ADB's Focus on Regional Cooperation and Integration

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Statutory Reports and Official Records | 18 January 2022
People's Republic of China Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund: Annual Report 2020
This report provides information about the technical assistance and grants provided through the People’s Republic of China Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund (PRC Fund) in 2020.
Op-Ed / Opinion | 24 December 2021
Combating COVID-19 and Ensuring No One is Left Behind - Bambang Susantono, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Kanni Wignaraja
If the world wants to beat back the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure no one is left behind in the recovery, two issues thrown into sharp relief by the pandemic need attention: digitalization and regional cooperation.
Statutory Reports and Official Records | 21 December 2021
CAREC Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring Annual Report 2020: The Coronavirus Disease and Its Impact
This report presents the performance of road and rail transport in 2020 in the 11 countries that make up the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC).
Video | 17 December 2021
Asian Impact Webinar 37: Strategic Routes for Financial Resilience in ASEAN+3
Regional financial cooperation remains critical for East and Southeast Asian economies to adapt to the changing financial landscape. How will the financial cooperation agenda evolve to achieve financial resilience and sustained recovery post-pandemic?

ADB and Regional Cooperation and Integration

Regional cooperation and integration (RCI) is a process by which national economies become more interconnected regionally.

RCI promotes growth and narrows development gaps between ADB’s developing member countries by building high quality cross-border infrastructure, closer trade integration, intraregional supply chains, and stronger financial links, and motivating provision of regional public goods, enabling slow-moving economies to speed their own expansion.

ADB serves as secretariat or advisor for the following subregional programs.

Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA)

The Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area initiative was launched in 1994 as a cooperation initiative to close the development gap across and within the EAGA member countries.

Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program

The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program is a partnership of 11 countries and development partners working together to promote development through cooperation, leading to accelerated economic growth and poverty reduction.

Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)

The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) is a natural economic area bound together by the Mekong River, covering 2.6 million square kilometers and a combined population of around 326 million.

Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT)

Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand are neighbors sharing close historical, cultural, and linguistic ties.

South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC)

The SASEC Program brings together Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka in a project-based partnership to build a better quality of life for the people of the subregion.

ADB Projects on Regional Cooperation and Integration

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42107-033 and 42107-043: CAREC Corridor 2 Road Investment Program in Uzbekistan

39669-013: CAREC Regional Road Project in Uzbekistan

32105-013: GMS: East-West Economic Corridor in Viet Nam

Project Results

Project Result / Case Study | 24 Nov 2021
People's Republic of China: Three Cities of Guangxi Realizing Their Potential in Regional Networks
Project Result / Case Study | 04 Feb 2020
Building Dreams in the Lao PDR
Project Result / Case Study | 20 Jan 2020
Raising Food Standards for Cross-Border Trade in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Project Result / Case Study | 23 Dec 2019
Addressing Gaps in HIV Prevention in the Greater Mekong Subregion

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Results

Results achieved are aggregate amounts of outputs and outcomes from operations reported in project completion reports and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.

The table below shows the results of ADB-supported operations in regional cooperation and integration from 2010-2017.

Results Indicators

16,927 GWH/year cross-border transmission of electricity

16,927 GWH/year: Cross-border electricity, in GWh, transmitted annually based on PCRs circulated during the year. Achieved outputs of operations with the thematic classification of regional cooperation and integration are counted.

79,720,359 tons/year cross-border cargo volume facilitated

79,720,359 tons/year: Volume of cargo that crossed borders that are facilitated by ADB operations contributing to regional connectivity. Such operations may include regional road construction and rehabilitation, and border infrastructure and systems improvement.

Note: Results achieved are aggregate amounts of outputs and outcomes from operations reported in project completion reports and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.

Sources: ADB project and/or program completion reports issued in 2010-2017, staff estimates, and ADB Strategy and Policy Department.