The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Institute (CAREC Institute, CI) is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to promoting economic cooperation and integration in the CAREC region and along the Silk Road through knowledge generation and sharing. It is jointly shared, owned, and governed by eleven member countries: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It serves as the knowledge support arm of the CAREC Program. The Institute is headquartered in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the PRC.
