Xinhua, Addis Ababa :
An East African think tank has emphasized on infrastructure collaboration among countries in the sub-region towards mutual growth and regional integration.
According to the Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute (HESPI), collaboration among the countries on infrastructure including, roads, irrigation facilities, power grids, energy sources, communication and network lines, as well as other areas, could have created an incentive for countries to pursue mutually beneficial political and economic ties and lock-in their gains.
At a policy forum on infrastructure collaboration Friday in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, Ali Abdi, HESPI managing director, told reporters that the countries in the sub-region should collaborate on infrastructure to address development constraints, especially the energy deficit.
“We have to do that in energy side; we have to do that in the transportation side; we have to do that in the telecommunication side, to have a kind of linkage to address the constraints of development,” said the managing director.
The regional integration brings the countries together to do better in the areas of economic growth and other social sectors such as health and education as well as to compete in the world, he said.
Haile Kebret, HESPI research director, told reporters that a study by his organization has found that infrastructure collaboration has a huge potential for countries for mutual growth.
An East African think tank has emphasized on infrastructure collaboration among countries in the sub-region towards mutual growth and regional integration.
According to the Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute (HESPI), collaboration among the countries on infrastructure including, roads, irrigation facilities, power grids, energy sources, communication and network lines, as well as other areas, could have created an incentive for countries to pursue mutually beneficial political and economic ties and lock-in their gains.
At a policy forum on infrastructure collaboration Friday in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, Ali Abdi, HESPI managing director, told reporters that the countries in the sub-region should collaborate on infrastructure to address development constraints, especially the energy deficit.
“We have to do that in energy side; we have to do that in the transportation side; we have to do that in the telecommunication side, to have a kind of linkage to address the constraints of development,” said the managing director.
The regional integration brings the countries together to do better in the areas of economic growth and other social sectors such as health and education as well as to compete in the world, he said.
Haile Kebret, HESPI research director, told reporters that a study by his organization has found that infrastructure collaboration has a huge potential for countries for mutual growth.
