附註:Includes bibliographical references.
1. Efficiency and the Millennium Development Goals: Introduction -- 2. Measuring and Explaining Country Efficiency in Improving Health and Education Indicators -- 3. Measuring and Explaining the Impact of Productive Efficiency on Economic Development -- 4. Reaching Health and Education Targets in Argentina: A Provincial-Level Analysis -- 5. Development Targets and Efficiency in Improving Education and Health Outcomes in Mexico's Southern States.
摘要:"To reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), countries (or states and provinces within countries) have two options: increasing the inputs used to "produce" the outcomes measured by the MDGs, or increasing the efficiency with which inputs are used. This study looks at whether improvements in efficiency could bring gains in outcomes." "Two chapters use world panel data to analyze country level efficiency in improving education, health, and GDP (and thereby poverty) indicators. Two other chapters use province and state level data to analyze within-country efficiency in Argentina and Mexico for improving education and health outcomes. Together, the four chapters suggest that apart from increasing inputs, it is necessary to improve efficiency in order to reach the MDGs. While this conclusion is hardly surprising, the analysis helps to quantify how much progress could be achieved through better efficiency, and to some extent, how efficiency itself could be improved."--Jacket.
