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p. 18 of 22 BACK | NEXT I. Summary II. Background and Rationale III. The ADB Initiative Towards Economic Cooperation in Central Asia IV. Sector Priorities and the Proposed Program 2001-2003 V. Addressing Poverty and Governance and other Cross-Cutting Concerns VI. Issues and Challenges A. Increasing Internal Resources B. Improving Coordination with Other International Funding Agencies C. Country Programming Integration D. Regional Institutional Support

Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation

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VI. Issues and Challenges

49. The ADB’s efforts towards encouraging economic cooperation in Central Asia have borne a measure of success: projects have been identified, mutual dialogue conducted, and strategic and tactical approaches selected. To continue will require addressing a number of issues: (i) increasing internal resources, (ii) improving coordination with other external funding agencies, (iii) country programming coordination, and (iv) strengthening regional institutional support. Further, a review of the strategy should be undertaken in 2002, prior to the commitment of further large TA resources.

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