ABSTRACT
Transport infrastructure plays a key role in policies to stimulate overall economic growth by enhancing the competitiveness of firms, supporting international market penetration and regional integration. Development of large-scale infrastructure has become a priority of governments in the Three Guianas as is the case in most countries in South America and indeed the world over. Governments, financial institutions and enterprises are involved in the construction and renovation of roads and other types of transport infrastructure. The Program for the Acceleration of Growth (PAC) in Brazil, and the continent-wide Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) are two significant examples (see Van Dijck 2013 and 2014).
