ABSTRACT
Dominant analyses of regional economic integration suggest that it provides a stimulus for economic growth through the increased commercial opportunities made available. It is argued that regional co-operation in sectors such as transport and communications enable landlocked countries to have access to port facilities, thereby increasing their capacities to trade internationally. Corridors are by no means a new phenomenon in southern Africa, primarily mainly in the form of transport routes. Ironically, these were developed either during the colonial period as transport corridors, or during the days of apartheid as a means to reduce the neighbouring front-line states' dependence on South Africa and provide a shorter access to the sea for land-locked Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana. Regional investment in the productive sector by South African companies in partnership with other international and national firms has also helped Mozambique to increase exports and hence export earnings.
