Focus Areas

Institutional Goals

Thematic Priorities

Member Countries/Approved Projects²

1) Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Development

1) Sharpening the Bank’s Strategic Focus and Shaping its Corporate Brand

1) Sustainable Infrastructure Promoting green infrastructure and supporting countries to meet their environmental and development goals.

1) Azerbaijan: Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project (TANAP) (co-financed with the WB, EBRD and ECB) -Amount: US $600 million

2) Energy and Power

2) Scaling-Up Support to Clients and Refining the Programming Approach

2) Cross-country Connectivity Prioritizing cross-border

infrastructure, ranging from roads and rail, to ports, energy pipelines and telecoms across Central Asia, and the maritime routes in South East and South Asia, and the Middle East, and beyond.

2) Oman: Duqm Port Commercial Terminal and Operational Zone Development Project-Amount: US $265 million

3) Environmental Protection

3) Bolstering Financial Sustainability and Paving the Way for Market Access

3) Private Capital Mobilization Devising innovative solutions that catalyze private capital, in partnership with other MDBs, governments, private financiers and other partners

3) Oman: Railway System Preparation Project-Amount: US $20 million

4) Transportation and

Telecommunications

4) Continuing Institution Building

4) Myanmar: Myingyan Power Plant Project (co-financed by IFC and ADB)-Amount: US $20 million

5) Water Supply and Sanitation

5) Pakistan: Tarbela 5 Hydropower Extension Project (co-financed by WB)-Amount: US $300.0

6) Urban Development and Logistics

6) Indonesia: National Slum Upgrading Project (co-financed by WB)-Amount: US $216.5 million

7) Pakistan: National Motorway M-4 Project (Shorkot-Khanewal Section)-

Amount: US $100 million

8) Bangladesh: Power Distribution System Upgrade and Expansion Project-Amount: US $165 million

9) Tajikistan: Dushanbe-Uzbekistan Border Road Improvement Project-Amount: US $27.5 million