The present report was coordinated by Douglas Herrick under the supervision and guidance of Peline Atamer, Yuval Laster, Krzysztof Michalak and William Tompson. The lead authors were Peline Atamer, Global Relations and Co-operation Directorate (Chapters 2 “Kazakhstan” and 3 “Mongolia”); Edward Bayliss, Environment Directorate (Chapters 3 “Mongolia”, 5 “Indonesia” and 6 “the Philippines”); Kern Fastrup, Environment Directorate (Chapters 2 “Kazakhstan”, 4 “Uzbekistan” and 7 “Thailand”); and Douglas Herrick, Environment Directorate (Chapters 1 “Overview” and 4 “Uzbekistan”). Dominique Haleva and Alyssa Perrott (both Environment Directorate) prepared the report for publication, and Elisa Larrakoetxea (Global Relations and Co-operation Directorate) supported the preparation of pre-publication versions of the report.
The report builds on a body of work implemented by SIPA’s consortium partners: the OECD (programme lead), the International for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the International Transport Forum (ITF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the University of Central Asia (UCA) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), as well as activity-specific project partners the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the Institute of Finance and Sustainability (IFS).
Country chapters (2-7) also drew from background notes on the mainstreaming of gender into infrastructure development, which were drafted for the OECD by independent expert consultants focused on each country’s national circumstances: Indonesia (Vierna Emily David), Kazakhstan (Gulfia Abdullaeva), Mongolia (Amarsanaa Darisuren), the Philippines (Maricel Aguilar), Thailand (Siriporn Rathie) and Uzbekistan (Dildora Tadjibaeva).
The report’s key messages and recommendations were also presented at OECD Eurasia Week (4 February 2026), the UNESCAP Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (26 February 2026) and the Regional Ecological Summit in Astana (22 April 2026).
The report’s country chapters were submitted for review by national stakeholders in each of the six countries. The authors are grateful to the following organisations and individuals for their invaluable input:
Kazakhstan: the Astana International Finance Centre (Assel Nurakhmetova); the Green Academy Scientific Research and Education Centre (Bakhyt Yessekina); the Economic Research Institute (Gulsana Daribayeva); Qaztrade (Nurlan Kulbatyr); the International Green Technologies and Investment Projects Centre (Aidar Yessembayev) and the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources (Saule Sabiyeva),
Mongolia: the Ministry of Economy and Development, the Ministry of Energy (Yeren-Ulzii Batmunkh), the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change and the Ministry of Road and Transport (Gerelnyam Daramragchaa and Odgerel Ulziikhutag),
Uzbekistan: the Agency for Strategic Development and Reforms (Abdulla Abdukadirov) and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (Shokhzod Islamov and Javlonbek Xakimov), and the National Committee on Ecology and Climate Change,
Indonesia: Gadjah Mada University (Sanjiwana Arjasakusuma, Projo Danoedoro and Danang Sri Hadmoko), the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and the Ministry of National Development Planning / Bappenas (special thanks to Muhammad Asrofi, who acted as lead co-ordinator for SIPA’s activities in Indonesia, and his colleague Muhammad Ulinnuha Khoirul Umam)
Philippines: the Department of Economy, Planning and Development (special thanks to Roderick Planta, who acted as lead co-ordinator for SIPA’s activities in the Philippines, and his colleagues Mary Ash Day Malimit and Darwin Jarvis Rojo), the Department of Energy and the Department of Transport and Roads
Thailand: the Energy Policy and Planning Office, under the Ministry of Energy; the Ministry of Industry; the National Economic and Social Development Council (special thanks to Punnaluk Suraswadi, who acted as lead co-ordinator for SIPA’s activities in Thailand); the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning, the Ministry of Transport; and the Security Exchange Commission
The report also benefited from comments and corrections from SIPA’s consortium partners, including IISD (Richard Bridle, Liesbeth Casier, Michail Kapetanakis and Indira Urazova); IDDRI (George Safonov); ITF (Diego Botero, Nicholas Caros and Yaroslav Kholodov); the OECD Directorate of Financial and Corporate Affairs (Monica Garay, Benjamin Michel, Santhosh Persaud, Sarah Reso, Dylan Van de Ven and Kate Wilson); the OECD Environment Directorate (Marta Arbinolo, Ariola Mbistrova, Mathilde Mesnard, Isabella Neuweg, Cécile Seguineaud and Nargiz Shantyeva); the OECD Global Relations and Co-operation Directorate (Sergio Ampudia Giorgiana, Alexander Böhmer and Laura Dagg); the OECD Public Governance Directorate (Santiago González); UCA (Madina Junussova); UNDP (Nijin Bolortsogoo, Lisa Louveton, Made Dwi Rani, Jiaqi Shen and Delgernaran Tumurtogoo); and WWF (Ryan Bartlett, Oki Hadian, Angela Consuelo Ibay, Virta Ihsanul and Shail Joshi).