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The Connectivity Challenge in the Western Indian Ocean

In: Shaping the Future of Small Islands

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  • Raj Mohabeer

    (Indian Ocean Commission)

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The five-member states of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) are committed to a policy to extend intra-regional trade by improving connectivity whether by air, maritime or digital. This includes providing regionwide airlines for passengers and freight; more efficient container seaports for cargo and cruise services, with subregional shipping lines; fibre-optic cables for rapid internet linkage; and common broadcasting and media facilities. The IOC has been working closely with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), which aims to establish a common market for the wider region. The countries of the region have wide differences in market size, diversity, stages of economic and social development and geographic dispersal across the southwest Indian Ocean. The IOC-led policy and action programme aims to create a regional competitive economic and commercial space within the goal of sustainable development. This chapter shows the long-term vision and the obstacles still to overcome.

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  • Raj Mohabeer, 2021. "The Connectivity Challenge in the Western Indian Ocean," Springer Books, in: John Laing Roberts & Shyam Nath & Satya Paul & Yeti Nisha Madhoo (ed.), Shaping the Future of Small Islands, edition 1, chapter 0, pages 387-403, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-15-4883-3_21
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4883-3_21
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