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Economic corridors in the context of the development of macroregions

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The most important transport routes in the world economy form an integrated transport network designed to service international trade. Modern international economic corridors represent a system of institutional, technical, technological, and geographical elements that jointly enable significant volumes of international freight transport by various modes of transportation. The present study examines the impact of economic corridors on the regional levels of socioeconomic development. Findings indicate that regions within which an economic corridor has been built develop at a higher pace that regions without such a corridor running through it. The regression analysis revealed a relationship between the pace of regional socioeconomic development and road freight volumes. However, this relationship was observed with respect to regions having more than one economic corridor running through their territory. The existence of economic corridors has most significantly influenced the level of trade, exports, transportation volumes, and level of investment. The SWOT analysis of regions revealed the major threats associated with the construction of economic corridors, and recommendations of their optimization and adaptation were drawn accordingly. In addition, this study highlights the main directions of and criteria for the transport infrastructure development.

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Acknowledgements

Gurgen Gukasyan has been supported by the RUDN University Strategic Academic Leadership Program. This article was prepared as part of the government contract as requested by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation on the subject formulated as “Structural changes in economy and society as a result of achieving the target indicators of National projects, which provide opportunities to organize new areas of social and economic activity, including commercial, both in Russia and abroad”. No. FSSW2020-0010.

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  1. Department of National and Regional Economies, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Stremyanny Lane, 36, Moscow, Russian Federation, 121351

    Valery Bezpalov

  2. Department of State and Municipal Administration, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, (RUDN University), Miklukho-Maclay Str. 6, Moscow, Russian Federation, 117198

    Gurgen Gukasyan

  3. Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rozhdestvenka Str. 12, Moscow, Russian Federation, 107031

    Gurgen Gukasyan

  4. Department of Insurance and Economy of Social Sphere, Financial University Under the Government of the Russian Federation, Leningradsky Prospekt 49, Moscow, Russian Federation, 129281

    Igor Okhrimenko

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VB and GG conceived the study and were responsible for the design and development of the data analysis. VB and GG were responsible for data collection and analysis. IO was responsible for data interpretation. VB wrote the first draft of the article.

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Bezpalov, V., Gukasyan, G. & Okhrimenko, I. Economic corridors in the context of the development of macroregions. Innov. Infrastruct. Solut. 7, 275 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-022-00848-2

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