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7 Results Case Studies: Asia Group 95 7.1 Case study UN-ESCAP – Central Corridor 95 7.1.1 Introduction 95 7.1.2 Corridor objectives and political support 96 7.1.3 Legal framework 97 7.1.4 Institutional framework 98 7.1.5 Infrastructure: financing, planning and programming 99 7.1.6 Corridor performance monitoring and dissemination 100 7.1.7 Promotion and stakeholder consultation 100 7.1.8 Capacity building: technical assistance and studies 100 7.1.9 Assessment of transport governance level 101 7.1.10 Conclusions 101 7.2 Case Study ASEAN Maritime Corridor 102 7.2.1 Introduction 102 7.2.2 Objectives of transport corridors and main drivers 107 7.2.3 Legal and institutional framework 108 7.2.4 Infrastructure: financing, planning and programming 109 7.2.5 Corridor performance monitoring and promotion 109 7.2.6 Assessment of transport governance level 109 7.2.7 Conclusions 109 7.3 Case Study Corridor TRACECA 110 7.3.1 Introduction 110 7.3.2 Corridor objectives and political support 111 7.3.3 Legal framework 112 7.3.4 Institutional framework 113 7.3.5 Infrastructure: financing, planning and programming 116 7.3.6 Corridor performance monitoring and dissemination 116 7.3.7 Promotion and stakeholder consultation 116 7.3.8 Capacity building: technical assistance and studies 117 7.3.9 Assessment of transport governance level 117 7.3.10 Conclusions 117 Section 3: Conclusions and Recommendations 119 8 Conclusions and Recommendations 119 8.1 Conclusions on governance of transport corridors improvement 119 8.1.1 The importance of governance of transport corridors 119 8.1.2 Corridor governance has multiple interrelated domains 120 8.1.3 Corridor governance is dynamic and situational 122 8.1.4 Good practices 128 8.2 Recommendations Towards Improving Governance of Transport Corridors 131 8.2.1 General recommendations 131 8.2.2 Specific recommendations focused on governance level 132 Annex 1 References 136 Annex 2 Methodological approach 143 Annex 3 Survey results 145 Annex 4 Desk research results on selected OIC member countries 163