BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

TRANSPORT rnFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONONUC PERFORMANCE OF BANGLADESH AND INDIAN BORDERING STATES

Author: Prabir De, Buddhadeb Ghosh

DOI Link: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2001v22n4a2

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to review the role played by transport infrastructure in regional development. The findings of the paper have implications for future regional policies. First. disparities in both per capita income and infrastructure facilities among Indian bordering states and Bangladesh have been rising over time. Second. the relative positions of the bordering states have continued to remain weirdly unchanged in terms of any definition of development. Third, transport infrastructure, particularly port facility, has larger role to play in determining the future of mutual development of this region. The most strenuous task of the policy makers must be to undertake common transport policy by which to reduce regional inequalities in various physical and social infrastructure facilities rather than simply to target equalisation of public investment across regions. Otherwise, the on-going reform process may be badly thwarted by the potential social disharmonies, which have been gathering momentum everywhere.