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Maputo

Development

Corridor

Charles

Kunaka

Senior

Trade

Facilitation

Specialist

International

Trade

Department

World

Bank

1

Trade

and

Transport

Corridors

in

the

African

Context

•Sub‐Saharan

Africa

has

the

largest

concentration

of

landlocked

countries

in

the

world

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•High

transport

costslong

been

recognized

as

an

impediment

to

growth

and

development

(e.g.

Hummels

(1998),

Venables

(1999),

Yeats

(1996))

–They

are

a

burden

on

the

low

value,

high

volume

commodities

thatare

produced

(long

distances,

border

delays,

etc.)

•Reducing

costs

is

critical

to

tradeexpansion

and

growth

•The

corridor

approachis

actively

pursued

to:

–Help

prioritise

infrastrcuture

investments

and

maximise

returns

to

scale

–stimulate

growth,

trade

and

investment

along

key

international

transport

routes

–Typically

based

on

agreementsbetween

states

that

identify

cross‐sectoral

cluster

investment

opportunities

for

PPPs.

–Expected

Outcomes:

access

to

to

seaports,

virtuous

cycle

of

expanding

regional

markets,

increased

regional

integration,

a

regional

approach

to

FDI,

job

creation,

Small

and

Medium

Size

Enterprise

(SMMEs)

development,

strengthened

planning

and

managing

capacity

of

local

governmentsand

rapid

economic

growth.

2

Outline

3

The

Maputo

Development

Corridor

•Corridor

infrastructure

–Road,

railway,

port,

bor