Measuring Efficiency of Macro Systems: An Application to Millennium Development Goal Attainment

Ajay Tandon ()
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Ajay Tandon: Asian Development Bank

No 66, ADB Economics Working Paper Series from Asian Development Bank

Abstract: At least part of the effort toward Millennium Development Goal (MDG) attainment in the social sector could come from improvements in efficiency of delivery mechanisms. Hence, it is important to know which countries—or which regions within countries—are able to attain higher MDG outcomes even after controlling for resource inputs. This information can be useful for policy makers and enable a second-stage analysis of why is it that some are doing better than others. This paper reviews the methodology for measuring efficiency in macro systems using the health and education sectors as examples. A simpler characterization of efficiency that is less dependent on econometric specifications is introduced. As an example, this method of measuring efficiency is applied to assess health system outcomes at the district (kabupatam) level in Indonesia.

Keywords: efficiency measurement; health system; education system; Millennium Development Goals; district-level analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H51 I18 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2005-03-01
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