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
- ADB convenes first 2026 meeting of heads of [Multilateral Development Banks] group as chairAsian Development Bank26 Feb 2026
- Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan discuss developing bilateral tax cooperationUzDaily26 Feb 2026
- [Lao People's Democratic Republic-People's Republic of] China Railway drives trade, tourism growth in 2026Vientiane Times26 Feb 2026
Opinions and Editorials
- Bangladesh: Our tourism needs a policy resetThe Daily Star - Bangladesh17 Feb 2026
- Is Pakistan dropping the ball on Its biggest infrastructure bet?Daily Times19 Nov 2025
- The fuel for the AI boom driving the markets is advertising. It is also an existential risk.CNBC5 Nov 2025
Studies and Research
- Guiding Principles for Sustainable Investment in TourismUN TourismUnited Nations World Tourism Organization1 Mar 2025
- Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Tourism – Key Considerations for Sector StakeholdersUN TourismUnited Nations World Tourism Organization1 Jan 2025
- Strengthening the Climate Resilience and Restoration of Wetlands and Lakes in the Yangtze River FloodplainAsian Development BankAsian Development Bank20 Dec 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
