At project appraisal, poor road conditions were adversely affecting the economy of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) Highlands Region and the country’s export earnings. Travel times on the roads were excessive and routes were difficult, and in many locations, unsafe.
At project appraisal, the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, in the northwestern part of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), was one of the country’s least developed inland areas. Its per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in 2002 was about two-thirds of the national average. Of its 15 counties, eight were classified as poverty counties.
With the rapid economic growth that has taken place in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since the 1980s, vehicle ownership and demand for road transport infrastructure have substantially increased.
Since the launch of the Asian Development Bank- (ADB) sponsored Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) program in 1997, regional cooperation in Central Asia has centered on transport, energy, and trade facilitation.
The poor condition of sections of a regional road linking Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, with the border of Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic, which had hampered regional trade, was the key challenge addressed by the Dushanbe–Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project, Phase II. The project was approved by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a loan of $29.5 million and a grant of $0.5 m
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