(DEA) efficiency scores for a sample of twenty-three Latin American and Caribbean Countries (LAC) to measure efficiency of …We compute Public Sector Performance (PSP) and Public Sector Efficiency (PSE) indicators and Data Envelopment Analysis … government, while the efficiency frontier is essentially defined by Chile, Guatemala, and Peru. Moreover, on average, output …

(DEA) efficiency scores for a sample of twenty-three Latin American and Caribbean Countries (LAC) to measure efficiency of …We compute Public Sector Performance (PSP) and Public Sector Efficiency (PSE) indicators and Data Envelopment Analysis … government, while the efficiency frontier is essentially defined by Chile, Guatemala, and Peru. Moreover, on average, output …

achieved a technical efficiency of 94%with respect to the frontier. The paper also studies possible determinants of port …We developed a technical efficiency analysis of container ports in Latin America and the Caribbean using an input …-oriented stochastic frontier model. We employed a 10-year panel with data on container throughput, port terminal area, berth length, and …

This paper develops a port productivity and efficiency analysis of all developing regions between 2000 and 2010, using … a detailed efficiency analysis to determine the drivers of port efficiency. Time series results show an upward trend for … port efficiency in developing regions, as it increased from 47 percent in 2000 to 57 percent in 2010. Our analysis …

Efficiency and equity are priorities in the social policies of both industrial and developing countries. This study … examines how different value judgments lead to different concepts of efficiency and equity and demonstrates that conceptual …

are generally more cost-effective than their corresponding state agencies because of the efficiency of their support …