A forum intended to assess the implementation of Africa’s cross-border transport infrastructure Project is opened in Ethiopia on Thursday.

During the forum a paper which examines the relationship between infrastructure and economic growth was presented. The paper argued it is possible to increase institutions’ productivity by 40 percent, providing them the required infrastructure only.

Getachew Mengiste, State Minister for Transport, during the occasion presented Ethiopia’s experience in the sector. He indicated his country used its own capacity and finance for infrastructure development.

He furthered during the past 16 years Ethiopia has covered 77 percent of the financial resource to building road infrastructure.

Marry Teresso, a researcher, on her part noted landlocked countries can develop their economy by building their infrastructure in alternative corridors which lead to different ports.

Source: Walta Information CenterArab League Encouraging Stronger Tie with Ethiopia