Competitiveness of South Asia's Container Ports : A Comprehensive Assessment of Performance, Drivers and Costs
South Asia’s seaports are crucial to the region’s economy. The region transports 75 percent of thevalue of its exports and imports by sea. Shipments are concentrated at the 14 largest container ports, which handle close to 100 percent of total cont...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/904371537364997890/Competitiveness-of-South-Asias-Container-Ports-A-Comprehensive-Assessment-of-Performance-Drivers-and-Costs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30494 |
| Summary: | South Asia’s seaports are crucial to the
region’s economy. The region transports 75 percent of
thevalue of its exports and imports by sea. Shipments are
concentrated at the 14 largest container ports, which handle
close to 100 percent of total container traffic. The
performance of these ports has a crucial effect on the
competitiveness of the region’s trade. Even though the South
Asian port sector has experienced significant changes since
the late 1990s — when the governments of India, Pakistan,
and Sri Lanka reformed their port sectors to allow private
participation—the performance of South Asia’s ports has
received little attention. The World Bank undertook a
comprehensive assessment of South Asia’s container ports to
support South Asian governments and stakeholders in the
sector. It sought to understand the links between
performance and its drivers and costs and to identify
whether and how performance might be improved. The study
proposes an approach for improvement based on regional and
global experience. |
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