Financial Sector, Public

Management and Regional

Cooperation Division (EAFM)
East Asia Department

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 Business Areas
• China and • Regional Cooperation
Mongolia − Central Asia: Customs
− Financial sector cooperation and trade
− Public finance and facilitation program
macroeconomic (including China, Mongolia,
analysis Afghanistan, Azerbaijan,
− Trade facilitation Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic,
− Cooperation Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and
between China and Uzbekistan)
Mongolia
− Greater Mekong Subregion
− Private Sector
Development − Regional financial cooperation
and integration initiatives

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 Financial Sector
• China
− Support policy/regulatory reforms and strengthen financial
supervision and coordination among financial regulators
− Inclusive, market-oriented rural finance reform and increased
access to financial services by SMEs
− Structured finance solutions to assist provincial and local
authorities to access to capital markets
• Mongolia
− Address potential and immediate vulnerabilities from global
financial crisis
− Strengthen banking sector lending practices and risk mitigation
− Enhancing financial sector stability
− Expand financial services to rural areas

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 Public Management
• China
− Strengthening procurement, financial management, and anti-
corruption in public financed projects
− Public finance reforms and strategy formulation at provincial
level including improvements in revenue collection
− Decentralization and debt management at provincial level
− Support for social security system development and reforms
• Mongolia
− Strengthening procurement, financial management, and anti-
corruption in public financed projects
− Improvement of public finance management and capacity
building in line ministries and MOF
− Creating an enabling legal and regulatory framework and
building stakeholder capacity to support Public Private
Partnerships.
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Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation
• Customs Cooperation
− Simplification/Harmonization of Customs Procedures
− ICT for Customs Modernization and Data Exchange
− Risk Management, Post-Entry Audit, Customs Intelligence, Anti-drug
Smuggling and other Customs Offenses
− Joint Customs Control
− Regional Transit Development
− Training and Capacity Building
• Integrated Trade Facilitation
− Single Electronic Window Development
− Support for Joint Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy
− Trade Logistics Development
− Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring
− Strengthening cooperation mechanisms and implementation
capabilities
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Trade Facilitation and Regional Cooperation
• China - Mongolia
− Regional cooperation strategy for Mongolia and Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region (IMAR)
− Harmonized transport development planning between Mongolia and
IMAR
− Energy cooperation (power trade)
− Customs cooperation (joint border control)
− Trade logistics development and border town development (Zamyn-
Uud and Erenhot)
• China – Central Asian Republics
− Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Trade Logistics Development
• China – ASEAN
− Guangxi and Yunnan provincial strategies for regional cooperation
− Pan Beibu Regional Cooperation Expert Group support

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 For More Information
Naomi Chakwin, Director
Financial Sector, Public Management and
Regional Cooperation Division (EAFM)
Tel: +632 632 4677
Fax: +632 636 2494
Email: nchakwin@adb.org

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