Objectives and Benefits

THE CORRIDOR HAS FOUR KEY OBJECTIVES :

To rehabilitate the core infrastructure along the Corridor with minimum impact on the fiscus (road, rail, port, dredging of port and border post)
To maximise investment in both the inherent potential of the Corridor area, and added opportunities which infrastructure rehabilitation will create
To ensure sustainability by developing policy, strategies and framework that encompass a holistic, participatory and integrated approach to development
To ensure that the development impact of this investment is maximised, particularly to disadvantaged communities by changing the ownership base

BENEFITS
The benefits of the Maputo Corridor Development Initiative may be summarised as:

The stimulation of trade via competent infrastructure
The opening up of South African markets to Mozambican producers and access to global markets through the development of Maputo Port
Employment creation through increased economic activity in Maputo and along the Corridor, with the ability to shift to higher value-added industry sectors
Increased access to international tourism
Improved income generation through the encouragement of private investment
Saving of public sector financial resources through the use of private sector investment in infrastructure development.