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Significant barriers to transport corridor development in Islamic countries: A multinational assessment
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This study investigates the key barriers to developing international transport corridors in Islamic countries, drawing on a multinational sample spanning Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the MENA region. Using survey data from 29 transport experts across 20 OIC member states, 18 potential barriers (grouped into five thematic categories) were assessed and analyzed through factor analysis, revealing six clusters that explain over 85% of total variance. The most prominent constraints are poor rail infrastructure, lack of private financing, limited international rail interoperability, barriers to multimodal freight transport, and insufficient logistics centers. Despite their strategic geography and diversity, Islamic countries remain underrepresented in corridor research. By integrating expert perceptions with multivariate analysis, this study provides one of the first systematic, cross-country assessments of corridor challenges within the OIC. Findings show that perceived barriers vary by income level, regional context, landlocked status, and corridor governance. Low-income economies face pronounced infrastructure deficits; Sub-Saharan Africa struggles with operational and financial constraints; landlocked states counterintuitively report fewer obstacles; and governed corridors exhibit unexpectedly larger infrastructure gaps. While mainly reflecting government expert perspectives, the study offers policy-relevant insights, emphasizing the need for greater investment in rail systems and logistics hubs, stronger coordination mechanisms, and expanded public–private financing.
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transport corridors
Islamic countries
infrastructure barriers
multimodal freight transport
public-private financing
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