REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN AFRICA AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROAD TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE


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The cost of doing business in the East African Community (EAC) is very high compared to other regional blocks. The poor state of the regional transport infrastructure and the inefficient combination of modes of transport make a significant contribution to this unfavorable fact. The purpose of this article is to review the development of transport infrastructure in the EAC, especially road transport. It covered the main general transport plans in the region and the activities needed to create an integrated, efficient regional transport infrastructure network. Inland waterways are underutilized and need to be developed to enhance the contribution to transport and logistics in the region. In all cases, it is necessary to strengthen safety standards, especially road and air transport.

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Mohamed Mansour Nassor

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

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Email: mohamedmansour350@gmail.com

Postgraduate student at the Faculty of Economics, Department of Political Economy, RUDN University

117198, Moscow, Miklukho-Maklaya str., 6

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