Governance of Transport Corridors in OIC Member States:
Challenges, Cases and Policy Lessons
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4.4 Infrastructure: finance, planning and programming
In most countries reviewed, substantial investments in infrastructure are made. The public sector is
the main source of funding, although the role of development partners or donors, remains significant
in many countries. There is increasing emphasis on involving the private sector in infrastructure
investment. In Indonesia, for example, although the national government remains to be the main
source of funding, cooperation between the government and private sector under public-private
partnership schemes is actively pursued. The various funding sources are also reflected in the
response to the survey, indicating that transport corridor funding is provided by the following sources:
public sector (86%); donors (75%); private sector (29%) and user levies (14%).
A dedicated, earmarked budget for development of transport corridors is often not available. The
survey indicates that this is only so in the minority of cases (29%). Transport corridor projects are
prioritised in planning and programming of infrastructure, although only at a rate of 57%, according
to respondents of the survey.
4.5 Corridor performance monitoring and dissemination
Transport corridor performance monitoring is done on a structural basis in most cases, i.e. in 71% of
the respondents of the survey. Sometimes, this is done by a national organisation. For example, in
Egypt, the Ministry of Transport is responsible for performance monitoring, supported through the
TRANSTRAC project. Sometimes, corridor specific information is also monitored through the
(international) corridor organisations, as in the case of Nigeria, where the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor
Organisation (ALCO, see Sectio deals with monitoring of corridor performance.
The following data is being monitored:
- Freight flows: 100%;
- Time of transportation and waiting times: 100%;
- Transport costs: 100%;
- Reliability performance: 50%;
- Safety performance: 100%.
All respondents indicated that a dedicated transport corridor data management and storage system is
in place.
4.6 Promotion and stakeholder consultation
Stakeholder are actively involved in the management of the transport corridors, according to the
survey. Survey respondents indicate that the following stakeholders are involved in the governance of
the corridors:
 Ministries/policy makers: 100%;
 Shipping companies: 57%;
 Transport operators: 86%;
 Customs authorities: 100%;
 Port authorities: 100%;
 Road authorities: 100%;
 Rail infrastructure providers: 71%;
 Inland navigation authorities: 57%;
 Development partners: 57%.