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
- ADB finances Vena’s 42MW of large-scale solar projects in Indonesiapv-tech.org24 May 2018
- Cambodia: Japan fights traffic congestion in capital with bus donationKhmer Times24 May 2018
- Sri Lanka says Belt and Road Initiative will uplift living standard of local peopleXinhua News Agency24 May 2018
Opinions and Editorials
- Mekong-Japan cooperation in the Indo-Pacific strategyKhmer Times26 Mar 2018
- Pakistan: Another body formed for 'CPEC promotion' with Rs339 million budgetThe Express Tribune20 Mar 2018
- [People's Republic of] China and Europe can work together on the Belt and Road InitiativeEurActiv.com15 Mar 2018
Studies and Research
- Financing infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific: Capturing impacts and new sourcesEdited by: Naoyuki Yoshino, Matthias Helble, and Umid AbidhadjaevAsian Development Bank Institute1 Jan 2018
- The Impact of Improved Transport Connectivity on Income, Education, and Health: The Case of the Roll-On/Roll-Off System in the PhilippinesK. Francisco and M. MatthiasAsian Development Bank Institute1 Nov 2017
- Emerging Indonesian Data Center Market and Energy Efficiency OpportunitiesI.F. SulaimanAsian Development Bank1 Apr 2017
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
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