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
- Kyrgyz Republic and Afghanistan foreign ministers discuss adoption of joint roadmapKabar21 Jun 2021
- [Solomon Islands] signs electricity agreement with AustraliaRadio New Zealand (RNZ)18 Jun 2021
- ADB invests $20 million in Georgian Railway green bonds to modernize rail networkAsian Development Bank18 Jun 2021
Opinions and Editorials
- Uzbekistan and Tajikistan need to modernize existing and create new transport routesUzDaily17 Jun 2021
- Mechanisation of Southeast Asia’s sugar cane harvest, including Cambodia, gains groundKhmer Times5 Jun 2021
- How COVID-19 will drive Southeast Asia’s internet economyThe Jakarta Post4 Jun 2021
Studies and Research
- Can Regional Trade Integration Facilitate Renewable Energy Transition to Ensure Energy Sustainability in South Asia?M. MurshedScienceDirect3 Feb 2021
- Energy Efficiency in ASEAN: Trends and Financing SchemesY. Liu and R. NoorAsian Development Bank Institute27 Oct 2020
- Building Critical Supply Chain Resilience in the Wake of COVID-19Y. S/O ThevaS. Rajaratnam School of International Studies9 Jul 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
Edited by: Bambang Susantono, Yasuyuki Sawada, Cyn-Young Park
Toward Optimal Provision of Regional Public Goods in Asia and the Pacific