LINKING EUROPE AND AFRICA THROUGH GREECE: A TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDY (ABRIDGMENT)

This study examines the way transportation can be used to facilitate the worldwide trend toward economic integration and the resultant economic benefits through trade for both Europe and northeast Africa. The emphasis is on northeast Africa, however, because of its state of underdevelopment. In general, transportation networks in northeast Africa are poorly developed. Historically, these transportation networks have tended to form separate systems that are oriented outward to ports that have few links among African countries. Recently, African countries have upgraded their transportation networks and started to forge links among each other. This development is till in a premature stage, but it is considered very desirable in facilitating the development of northeast Africa. The major hypothesis of this paper is that, by promoting the development of a permanent, continuous transportation axis that links Europe and northeast Africa through Greece, as well as various African countries to each other, transportation costs can be reduced, which will facilitate economies of specialization and scale through trade. In addition, this transportation axis would facilitate the development of areas that have agricultural, mineral, and industrial potential that are previously unexploited because of limited access. (Authors)

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• Authors:
  • Evmolpidis, V
  • Manidis, P
  • Soilemezoglou, G
• Publication Date: 1981

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps;
• Pagination: pp 9-12
• Monograph Title: Transportation programming, user benefit analysis and vehicle licensing
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 826
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Agriculture; Developing countries; Economic development; Economies of scale; Industries; International roads; International trade; Minerals; Natural resources
• Geographic Terms: Africa; Europe; Greece
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00349080
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309032687
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-033 054
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 30 1982 12:00AM