This paper explores the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of public service delivery. It uses a … stochastic frontier method to estimate time-varying efficiency coefficients and analyzes the impact of fiscal decentralization on … those efficiency coefficients. The findings indicate that fiscal decentralization can improve the efficiency of public …

We use bank level data to study the efficiency of banks in Sub-Saharan African middle-income countries and provide … possible explanations for the difference in the efficiency levels of banks. We find that banks, on average, could save 20 … and domestic private banks. Among the factors that could affect the efficiency levels are macroeconomic stability, depth …

terms of scale efficiency, the banks in Bahrain operate at the same level as banks in Singapore and their closest …

Cost-efficiency, scale efficiency, and productivity change are estimated by data envelopment analysis; and cost-efficiency …

efficiency, equity, and administrative and compliance costs. This paper analyzes tax expenditures in Italy, considering the …

public sector; accounts of the financial system; accounts of the central bank, commercial banks, and other local financial …

This Selected Issues paper for Vietnam reports that the framework for policy lending in Vietnam, in conjunction with …