IMPACT OF TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT IN THE INTER-REGIONAL ECONOMY

Abstract: Transport has an important role in the development of the life of society. The level of the transport system itself is an indicator of the economic and social development of a country at a certain stage. Transport provides the necessary links between people, provinces, and countries and enables human activity in social life and the economy. The economic and social backwardness of our country, which for centuries underwent invasions and invasion of the barbarian tribes and then of the Ottoman Empire, was also reflected in the field of transport. Transport development in Albania has been extremely slow. Until the twentieth century the small primitive transport prevailed, the classics model of other countries were not followed in the formation of new transport. Since ancient times, in the Albanian lands, there have been caravan routes connecting the country's most important centers to the coast and neighboring countries for trade exchanges. Among the most important of these were the roads passing through the valleys of Shkumbini (eg Egnatia road), Vjosa, Drini, Devoll and along the coast. Transport has a significant impact on economic life. The development of the economy is realized through a combination of complex and very extensive activities, where the role of transport and road infrastructure is elite: Use of natural resources, regional specialization, diversification of production, etc. In following, this research will try to bring an analysis referred to standards of the impact that transport development has on the interregional economy and its challenges with a focus on the treatment of assets in the most efficient way.