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
- New direct flights set to take off between Cambodia and [People's Republic of] ChinaKhmer Times23 Jan 2020
- 'Substantial conclusion' reached between Singapore, New Zealand and Chile on digital economy partnershipChannel News Asia21 Jan 2020
- Pakistan: Tourism industry sets to take off as government embraces digitisationThe Nation - Pakistan21 Jan 2020
Opinions and Editorials
- The rise of the digital economy: What is it and why it matters for SingaporeChannel News Asia13 Jan 2020
- Australia, the US, and the race for ASEAN's infrastructureThe Diplomat18 Dec 2019
- Getting digital IDs right in Southeast AsiaThe Diplomat12 Oct 2019
Studies and Research
- Education and skills development under the CAREC Program: scoping studyR. WihtolCAREC Program1 Sep 2019
- ASEAN Vision 2040 Volume IV : Integrated and Connected Seamless ASEAN Economic CommunityP. S. Intal, Jr. and M. PangestuEconomic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia31 May 2019
- Common Transport Infrastructure: A Quantitative Model and Estimates from the Belt and Road InitiativeF. De Soyres, A. Mulabdic, and M. RutaWorld Bank1 Apr 2019
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
Featured Publications
Toward Optimal Provision of Regional Public Goods in Asia and the Pacific
The Era of Financial Interconnectedness: How Can Asia Strengthen Financial Resilience?
