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agencies. The need for international treaty is also well regarded by IFIs and private investors

as it reduces political risk. The closer the political cooperation between participating countries,

the more likely it is, that investment will be made in its interconnecting transport systems.

Other than TAH1, individual countries are developing their transport systems independently.

For example, Tunisia has just started preparing its National Transport Master Plan for 2040

and is working on the development and rehabilitation of its road corridors funded by the

World Bank

, but the term corridor is applied very loosely. At the time of this report, Tunisia

Transport Master Plan 2040 is at the first (Diagnoses) phase. It is too early to indicate the

extent of TAH1 development. In the previous Master Plan, TAH1 was taken into consideration

especially the trade and borders with Libya and Algeria

Egypt perceives its primary transport corridor development as along the Nile Valley rather

than following the Mediterranean coastline. Others also are orientated longitudinally to the sea

and onward to Europe, as shown i

But Egypt does perceive the benefits of regional

integration that transport corridor can bring

. For Morocco, the most recent transport sector

plan was produced in 1993, but like Egypt and others they were all part of the EU and G8

supported the MENA program that aimed, amongst other objectives, to promote regional

integration. As mentioned previously, Algeria’s borders are closed, while Libya remains

unstable, the political conflicts or 2011/12 (so called Arab Spring) tended to shelve some

MENA programs and diminish the support of the international community.

Director General Land Transport, Ministry of Transport Tunisia (2017)