This paper develops a port productivity and efficiency analysis of all developing regions between 2000 and 2010, using both parametric and nonparametric approaches. A sample of 70 developing countries, 203 ports, and 1,750 data points is used to carry out an analysis of the evolution and drivers of productivity and efficiency changes across developing regions. Results show that productivity growth rates between 2000 and 2010 vary significantly and that this heterogeneity is explained by pure efficiency changes rather than scale efficiency of technological changes. The paper also provides a detailed efficiency analysis to determine the drivers of port efficiency.
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