Projects List

Afghanistan Diagnostic Trade Integration Study

A diagnostic trade integration study (DTIS) evaluates internal and external constraints on a country’s integration into the world economy, and recommends areas where technical assistance and policy actions can help the country overcome these barriers.

National Road Rehabilitation (Osh–Batken–Isfana), Second Additional Financing

The second additional financing for the national road rehabilitation project contributes to the reduction of transport costs and travel time along the Osh–Batken–Isfana road corridor; improves road safety planning; and repairs and rehabilitates road infrastructure in and around Osh and Jalal–Abad cities.

Talimarjan Transmission Project

The objective of the Talimarjan Transmission Project for Uzbekistan is to improve the reliability of the electricity supply to residential and business consumers in South–Western Uzbekistan.

Power Supply Options Study

The World Bank undertook this study to assist the Government of Tajikistan in finding ways to overcome the current electricity shortages and establish a sound basis for meeting the growing electricity demand in Tajikistan, with a particular focus on the recurring winter shortages which amount to about 24% of winter demand.

Alma Electricity Transmission Project

The project will improve the reliability and quality of electricity supply to consumers in the Almaty region in an environmentally responsible and financially sustainable manner. This will be achieved by expanding the capacity of Almaty's transmission network to provide additional capacity and redundancy in the system for uninterrupted supply of electricity.

National Road Rehabilitation (Osh–Batken–Isfana), First Additional Financing

The additional financing will contribute to the reduction of transport costs and travel time along the Osh–Batken–Isfana Road corridor.

Energy Efficiency Facility for Industrial Enterprises

The objective of the project is to improve energy efficiency in Industrial Enterprises (IEs) by designing and establishing a financing mechanism for energy saving investments.

Second Customs Reform and Trade Facilitation Project

The project will help facilitate trade and regional cooperation by easing the movement of goods and services to and from Afghanistan.

Third Highway Project

The project will contribute to a more efficient and safer Baku–Shamakhi road and higher quality road services as part of the upgrading to motorway standards, and to improve the management of the nascent motorway network.

Energy Emergency Recovery Assistance Project, Additional Financing

The objective of the Additional Financing for the Energy Emergency Recovery Assistance Project for Tajikistan is to urgently increase the volume and reliability of the national energy supply, especially in the winter season, by supporting the implementation of the Energy Emergency Management Action Plan.

Energy Emergency Assistance Project, Additional Financing

The additional financing will increase the volume and reliability of Kyrgyz Republic's energy supply, especially thermal power in the winter season, thereby supporting implementation of the Energy Emergency Mitigation Action Plan.

National Road Rehabilitation (Osh–Batken–Isfana) Project

The project will contribute to the reduction of transport costs and travel time along the Osh–Batken–Isfana Road corridor, improve road safety, and create temporary jobs through the repair and rehabilitation of road infrastructure in and around Osh and Jalal-Abad cities.

Kazakhstan Moinak Electricity Transmission Project

The project will increase and improve the electricity supply to business enterprises and households in southern Kazakhstan in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner.

Second Highway Project, Second Additional Financing

The second additional financing will promote regional economic development and poverty reduction by reducing road transport costs and improving access, transit, and road safety.

Pakistan Trade and Transport Facilitation II

The project aims to improve the performance of trade and transport logistics in Pakistan by facilitating the implementation of the National Trade Corridor Improvement Program (NTCIP) and the simplification and modernization of Pakistan's international trade procedures and practices.

South–West Roads: Western Europe–Western China International Transit Corridor (CAREC 1b and 6b)

The objective of the South West Roads Project for Western Europe–Western China International Transit Corridor (CAREC-1B and 6B) is to improve transport efficiency along road sections in Kyzylorda, South Kazakhstan and Almaty Oblasts, improve road management, and increase traffic safety in Kazakhstan.

Energy Emergency Assistance Project

The project will help the government increase the volume and security of the energy supply especially the supply of thermal power in the winter season, in accordance with the Energy Emergency Mitigation Action Plan.

Energy Emergency Recovery Assistance Project

The project will urgently increase the amount and reliability of the national energy supply, especially in the winter season, by supporting the implementation of Tajikistan's Energy Emergency Mitigation Action Plan.

Second Highway Project, First Additional Financing (East–West and North–South Corridors: Alat–Masali and Tagiyev–Sahil)

The additional financing will help achieve the original project's objectives to reduce road transport costs and improve access, transit, and road safety within Azerbaijan's east–west and north–south corridors.

Expanding Trade by Connecting Central Asia Countries

This study focuses on three countries of Central Asia —Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan—and applies the framework used by the World Development Report 2009. The study recommends that these three countries anchor their export diversification and growth strategy on three spatial scales—urban (leading city), area (city-hinterland), and regional (integration with regional markets).