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
- Sri Lanka has potential to emerge as global leader in tourism – [ADB Country Director for Sri Lanka Takafumi Kadono]Daily News20 Jan 2025
- Viet Nam and [Russian Federation] sign an agreement to expand cooperation on nuclear energyThe Nation - Sri Lanka19 Jan 2025
- [Georgia Prime Minister]: further development of connectivity 'special priority' in cooperation with AzerbaijanAgenda.ge17 Jan 2025
Opinions and Editorials
- Thailand: Strengthening ASEAN’s digital resilienceOpen Gov Asia6 Jan 2025
- [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
Studies and Research
- ASEAN–Republic of Korea Tourism Cooperation: Fostering People-to-People ConnectivityAsian Development BankAsian Development Bank20 Dec 2024
- 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
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
