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
- Lao PDR opens Chinese-built railway lineBangkok Post3 Dec 2021
- Cambodia given rights to produce [People's Rep. of China's] Sinovac C-19 vaccineKhmer Times3 Dec 2021
- Cambodia: Prime Minister considers lifting travel ban on African countriesKhmer Times3 Dec 2021
Opinions and Editorials
- Bangladesh needs more investment in infrastructureThe Daily Star - Bangladesh2 Nov 2021
- ASEAN should sets sights higherBangkok Post29 Oct 2021
- People's Republic of China: Connecting with [Lao PDR]Bangkok Post20 Sep 2021
Studies and Research
- Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation in Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) 2021Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) InstituteUnited Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific23 Sep 2021
- Enhancing Connectivity and Trade Between Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Countries and the World: Benefits, Risks and Policy ImplicationKalyuzhnova, Y. and H. HolzhackerAsian Development Bank28 Jun 2021
- Measuring Trade Creation Effects of Free Trade Agreements: Evidence from Wine Trade in East AsiaK. Harada and S. NishitatenoCrawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University1 Apr 2021
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