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Performance of Indian commercial banks (1995-2002): an application of data envelopment analysis and Malmquist productivity index

Galagedera, Don U.A.; Edirisuriya, Piyadasa - EconWPA - 2004

This paper investigates efficiency using data envelopment analysis (DEA) and productivity growth using Malmquist index … and loans and other earning assets as output in the DEA analysis we observe no significant growth in productivity during … equity to assets and high return to average equity ratios. There has been no growth in productivity in private sector banks …

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Transition in FSU and sub-Saharan countries: The role of institutions

Laurila, Juhani - EconWPA - 2002

This study compares transition processes in countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union (FSU) and sub-Saharan Africa. By widening the scope from most- to least-developed transition economies, the study establishes the importance of a strong state with evolved institutional...

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Context Matters – Rethinking the Resource Curse in Sub-Saharan Africa

Basedau, Matthias - EconWPA - 2005

Natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a bad reputation. Oil and diamonds, particularly, have been blamed for a number of Africa’s illnesses such as poverty, corruption, dictatorship and war. This paper outlines the different areas and transmission channels of how this so-called...

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Institutions and Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fulginiti, Lilyan E.; Perrin, Richard K.; Yu, Bingxin - EconWPA - 2005

Agricultural productivity in 41 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1960 to 1999 is examined by estimating a semi …-nonparametric Fourier production frontier. Over the four decades the estimated rate of productivity change was 0.83% per year, although the … average rate from 1985-99 was a strong 1.90% per year. Former UK colonies exhibited significantly higher productivity gains …

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Uncertainty, Trade, and Capital Flows in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cuddington, John T.; Liang, Hong; Lu, Shihua - EconWPA - 1996

In most African economies, both agricultural production and the terms- of-trade are highly uncertain. This paper re-examines the implications of such uncertainty for the optimal mix of production and trade under alternative assumptions about international capital flows. The ultimate objective is...

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Evaluating the Malaysian Export Processing Zones With special focus on the electronic industry

Furby, Mats - EconWPA - 2005

Export Processing Zones are geographical enclaves that have legally been excepted from the country´s normal customs …

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MRS. GANDHI GAVE NEW ECONOMIC APPROACHES

SUBRAMANIAM, DR. VSR. - EconWPA - 2004

Productivity were the Essence of the Administrative strategy of Mrs. Indira Gandhi (Late Prime Minister of India). These approaches … Agriculture, leaving a surplus for export and strides in Industry, Atomic Research, and Space Exploration in India. The author …

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ICT productivity and firm propensity to innovative investment: learning effect evidence from italina micro data

Atzeni, Gianfranco Enrico; Carboni, Oliviero Antonio - EconWPA - 2005

This work attempts to shed light on the “information technology productivity paradox”. Employing a large data set of … Italian manufacturing firms we compute ICT marginal productivity across different cluster of firms and the impact of …/introduction behaviour and firm’s technological investment aptitude have any role in explaining ICT productivity. We find that low capital …

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Biased Technical Change and the Malmquist Productivity Index

Fare, R.; Grifell-Tatje, E.; Grosskopf, S.; Lovell, C.A.K. - EconWPA - 1995

The Malmquist productivity index has many attractive features. One is that it decomposes into a technical efficiency … bias index makes no contribution to productivity change. …

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REDEFINED PRODUCTIVITY & SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORIENTED MANAGEMENT DECISIONS.

DR.VSR.SUBRAMANIAM - EconWPA - 2004

In the Domain of Development Economics, Productivity is represented by Output to Input Ratio & Management Decisions … InputQuantum ratio also for a favourable condition. This is presented in 2.Part1:Expanded Productivity Algebraic Model Part2 …:Integrated Management Decision Algebraic Model. CONCEPTS DERIVED :- (SED=SOCIO- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UNITS)01.PRODUCTIVITY …

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