Improving Transnational Transport Corridors
In the OIC Member Countries: Concepts and Cases
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Table 15: EoDB of TRACECA member states
Source: World Bank (2017b).
The figures are issued for whole countries and are not necessarily the same for the transport
along TRACECA, but the member states show a wide variety in their performance. Iran and
Tajikistan takes fairly low positions (in all almost 200 countries are ranked), whereas he
World Bank finds it easy to trade with Georgia, Kazakhstan and Armenia and rather easy with
Azerbaijan and Turkey. Compared to the LPI, Georgia takes a surprisingly high position and
Turkey a low one.
4.3.5. Social factors
Transport is a phenomenon that depends on and affects a truly wide variety of society sectors.
Many social effects are derived from the economic development described above, but in
human history, trade and transport has been an instrument to not only move people and goods
but also to spread knowledge, scientific approaches, ideas, culture and religion. This section is
focused on the capacity building needed for the transport corridor to function, but also for
wider development of human resources along the corridor.
Based on the figures in the TRACECA member states have a joint population of 313
million with an average unemployment rate of 9,5% and they host some 22,5 million people
(7,2%) living in poverty. Hence, there is a certain need for economic growth and a significant
potential for it if more people could be set to work. Also for the social factors, the figures are
given to include Turkmenistan.
ARME 38 48 39 100 2 150
AZER 65 152 29 214 33 300
BULG 39 21 4 55 2 52
GEOR 16 54 14 383 2 35
IRAN 120 170 101 565 152 143
KAZA 35 119 133 574 128 320
KYRG 75 79 20 445 21 145
MOLD 44 34 3 76 48 44
ROMA 36 1 0 0 1 0
TAJ 128 144 75 313 66 330
TURKEY 69 70 16 376 5 87
UKR 80 115 26 75 96 292
UZB 87 165 112 278 174 292
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