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
- Bangladesh: [Republic of] Korea to give $814.91m for rail and road bridgeThe Daily Star - Bangladesh28 Jun 2024
- US, Japan, [Republic of] Korea vow strategic cooperationThe Japan Times27 Jun 2024
- [Kyrgyz Republic] ratifies the agreement on the construction of the [People's Republic of] China-[Kyrgyz Republic]-Uzbekistan railwayUzDaily27 Jun 2024
Opinions and Editorials
- One big step toward global AI regulationManila Times5 Apr 2024
- Australia and Indonesia should better their battery cooperationEast Asia Forum4 Oct 2023
- Bridging disparities to bolster digital transformation in ASEANThe Jakarta Post4 Oct 2023
Studies and Research
- Travel & Tourism Development Index 2024World Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum21 May 2024
- From Disruption to Opportunity: Strategies for Rewiring Global Value ChainsWorld Economic ForumWorld Economic Forum1 May 2024
- Tourism Visa Openness Report 2023World Tourism OrganizationUnited Nations World Tourism Organization1 Mar 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