Asia Regional Integration Center
Tracking Asian Integration
Cross-border Infrastructure
This section includes news, opinions and editorial, and studies and research reports and papers about regional cooperation and integration efforts on cross-border infrastructure, covering the following specific areas: transport, energy, information and communications, and related software such as harmonized procedures and standards that facilitate cross-border trade.
Most of the priority projects in ADB’s subregional programs go to cross-border infrastructure. These subregional programs include:
Initiatives
more- Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Transportation Working Group (TPTWG), Energy Working Group (EWG), and Telecommunications and Information Working Group (TEL)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) cooperation on transport, telecommunication, energy, and customs
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations Plus Three (ASEAN+3) cooperation on energy, transport, and information & communications technology
- Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS)
News
- Lao [People's Democratic Republic] food producers aim for place on international stageVientiane Times27 Jan 2023
- Uzbek telecom to receive $150 million loan from Japanese lendersNikkei27 Jan 2023
- World Bank (WB), Turkmenistan discuss issues of further co-opAzernews26 Jan 2023
Opinions and Editorials
- Time for barrier-free travel in Southeast AsiaBangkok Post10 Jan 2023
- [Bangladesh trade experts]: 'Bangladesh, a potential destination for Singaporean investment'The Daily Star - Bangladesh16 Nov 2022
- ASEAN to be driving force for RCEP's successKhmer Times4 Nov 2022
Studies and Research
- Inequality of Opportunity in Asia and the Pacific - Financial Inclusion 2022 UpdateSocial Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the PacificUnited Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific15 Apr 2022
- Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) 2021Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) InstituteUnited Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific23 Sep 2021
- Enhancing Connectivity and Trade Between Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Countries and the World: Benefits, Risks and Policy ImplicationKalyuzhnova, Y. and H. HolzhackerAsian Development Bank28 Jun 2021
Links
more- APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC)
- APEC Energy Working Group
- ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMST-EC)
- Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA)
- Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) ADB webpage
- CAREC Program
- Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) ADB webpage
