Climate Change Strategy for Road Transport Sector (ADB-57202-001)

Countries
  • Bangladesh
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Chittagong, Dhaka
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Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Oct 5, 2025
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Government of Bangladesh - Roads and Highways Department
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Technical Cooperation
  • Transport
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Investment Type(s)
Grant
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 1.00 million
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Project Cost (USD)
$ 1.00 million
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Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Feb 24, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Oct 7, 2025

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Project Description
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According to the Bank’s website, the TA will focus on multimodal transport network development involving roads, railways, inland waterways, and urban transport following ADB's country partnership strategy for Bangladesh. Priority will be given to SASEC corridors for enhanced regional connectivity and integration with regional and global value chains. The TA will conduct upstream activities to formulate climate change strategies that will (i) expand national highways to facilitate regional and international trade and passenger movement; (ii) boost competitiveness and catalyze private investment and growth; (iii) develop waterways with intermodal connectivity to roads, rail lines, rivers, and seaports; (iv) expand or rehabilitate port facilities to increase trade capacity and improve connectivity; and (v) identify urban transport options for Dhaka and other major cities.

Bangladesh is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change. The transport sector contributes 15% of Bangladesh's total greenhouse gas emissions, making it the second highest domestic source of energy-related emissions. The Updated Nationally Determined Contribution 2021, which aims to provide further detail on Bangladesh's actions to tackle its growing emissions and play its role in global efforts to address climate change, includes improvement of fuel efficiency, increased use of less emission-based transport systems, and improvement of the inland water transport system as the possible mitigation actions. Since road transport is by far the most dominant transport subsector, it should maximize its efforts for promoting climate mitigation and adaptation.

Investment Description
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The TA financing amount is $1,000,000, which will be financed on a grant basis by Spanish Cooperation Fund for Technical Assistance.


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