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
- Indonesia to extend railways to help boost economyXinhua News Agency11 Aug 2020
- New Zealand eyeing Cook Islands travel bubble before year endThe Straits Times11 Aug 2020
- ADB announces $31 million loan to boost road network in Papua New GuineaAsian Development Bank10 Aug 2020
Opinions and Editorials
- New [People's Republic of] China-[Islamic Republic of] Iran partnership would heap more uncertainty on oil marketsNikkei Asian Review24 Jul 2020
- Chinese e-platforms help ASEAN countries increase exportsMenafn.com22 Jul 2020
- Manila[,Philippines]'s policy swings dampen [People's Republic of] China's infrastructure investmentsAsia Times6 Jul 2020
Studies and Research
- New Developments in International Production Networks: Impact of Digital TechnologiesAyako Obashi, Fukunari KimuraEconomic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia24 Jun 2020
- Impact of Covid-19 on CAREC Aviation and Tourism (DRAFT)Brendan SobieCAREC Program8 Jun 2020
- Current GVC Structure and Strategies to Upgrade [Republic of] Korea's Production Network in ASEAN and IndiaY.S. Jeong et al.Korea Institute for International Economic Policy19 May 2020
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?
