Enhancing Burkina Faso Regional Connectivity : An Economic Corridor Approach
Regional integration and international connectivity via economic corridors play an essential role in reducing the isolation of West Africa’s landlocked countries such as Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso’s main international corridors are the Ouagadougou-...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/120971576492235825/Enhancing-Burkina-Faso-Regional-Connectivity-An-Economic-Corridor-Approach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33040 |
| Summary: | Regional integration and international
connectivity via economic corridors play an essential role
in reducing the isolation of West Africa’s landlocked
countries such as Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso’s main
international corridors are the Ouagadougou-Lomé road
corridor connecting it to Togo, the Ouagadougou-Tema (Ghana)
road corridor, and the Ouagadougou-Niamey (Niger) road
corridor, as well as the Ouagadougou-Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)
road and rail corridors. Each of the corridors plays a
unique role in regional integration, national trade, and
sub-national rural and urban development, by providing
connectivity to consumption centers, economic production
zones, and/or economically lagging areas. The national
perspective suggests that the Ouagadougou-Lomé corridor is
very important for Burkina Faso’s imports, serving as the
artery for about 40 percent of all cargo entering the
country, while the Ouagadougou-Abidjan road and rail
corridors play an equally crucial role in allowing Burkina
Faso’s exports to reach global markets. The region’s trunk
road infrastructure is in fair-to-good condition on most
sections, although large gaps remain on corridors such as
the eastern link between Lomé and Niamey. This study
develops several scenarios of corridor interventions that
address the inefficiencies to quantify the expected impacts
in terms of real income growth and domestic market accessibility. |
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