This paper deals with efficiency in the public sector. It argues that the habit of relating efficiency to public … could be used for several purposes including increasing public sector efficiency …

or may not improve economic efficiency …

economic growth and efficiency, using panel data for 40 countries which reformed their financial systems. Financial sector … reform is hypothesized to affect economic growth and efficiency through three main channels: the real interest rate … representing the interest cost of capital, the volume of intermediation, and financial sector efficiency. The results indicate that …

This note examines the efficiency gains that might result from market-based debt reduction and alternative uses of … government investment or consumption. Given considerable uncertainty about the efficiency returns of alternative uses of …

also assesses the relative efficiency of spending in education and health. The Slovak Republic spends more on social …

explanation offered in this paper is that the slowdown in U.S. TFP growth reflects a loss of efficiency or market dynamism over … the last two decades. Indeed, there are large differences in production efficiency across U.S. states, with the states …

This paper assesses the efficiency of education expenditure in Portugal and delineates a possible agenda for reform …) support this view. Among the reforms that could be considered to raise educational efficiency are the adoption of a goal …

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 …