dc.contributor.author	Herrera Dappe, Matías
dc.contributor.author	Suárez-Alemán, Ancor
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-24T15:50:05Z
dc.date.available	2016-05-24T15:50:05Z
dc.date.issued	2016-10-31
dc.description.abstract	South Asia’s trade almost doubled in the past decade, but the share of trade in GDP is still smaller (47 percent) than in East Asia (55 percent), and South Asia’s economic competitiveness continues to lag that of other regions. Part of the problem is the region’s container ports. As a result of inefficiencies, the average cost of exporting or importing a container in the region is more than twice what it is in East Asia. Better port logistics could help increase trade, diversify exports, attract more foreign direct investment, and spur economic growth. As container traffic continues to grow and physical expansion is constrained by the limited supply of available land at most ports, the best way to improve port performance is by increasing productivity. To identify strategies for doing so, this report examines the performance of the 14 largest container ports in the region based on two sets of criteria: operational performance and economic performance. To measure operational performance, the report benchmarks total time at port, waiting time at port, and idle time as a share of total time at berth. To measure economic performance, it benchmarks productivity and efficiency using two useful techniques: Malmquist total factor productivity decomposition and data envelopment analysis. The report identifies key drivers of port performance and examines how differences in performance across ports are related to those drivers. This analysis is based on an original dataset on private sector participation, governance, and competition in South Asia’s container port sector. To highlight the potential gains from improving performance of container ports, the report uses econometric techniques to isolate the impact of efficiency improvements on maritime transport costs and trade. The results suggest that the best strategy for improving port performance in the region is a three-pronged approach that (a) encourages private sector participation through a well-developed enabling environment, including further adoption of the “landlord” port model; (b) strengthens the governance of port authorities’ boards; and (c) promotes competition between and within ports, in part through transparent and competitive concession bidding.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-0892-0
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4648-0892-0
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24333
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Directions in Development--Infrastructure;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	PORTS
dc.subject	CONTAINER PORTS
dc.subject	EFFICIENCY
dc.subject	BENCHMARKING
dc.subject	COMPETITION
dc.subject	MARITIME COSTS
dc.subject	LANDLORD PORT
dc.subject	COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subject	TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	DATA ENVELOP ANALYSIS
dc.title	Competitiveness of South Asia’s Container Ports	en
dc.title.subtitle	A Comprehensive Assessment of Performance, Drivers, and Costs	en
dc.type	Book	en
dc.type	Livre	fr
dc.type	Libro	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Competitiveness of South Asia’s Container Ports: A Comprehensive Assessment of Performance, Drivers, and Costs
okr.date.disclosure	2016-10-31
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-04-15T10:51:24.196207Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	210892
okr.identifier.report	106772
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okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.topic	Transport::Transport and Trade Logistics
okr.topic	Transport::Ports and Waterways
okr.topic	Transport::Transport Economics Policy & Planning
okr.unit	GTI06
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