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Assessment of public sector performance in the MENA region: data envelopment approach

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  • Gisele Msann
  • Wadad Saad

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This paper aims to measure the performance and efficiency of the public sector in the MENA region over the 2004–2015 period. To do so, two approaches are used: composite indicator approach and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Fourteen, relatively stable, countries from the MENA region were chosen to construct the study sample. The findings of the input-oriented DEA indicate that the United Arab Emirates is the only efficient country according to constant return to scale model, and that the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Iran are the most efficient countries with respect to variable return to scale model. Moreover, a comparison of the efficiency of the MENA countries in question to the efficiency of a number of emergent countries in Europe and South America shows that the emerging countries of Europe are the most efficient, followed by South American countries and finally those of the MENA region.

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  • Gisele Msann & Wadad Saad, 2020. "Assessment of public sector performance in the MENA region: data envelopment approach," International Review of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(1), pages 1-21, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rrpaxx:v:25:y:2020:i:1:p:1-21
    DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2019.1702777
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