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
- US to help Viet Nam develop LNG power industryVietnam News7 Dec 2018
- Cambodia: Energy deal inked with Lao PDRKhmer Times7 Dec 2018
- Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia review energy cooperationAzernews6 Dec 2018
Opinions and Editorials
- Japanese-funded transport projects answer Viet Nam's growth demandsVietNamNet Bridge24 Nov 2018
- A high-speed train brings benefits and worries to Hong Kong[, China]CNBC21 Sep 2018
- Technology brings [ASEAN] region into the futureVietNamNet Bridge11 Sep 2018
Studies and Research
- Modeling Fiji's Tourism ArrivalsI. Wainiqolo and S. ShivanjaliReserve Bank of Fiji1 Sep 2018
- Travel and Tourism Economic Impact 2018 SingaporeWorld Travel and Tourism CouncilWorld Travel and Tourism Council1 Mar 2018
- 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
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?
