social services; building capacity in management, implementation and maintenance of transport services and works; and assist in the establishment of a policy framework for sustainable transport service delivery.

Feasibility Study of Aktau–Atyrau Road Improvement

The technical assistance reviews and revises, where necessary, the government's proposal to improve the road from Atyrau to Aktau with external financing.

Energy Needs Assessment

The Government of Uzbekistan requested technical assistance from Asian Development Bank to develop the first stage of its energy-saving program.

Feasibility Studies of the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan Natural Gas Pipeline Project

A steering committee of the ministers of oil and gas from the three countries was established for necessary follow-up and supervision of the project. The Steering Committee requested the Asian Development Bank to play the role of a development partner and provide regional technical assistance for feasibility studies.

Road Development Project III

The technical assistance conducts a comprehensive study of the feasibility of constructing a paved road of about 430 kilometers from the Mongolian town of Choir to the border of the People's Republic of China.

Hydropower Development Strategy

The technical TA helped the Government of Tajikistan to prepare a hydropower development strategy. The strategy identified for the Tajikistan energy sector the optimal energy development program that will meet domestic energy requirements and realized export opportunities given the energy resources available, existing power investments, and fiscal and other constraints.

Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project (Kyrgyz Republic Component)

The project preparatory technical assistance (PPTA) will help prepare Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project to support the East and Central Asia Regional Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation Program (RTFCCP).

Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project (Tajikistan Component)

The project preparatory technical assistance (PPTA) will help prepare Customs Modernization and Infrastructure Development Project to support the East and Central Asia Regional Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation Program (RTFCCP).

Regional Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation Program (Kyrgyz Republic Component)

The program will integrate the economies of the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan into the world trading system by setting up a regional framework with an effective cooperation mechanism.

Regional Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation Program (Tajikistan Component)

The program will integrate the economies of the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan into the world trading system by setting up a regional framework with an effective cooperation mechanism.

Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation

The key objective of this technical assistance (TA) was to strengthen regional customs cooperation, and thereby to establish efficient and effective customs systems that can facilitate foreign trade and investment.