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| operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = Asian Development Bank | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = | footnotes = | intl = | bodystyle = }} The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program is an Asian Development Bank (ADB) supported initiative which was established in 1997 to encourage economic cooperation among countries in the Central Asian region. In particular, cooperation among the ADB member states of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, People's Republic of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia,Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The CAREC program has focused to date on financing infrastructure projects and improving the region's policy environment in the priority areas of transport (especially road transport), energy (including the water-energy nexus), trade policy, and trade facilitation (especially customs cooperation). As of 31 December 2004, the ADB had approved seven regional investment projects totaling $275.1 million, mobilized cofinancing of $135.2 million for three of these projects, and approved 22 technical assistance grants totaling $12.9 million.〔http://64.41.127.108/issue_septoct_2004/centralasia.pdf〕 In 2005-2006, investment projects totaling $247 million and technical assistance grants are planned totaling $12.3 million. ==Mission== The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program was initiated in 1997. CAREC’s goal is to improve living standards and to reduce poverty in CAREC countries through more efficient and effective regional economic cooperation. To date, the Program has focused on financing infrastructure projects and improving the region's policy environment in the priority areas of: (i)transport, (ii) energy, (iii) trade policy, and (iv) trade facilitation. These areas are critical to improving the region’s economic performance and livelihoods of the people, especially of the poor. Spanning nearly 4,000 kilometres across Central Asia, the CAREC Program includes 10 countries in the Central Asia region, namely: * Afghanistan * Azerbaijan * People's Republic of China (focusing on Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region) * Kazakhstan * Kyrgyz Republic * Mongolia * Tajikistan * Uzbekistan * Pakistan * Turkmenistan In addition, invitations to participate are under consideration by Turkmenistan and Russian Federation. CAREC is also an alliance of multilateral institutions active in promoting economic cooperation in Central Asia, comprising Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Monetary Fund, Islamic Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme, and World Bank. ADB’s CAREC Unit (CARECU) has served as the Program Secretariat since March 2000. CAREC operates in partnership with other key regional cooperation programs and institutions, including the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Eurasian Economic Community. CAREC is a powerful platform to marshal financial resources. The combined assistance of the multilateral institutions in the priority areas of transport, energy and trade during 2006-2008 totals $2.3 billion for 42 projects. It represents a robust development partnership and concrete example of countries and institutions cooperating. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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