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the advantages

As per the outcomes of the Feasibility Study (made by the IRR’s Consultant), the Development Road will have the following benefits for Iraq and all the other MENA Countries:

  1. Make the Iraqi’s GDP less dependent from Oil & Gas, even in consideration of the ongoing energy transition aimed to mitigate the environmental impacts and global warming (caused by CO2 emissions).
  2. Enhancing  the diversification of other economic sectors (i.e.: agriculture, industry, trading, construction, logistics, tertiary, touristic,… etc.), in addition to the Oil & Gas sector, supporting a sustainable and eco-friendly growth of the Country.
  3. Improve the modernization of the Iraqi Railway & Highway networks consistently with the socio-economic development of the Country, reducing the travelling time among the Iraqi cities with consequent increase of welfare/prosperity.
  4. Reduce the traffic congestion and pollution and the relevant environmental impact, improving health and safety conditions of the Iraqi population.
  5. Increase the employment rates, improving the life conditions of Iraqi population (Note: the new Railway & Highway Systems will provide approx. 100,000 new jobs).
  6. Create new urban and industrial settlements which will support the reorganization/development of existing urban areas.
  7. Enhance the integration of different populations and cultures, aiming to facilitate and strengthen the pacification and stabilization process among all Middle East Countries.
  8. Allow the free movement and traffic of goods & passengers among the neighboring countries, through the implementation of common rules and standards, similar to those already adopted by the European Countries (Rail Systems Interoperability), granting the networks efficiency and safety (Note: The System Interoperability is achieved through the standardization and harmonization of Codes & Standards for the design and construction of Railway Infrastructures, Systems, Rolling Stocks and O.&M. procedures).
  9. The Railway Systems Interoperability will enhance the socio-economic development of the Middle East Countries, facilitating the populations integration and pacification process, (similarly to what already happened along the last fifty years in Europe).

The success of the “Development Road” (including all the other regional rail network) will depend by a strong coordination and cooperation among all neighboring countries (including MENA countries and Turkey).