Improving Transnational Transport Corridors
In the OIC Member Countries: Concepts and Cases
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1.2. Background to Work Undertaken
A literature review, including desk research of transnational transport corridors in both OIC
and non-OIC regions has been undertaken based on available documents. The review
examined not only problems and challenges but also success factors with regard to
transnational transport corridors. The literature review is structured in the following
framework areas: 1) general factors, 2) political and institutional factors, 3) economic factors,
4) trade facilitation, 5) social factors, 6) safety, security and the legal liability, 7) technical and
operational factors, 8) environmental and energy factors, and 9) corridor performance
evaluation criteria.
These framework areas are also used as criteria to assess the performance of the six case study
corridors (two case studies for each OIC regions: Arab, Asia, and Africa). A Multi Criteria
Analysis is conducted; involving 10 corridor experts that have assigned weights to these
criteria.