-2010. Malaysia’s real income per capita increased to 26 percent of the U.S. level in 2010 from 20 percent in 1970. Despite relatively … strong growth and a substantial improvement in export sophistication, Malaysia’s total factor productivity lagged behind that … of Korea and Taiwan Province of China. We argue that what characterizes their experience in contrast to Malaysia’s is the …

This study examines the effect of financial-sector reform on bank performance in selected Middle Eastern and North … African (MENA) countries in the period 1994 -2008. We evaluate bank efficiency in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon and Tunisia … bank specific variables on bank efficiency. Overall, the analysis shows that, despite similarities in the process of …

-specific characteristics are found to have a considerable influence on bank efficiency …

commercial bank efficiency by applying a version of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to bank-level data from a wide range of … transition countries. In addition to stressing the importance of some bank-specific variables, the censored Tobit analysis … suggests that (1) foreign ownership with controlling power and enterprise restructuring enhances commercial bank efficiency; (2 …

We use bank level data to study the efficiency of banks in Sub-Saharan African middle-income countries and provide …