Projects List

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 – Gazi Mamed-Kyurdamir Road Section

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 II

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.

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.