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The CAREC Program — Development through Cooperation in Central Asia

The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program is a partnership of eight countries and six multilateral institutions working to promote development through cooperation, leading to accelerated economic growth and poverty reduction. By promoting and facilitating regional cooperation in the priority areas of transport, trade facilitation, trade policy, and energy, CAREC helps Central Asian and neighboring countries realize their immense potential in an increasingly integrated Eurasia.

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Lighting Up Kabul

Lighting Up Kabul Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, finally receives a steady supply of electricity from a 420-kilometer (km) transmission line, benefiting its four million people. The 217 km portion of the transmission line, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), begins at the country’s northern border and then weaves south to Pul-e-Khumri.
The Uzbekistan government constructed another transmission line on its side of the border to complete the route that now supplies power to Afghanistan. Read more*
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CAREC is upgrading key transport corridors connecting Central Asia's major economic centers, and linking the region to large and dynamic markets across the Eurasian supercontinent.

CAREC is smoothing the way for trade by strengthening customs cooperation, simplifying trade procedures, expanding data-sharing arrangements, and promoting joint customs control at key border points.

CAREC is pursuing concrete policy actions to support countries' efforts to join the World Trade Organization and increase trade openness in the region to stimulate stronger growth and development.

CAREC is harnessing the region's immense energy potential by supporting balanced development of infrastructure and institutions, stronger integration of energy markets, and economic growth through energy trade.

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