Productivity Assessment of African Seaports

African Development Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-78

  Pestana Barros, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; PORT; PORT OPERATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

ANGOLA; MOZAMBIQUE; NIGERIA;

EID: 84858016911     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2011.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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