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ADBsSustainableTrans ortInitiative

RevitalizingRailwaysintheAsiaPacific

SharadSaxenaSeniorTrans ortS ecialist

EastAsiaTransportDivision,

AsianDevelopmentBank

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AsianDevelopmentBankAsianDevelopmentBank

ADB is an international development finance institution

,

Owned and financed by 67 member countries (48 from theregion)

In 2010

Total Loans : 118 (US$ 11.5 billion) Total Grants : 40 US 980 million

Technical Assistance: 243 (US$ 175 million)

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ADBsTrans ortO erations19702009

Air Tansport

2%

Water

Transport7%

Urban

Transport2%

ransport soneo t e

mainsectors.

AthirdofADBlending

Railways

15%

isfortransportprojects

ADBlendingforrailsector 1 %ofoverall

Roads

74%

lending

From2000,ADBhas

railprojectsintheregion

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Sustainable Transport Initiative

Sustainable transport systems

AffordableAccessible Environment friendly Safe

STI lending directions

Scale up 4 areas

Urban transport Addressing climate change

- Road safety & social sustainability

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Reduce Emissionsfrom Trans ort

From Road / Technical and

Air to Rail pera onaEfficiency

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RailwayDevelopment AsiaPacific

Stru lin toada ttochan in market

Limitedreformsandmodernization

Lackofregionalconnectivity

Restrictionsincrossbordermovements Gaugedifferences

ExceptionsmaybePRCandIndia(toalesserextent)

Newwillingnesstoreformandmodernize

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n in n Pl nn Pr t Cambodia Rehabilitationoftherailway improve

connectivitywithThailandandVietnam

Vietnam HanoiLaoCai railwayrehab improvetheconnectionbetweenVietnamandPRC

PRC Railwayenergyefficiencyandsafetyproject

IndiaRailwaydoublingoftracksandelectrification,account ngre orms

Afghanistan Hairatan MazareSharifRailway

Turkmenistan North SouthLine

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T hni lA i t n Pr r m x m l PRC:IntelligentBuildingTechnologiesforReduced

EnergyUseinRailwayStations

PRC:Enhancingcompetitivenessandefficiencyofrailwaypassengeroperations

India:EnhancingReadinessoftheRailwaySector

Investment

Program

as

a

CDM

Project eg ona : a waycoor nat ono ce

Regional:PromotingRegionalInfrastructure

AsianHighwayandTransAsianRailway

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ConclusionADBislookingtoexpanditsoperationsfor

eve op ngcompe ve ong s ancera ways.

ncreas ngemp as sonreg ona networ san supportingcrossborderandlogisticsfacilities.

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InformationaboutADBsTransportSectorWorkcanbefoundat:

http://www.adb.org/Transport

Thank you!