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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Main Authors:	Herrera Dappe, Matias, Suárez-Alemán, Ancor
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	PORTS LOGISTICS LOGISTIC PERFORMANCE INDEX COMPETITIVENESS TRANSPORT POLICY CONTAINER PORTS
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

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spelling	okr-10986-304942021-05-25T10:54:42Z Competitiveness of South Asia's Container Ports : A Comprehensive Assessment of Performance, Drivers and Costs Herrera Dappe, Matias Suárez-Alemán, Ancor PORTS LOGISTICS LOGISTIC PERFORMANCE INDEX COMPETITIVENESS TRANSPORT POLICY CONTAINER PORTS 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. 2018-10-02T19:38:57Z 2018-10-02T19:38:57Z 2017-10 Brief 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 English Connections;Note 2017 - 4 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief South Asia India Pakistan Sri Lanka
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description	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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author	Herrera Dappe, Matias Suárez-Alemán, Ancor
author_facet	Herrera Dappe, Matias Suárez-Alemán, Ancor
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title	Competitiveness of South Asia's Container Ports : A Comprehensive Assessment of Performance, Drivers and Costs
title_short	Competitiveness of South Asia's Container Ports : A Comprehensive Assessment of Performance, Drivers and Costs
title_full	Competitiveness of South Asia's Container Ports : A Comprehensive Assessment of Performance, Drivers and Costs
title_fullStr	Competitiveness of South Asia's Container Ports : A Comprehensive Assessment of Performance, Drivers and Costs
title_full_unstemmed	Competitiveness of South Asia's Container Ports : A Comprehensive Assessment of Performance, Drivers and Costs
title_sort	competitiveness of south asia's container ports : a comprehensive assessment of performance, drivers and costs
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	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
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