TITLE:
Strategic Container Ports Competitiveness Analysis in West Africa Using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Model
AUTHORS:
Bomboma Kalgora
KEYWORDS:
Container Ports, Competitiveness, Efficiency, Data Envelopment Analysis, West Africa
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.7 No.2,
April
8,
2019
ABSTRACT: This study presents a
competitiveness analysis of five strategic container ports in West Africa using
the DEA model Windows I-C method. This method takes into account the different
changes in these ports efficiency and performance using a window length of 3
over the years 2005 to 2016. The model is used to provide a ranking of the
efficient strategic ports in the region. Efficient ports promote trade growth
by empowering a country’s imports and exports. The ranking and competitiveness
of a port are evaluated based on its efficiency
compared to others in its group. From the one output and the seven input
variables selected, the results reveal the port of Tema to be the most
competitive in the West Africa with 95% production average efficiency score,
then followed respectively by Lagos, Abidjan, Lomé and Cotonou port.