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Título: An overview on the reform process of African ports
Autores/as: Trujillo Castellano, Lourdes
González Serrano, María Manuela
Jiménez González, Juan Luis
Clasificación UNESCO: 531212 Transportes y comunicaciones
Palabras clave: Transportes marítimos
Transportes frigoríficos
Puertos
África
Fecha de publicación: 2013
Editor/a: 0957-1787
Publicación seriada: Utilities Policy 
Resumen: In Africa, the main objective of the port sector is to improve trade competitiveness and to reduce government expenditures. Nevertheless, the reform process in African ports is complex due to some factors, which adversely influence their ability to further develop and affect port efficiency. This paper examines this process and the factors that are slowing it. The first objective is to measure the evolution of port efficiency during the port reform process using a stochastic production frontier. Our results suggest that reforms are producing the first positive results. In fact average efficiency has continuously increased from 2004 to 2007, nevertheless there is still much room to improve port efficiency. The second objective is to estimate what factors affect perceived port quality using an OLS regression. We control by type and size of port, location, GDP and corruption. Overall results show that landlord ports are not only the most efficient ones but also the most valued ones.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/43603
ISSN: 0957-1787
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2013.01.002
Fuente: Utilities Policy[ISSN 0957-1787],v. 25, p. 12-22
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