Muller-Jentsch, Daniel2013-08-202013-08-202002-080-8213-5198-20253-7494https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15221This study argues that the 15 European Union (EU) countries and their 12 Mediterranean Partners should complement their Euro-Mediterranean free-trade area for industrial goods with a common transport space. This would require the removal of policy-induced frictions in the region's multi-modal transport system in order to facilitate the flow of foods, people, and investments within this emerging trade block. The purpose of this report is to identify the bottlenecks and inefficiencies that currently exist and to map out the reforms in the legal, regulatory, and institutional framework that should be implemented to address them. This includes both national and cross-border policy measures in the various modes (air, maritime, and land-based transport) as well as in transport logistics. The study compares sector performance and sector policies within the concerned countries and it benchmarks these against international best practice. It draws on policy lessons from other developing regions, such as Latin America and Eastern Europe and assesses the extent to which the policy framework of the EU Single Market in the transport sector could provide guidance for the creation of a common transport space throughout the Mediterranean region.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOMULTIMODAL TRANSPORTAIR TRANSPORTMARITIME TRANSPORTATIONINTERMODAL TRANSPORTATIONLAND TRANSPORTEUROPEAN UNIONAIR TRAFFIC CONTROLAIR CARGOPORTSSHIPPINGCONTAINERIZATIONTRANSSHIPMENTPOSTAL SERVICES AIR CARGOAIR CARRIERSAIR SERVICEAIR SERVICE AGREEMENTAIR SERVICE AGREEMENTSAIR TRAFFICAIR TRAFFIC CONTROLAIR TRANSPORTAIR TRANSPORT LIBERALIZATIONAIR TRANSPORT MARKETAIRCRAFTAIRLINEAIRLINE PRIVATIZATIONAIRLINESAIRPORT PRIVATIZATIONAIRPORTSAIRWAYSASAASSEMBLYAVIATIONBANKBOTTLENECKBOTTLENECKSBOXESCARGO HUBCARRIERSCHARTER FLIGHTSCHARTER TRAFFICCIFCIVIL AVIATIONCIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITYCONCESSIONSCONTAINER TRAFFICCONTAINER VESSELSCONTAINERIZATIONCONTAINERSCORRIDORCUSTOMSCUSTOMS CLEARANCECUSTOMS PROCEDURESDEBTECONOMIC REFORMEIBFARESFINANCIAL CRISESFINANCIAL INTEGRATIONFRAMEWORKFREIGHT COSTSFREIGHT FORWARDERSGATTGLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITEGLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMSGLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMGPSHANDLINGHOUSINGINSURANCEINTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATIONINTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATIONINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATIONINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVESTMENT GRANTSISOLEGISLATIONLETTERS OF CREDITLOAD FACTORSLOGISTICS COSTSMANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMSMARKET ACCESSMULTIMODAL TRANSPORTNAVIGATIONPASSENGERPASSENGERSPORT EQUIPMENTPORTSPRIVATE OPERATORSPRIVATE PARTICIPATIONPRIVATE PARTICIPATION IN INFRASTRUCTUREPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPRIVATIZATIONPRIVATIZATION OF AIRLINESRAIL FREIGHTRAIL TRANSPORTRAILWAYSRAMRANGEREMOTEREVERSE LOGISTICSROADSROLLROLL-OFFROUTEROUTESSAFETYSECONDARY AIRPORTSSHIPMENTSSHIPPINGSHIPPING INDUSTRYSTRUCTURESSUBSIDIARYSUPPLY CHAINSTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETERMINALTOURISTSTRAFFICTRAFFIC FLOWSTRAFFIC GROWTHTRAFFIC LEVELSTRANSITION ECONOMIESTRANSPORTTRANSPORT AGREEMENTSTRANSPORT POLICIESTRANSPORT POLICYTRANSPORT REFORMTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT SERVICESTRANSPORT STATISTICSTRANSPORT SYSTEMTRANSPORTATIONTRANSSHIPMENTTRUCKINGWAREHOUSINGTransport Policies for the Euro-Mediterranean Free-Trade Area : An Agenda for Multimodal Transport Reform in the Southern MediterraneanWorld Bank10.1596/0-8213-5198-2