Improving Transnational Transport Corridors
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market, but the state of the art remains limited on the linkages between transport and the
wider economy.”
OECD (2002) argues in the same line, and recognizes the need to be able to measure the
impact of infrastructure investments on regional development. “The basic conclusion … is that
there is a lack of information derived from ex-post studies which could provide a firm,
quantitative basis for claims about the impact of infrastructure investment on regional
economies and regeneration. …. This relates in particular to the assessment of local
employment impacts and to the contributions which transport can make to improving
economic efficiency. … The impacts of the project should always, in both their ex-ante and ex-
post evaluations, be evaluated against these broader objectives. … Finally, it is recommended
that a major research effort should be initiated with a view to improving our understanding of
the issues. A number of ongoing “before and after studies” (e.g. the JLE Impact Study in
London) are a useful step in this direction. There is also a commitment from the UK
Government, in response to the SACTRA Report on “Transport and the Economy”, to introduce
an Economic Impact Report as a fundamental part of its appraisal methods.”
Wanitwattanakosol and Pongpatcharatorntep (2015) provide us with a performance analysis
of cities within the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC). The East-West Economic Corridor
(EWEC) is an important corridor for economic cooperation program under the Great Mekong
Sub-region. Wanitwattanakosol and Pongpatcharatorntep (2015) benchmark the current
status and visible short-run prospect of major regional cities. They discern five strategies, each
with their key performance indicators: 1) business logistics improvement, 2) transport and
logistics network optimization, 3) logistics service internalization, 4) trade facilitation
enhancement and 5) capacity building. Scoring per strategy is each time higher, when
developing from Transport via Multimodal and then Logistics and finally Economic Corridor.
The research found that each city was still at an early stage of the corridor development stages.
2.11.3. Data control
Data sets on transport and corridors are used for operational and for evaluative means, both in
academic and in commercial/ operational spheres. Statistical and numerical data are being
collected on a large scale. Some of these data are being collected by commercial organizations
and not made publicly available (like mobile phone operators). Others are being collected at
non-commercial public organizations.
Data on transport and corridors are used, among others, for traffic analysis, feasibility and cost
benefit analysis, performance analysis, evaluations, management and control purposes,
business cases, revenue collection, life cycle management, and maintenance operations.
The following is a non exhaustive list of locations where data are being collected an made
available to the public: