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part of a CaReC route.
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adB has provided three loans totaling $240 million to the subsector 
since 1998. Outputs of one CaReC project include improved passenger and freight service on 
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World Bank. 2016. 
Systemic Country Diagnostics for Uzbekistan
. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/
en/304791468184434621/pdf/106454-ReVISed-pUBLIC-SecM2016-0167-1.pdf
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adB field survey in 2017 in preparation for this CGa update.
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adB. 2017. Countries. Uzbekistan. projects. project data Sheet. https://www.adb.org/projects/48025-003/
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the pap–Namangan–andijan railway line, upgraded railway infrastructure along the rail line, 
improved safety of railway operations, and reduced cost of travel for the general population, 
compared with to road transport.
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5. Good Practices and Lessons Learned
CaReC Corridor 2 road investment projects are categorized as having some gender elements 
(SGe) and generally do not require a gender action plan (Gap). However, a previously 
developed Gap was focused mainly on strengthening women’s economic capacity along the 
CaReC Corridor.
Gap outputs are mainly concerned with developing the capacity of local community leaders 
and female residents in small remote rural areas along the road construction: Sarimaya village/
Khazarasp district/Khorezm region, Kirchin and pungon villages of pop district/Namangan 
region. Box 11 contains a more detailed discussion of good practices exercised in Gap 
implementation for the CaReC Corridor 2 project.
6. recommendations
Current pipeline road projects seeking to incorporate gender-responsive roadside facilities and 
improve gender mainstreaming
 
in future construction activities should
• 
construct separate washrooms, well-lit rest areas, mother and baby rooms, and other 
facilities for safe and timely women’s movement;
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• 
allocate separate kiosks in market areas to improve sales activities;
• 
develop gender-responsive land acquisition and resettlement plans;
• 
consider the specificity of women-led businesses and their social roles, and envision 
allocating more resources for developing or rehabilitating feeder roads in rural areas to 
ease women’s daily activities and livelihoods; and
• 
support women entering business by including them in roadside enterprises. 
the government should”:
• 
support gender mainstreaming for all industries, particularly in transport sectors, by 
facilitating a long-term gender policy that includes women’s employment and capacity 
building;
• 
in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Vocational education, 
assess factors related to insufficient rural transport that affects girls’ attendance in 
secondary general and secondary vocational educational institutions;
• 
at the design stage of effective gender mainstreaming (eGM) or SGe projects, support 
the implementing and executing agencies in the Gap development process;
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adB. 2017. 
Uzbekistan:
Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC). Corridor 2 Road Investment
. UZB: L2772. 
Completed March 2015. UZB: L2746 and L2868. t2/t3 ongoing.
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For instance, Uzbekistan Railway (Uzbekistan temir Yollary) JSC has already designed and provided gender-sensitive 
amenities, such as mother and child rooms, in major railway stations. adB. 2017. 
Summary Poverty Reduction and Social 
Strategy (SPRSS).
Pap-Namangan–Andijan Railway Electrification Project
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Box 11: Central Asia regional Economic Cooperation Corridor 2 
road Investment Project—Outcomes of the Gender Action Plan
Gender action plan interventions were implemented by two local nongovernment organizations: 
(i) the Karakalpak branch of the Business Women’s association (tadbirkor ayol) for 100 female 
residents of Sarimaya village, and (ii) the association for Support of Children and Families for 100 
female residents of Kirchin and pungon villages (Namangan region). On-site training covered 
topics such as the basics of entrepreneurship and the legal aspects of doing business.
after completing their training, most participants (80%) prepared business plans for food or 
bread making, tailoring, and sewing; of these, 10 participants submitted loan applications to a local 
commercial bank.
a
three women entrepreneurs registered individually and joined the Hunarmand 
(Handicraft) association; in 2015, 11 women officially registered as individual entrepreneurs 
(footnote a).
during group discussions, female respondents from Kirchin village emphasized the impact of their 
training, which produced a positive shift in finding ways to generate income and increased their 
self-esteem and status in the family and community.
b
In small rural places, the female population is usually stable because women are very unlikely 
to leave their households and migrate outside the country or to the city. therefore, capacity 
development interventions have a long-lasting effect, contributing to economic and human 
empowerment of the trainees and positively affecting the lives of women, households, and 
communities.
the Central asia Regional economic Cooperation (CaReC) Corridor 2 presents several successful 
practices of national ownership and partnerships built as part of Gap implementation to contribute 
to the overall success of the project. For instance, an emergency ambulance, a drugstore, and an 
information kiosk for reproductive health resulted from a partnership between Gazli polyclinic and 
Sarimaya, a local