Governance of Transport Corridors in OIC Member States:
Challenges, Cases and Policy Lessons
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2.2 Conceptual framework of governance of transport corridors
Sectio indicates that transport corridor governance is a broad subject, covering multiple aspects,
as shown in the above-mentioned corridor governance functions. In addition, various types of
governance bodies exist, all pursuing corridor related objectives. To be able to assess the functioning
of a corridor, and more specifically the governance thereof, a conceptual framework has been
developed resents the elements of the conceptual framework, illustrating that the corridor
objectives and political support are at the heart of the framework and an additional six governance
domains are defined. The seven governance domains are briefly presented below and will be used for
reviewing the governance of the corridors, either at an international level (Chapter 3) or at an OIC level
(Section 2).
Figure 2.2 Transport governance conceptual framework
Corridor objectives
and political support
Legal framework
Institutional framework
Infrastructure: financing,
planning and
programming
Corridor promotion and
stakeholder consultation
Corridor performance
monitoring and
dissemination
Capacity building:
technical assistance and
studies
Source: consortium.
2.2.1 Corridor objectives and political support
Objectives of transport corridors
Defining a clear objective is pivotal for the development of the corridor. Each corridor revolves around
a central objective: what goal do the stakeholders want to reach with the development of the transport
corridor? Each of the other six components making up the corridor governance system are geared
towards reaching this objective. The legal framework is set up to create binding incentives to reach the
objectives, an institutional framework is installed to facilitate the stakeholders to reach their aim,
performance is monitored to ensure efficient corridor development and so on. A clear definition of
what the participants aim for is the foundation that determines the shape of all other domains of
corridor governance.
Before establishing a corridor, participating nations need to find common ground on which to develop
a corridor. Kunaka and Carruthers (2014) advocate the execution of a corridor diagnostic to determine