Strategy

A new interim country partnership strategy, expected to be endorsed in the first half of 2012, will set the frameworks and parameters for ADB lending to Turkmenistan. It will accentuate 2012–2013 operational priorities in areas where ADB is comparatively strong—especially infrastructure development toward regional integration. Capacity building programs and development of key sector strategies will be incorporated into the country partnership strategy and the country operations business plan.

Since Turkmenistan joined the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program in 2010, the priorities have been to help the country integrate with regional economies, markets, and regional supply chains; and to exploit economies of scale from expanded markets.