This paper examines the seaports responsible for handling the majority of trade around the Bay of Bengal and identifiesthe projects that will enable trade and contribute to improving maritime infrastructure. It reviews the nature, potential evolution,and primary types of maritime trade around...

This paper gauges efficiency in container ports. Using non-parametric methods, we estimate efficiency frontiers based on information from 86 ports across the world. Three attractive features of the method are: 1) it is based on an aggregated measure of efficiency despite the existence of...