Sustainable development goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015 emphasize on
poverty reduction and inclusive growth. In India, development policies focusing on poverty …

In this paper, we investigate the efficiency level of government expenditure per capita in
health and education sectors and transfers and subsidies in 81 countries towards the human …

Developing countries of the world are facing the problem of increased pressures on public
balances due to high population growth rates, increasing poverty, unemployment, and rising …

Abstract Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is the
world's largest social welfare scheme in India for the poverty alleviation through rural …

The issue of public expenditure efficiency has drawn the attention of both policymakers and
researchers globally. The paper attempts to measure the efficiency of government …

Human development is a good indicator to measure the progress of a nation. Welfare of a
nation measured not only from the gross domestic product, but also from the human …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, all regions in Indonesia have had negative economic
growth. It also increased the poverty rate in the country. The government must allocate pro …

In this article, we evaluate the efficiency of the 10 different regions of Ghana using slack-
based data envelopment analysis, a nonparametric linear programming technique …

Purpose This study investigates the performance of Indian states based on infrastructural
investment in social and economic sectors using data envelopment analysis (DEA). Most of …

The topic of public expenditure efficiency has gained a key position in the spheres of public
policy goals. This article tries estimating the efficiency of public spending on health and …