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
- [Republic of] Korea, Lao [PDR] friendship groups pledge stronger cooperation in 2025Vientiane Times19 Dec 2024
- Malaysian top leader supports investment in Cambodia and Sarawak-Phnom Penh direct flightsKhmer Times19 Dec 2024
- ADB, Cook Islands sign $30 Million loan for sustainable, resilient and inclusive developmentAsian Development Bank18 Dec 2024
Opinions and Editorials
- [Philippines]: Strengthening trade, diplomacy, people-to-people tiesPhilippine News Agency14 Oct 2024
- Two-way exchanges are crucial for deepening ASEAN–Japan relationsEast Asia Forum4 Sep 2024
- Uzbekistan: the next top travel destination for Chinese touristsChina Daily26 Aug 2024
Studies and Research
- Tourism Inflow Interlinkages with Merchandise Exports: An Augmented Gravity Analysis for the PacificPralok Gupta, Sanchita Basu-Das, Saarthak Sharma, and Ma. Veronica DomingoAsian Development Bank1 Jun 2024
- Travel & Tourism Development Index 2024World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum21 May 2024
- Unintended Consequences of Business Digitalization among MSMEs during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of IndonesiaKeita Oikawa, Fusanori Iwasaki, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Shigehiro ShinozakiAsian Development Bank1 May 2024
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
