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Improving efficiency in the application of irrigation water, due to its scarcity, is a matter of concern to all decision-makers in the country, since it is not possible to continue managing the precious liquid with current guidelines. Studying the efficiency of irrigation in Cuban agriculture as a combination of resources will allow us to know where the application of water will be of greater benefit, always in combination with other resources used in the production process. In this context, the use of non-parametric techniques such as data envelopment analysis is convenient, given its flexibility and ability to handle the productive characteristics of entities. The analysis of irrigation by means of DEA, will allow to evaluate where the management of the water is carried out in a more efficient way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Covid-19 pandemic caused an unusual population mortality rate. This paper aims to determine a causal relationship and its incidence between the Technical Efficiency (TE) of health systems and the Covid-19 mortality rate. Using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methodology and the OLS, GLS and 2SLS adjustment methods, in 108 countries grouped according to per capita health expenditure, it was found that a 1% increase in the TE of the health systems of the analyzed countries reduces the number of deaths from Covid-19 by between 61 and 127 per hundred thousand inhabitants, concluding that the efficiency of expenditure was transcendental in the prevention of mortality caused by the pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The expenditure that countries make on health systems is related to public health indicators, which include child survival rates and life expectancy, so this relationship can be considered a measure of the efficiency of the health system for each country. This article develops a retrospective descriptive research on health systems. The sample is made up of 19 Latin American countries, and for each country the efficiency of health expenditure was evaluated by means of an enveloping analysis of data oriented towards outputs with delimited variables. The variables used are: public expenditure on health, private expenditure on health, life expectancy and survival rate (neonatal, under 5 years). This information was taken from the World Health Organization and World Bank data repositories. The results of the research indicate that total expenditure on health presents an average annual growth rate of 5.5% and mortality rates (at 5 years and neonatal) were reduced by 41% and 33% respectively. The efficiency of health spending ranged from 90% to 100%. The group formed by Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Jamaica and Nicaragua are the benchmarks in health spending, with respect to child survival rates and life expectancy according to the results of efficiency during the study period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The objective of this research is to calculate the level of efficiency and productivity of the main seaports in North America in 2010-2018. The methodology used in the first stage is Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in which the technical efficiency is calculated, later in a second stage the change in productivity is obtained by instrumenting the Malmquist Index, which is disaggregated into two factors: "change technical" (Frontier-Shift) and the "efficiency change" (Catch-Up). The results show that on average it was the port of Los Angeles that had the highest growth in productivity, however, the values obtained in general indicate the lack of port policies for the terminals to better optimize their resources and encourage port development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The expenditure that countries make on health systems is related to public health indicators, which include child survival rates and life expectancy, so this relationship can be considered a measure of the efficiency of the health system for each country. This article develops a retrospective descriptive research on health systems. The sample is made up of 19 Latin American countries, and for each country the efficiency of health expenditure was evaluated by means of an enveloping analysis of data oriented towards outputs with delimited variables. The variables used are: public expenditure on health, private expenditure on health, life expectancy and survival rate (neonatal, under 5 years). This information was taken from the World Health Organization and World Bank data repositories. The results of the research indicate that total expenditure on health presents an average annual growth rate of 5.5% and mortality rates (at 5 years and neonatal) were reduced by 41% and 33% respectively. The efficiency of health spending ranged from 90% to 100%. The group formed by Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Jamaica and Nicaragua are the benchmarks in health spending, with respect to child survival rates and life expectancy according to the results of efficiency during the study period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The situation of violence in Mexico shows an alarming trend as the number of committed crimes increased by 10.9% in 2021 compared to 2020. In fact, 75.6% of the Mexican population perceives the insecurity. Due to the above, it is necessary to strengthen public security to combat this trend. However, the resources allocated to the public security in Mexico are limited. Although there are studies that investigate what causes the violence in Mexico, so far there is no study that measures the efficiency of combating the violence related to budgetary, human, and material resources of the public security. This article investigates the efficiency of combating the property violence in 206 municipalities in the Northwest region of Mexico through the Data Envelopment Analysis. The results show a low efficiency (56.67%) with significant differences between the states in the region. Baja California is the state with the lowest efficiency (17.61%), whereas the highest efficiency is found in Durango (67.25%). For the last, the need to carefully plan changes in the police force and the public security infrastructure was noted to improve the efficiency and the level of security. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The expenditure that countries make on health systems is related to public health indicators, which include child survival rates and life expectancy, so this relationship can be considered a measure of the efficiency of the health system for each country. This article develops a retrospective descriptive research on health systems. The sample is made up of 19 Latin American countries, and for each country the efficiency of health expenditure was evaluated by means of an enveloping analysis of data oriented towards outputs with delimited variables. The variables used are: public expenditure on health, private expenditure on health, life expectancy and survival rate (neonatal, under 5 years). This information was taken from the World Health Organization and World Bank data repositories. The results of the research indicate that total expenditure on health presents an average annual growth rate of 5.5% and mortality rates (at 5 years and neonatal) were reduced by 41% and 33% respectively. The efficiency of health spending ranged from 90% to 100%. The group formed by Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Jamaica and Nicaragua are the benchmarks in health spending, with respect to child survival rates and life expectancy according to the results of efficiency during the study period. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lately, questionings have emerged on how public resources are managed. This work calculates the technical efficiency of municipalities in Chile, with special emphasis on the political factors that drive efficiency in the management of local resources. In particular, focus is placed on the relationship between political ideology of the local government and central government. To do this, we use a panel data of Chilean municipalities for the years 2010-2016. The methodology follows two stages. First, we estimate efficiency scores by the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach. Second, a Fractional Probit model is estimated to explain these scores. The main results show that, on average, municipalities produce 49% achieve 49% less of output than the optimal. Higher levels of efficiency are obtained in larger, urban communes and with greater participation in the Municipal Common Fund. Efficiency increases when the mayor presents himself for a re-election and is reduced in the periods in which a left coalition governs. The later effect is reduced to the extent that the majority of the municipal council share the same ideology of the national government, suggesting an effect of the relationship between the central and local government on efficiency levels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research examines the technical, purely technical, global, scale and mix efficiencies of the EPSs that are part of the Contributory scheme in Colombia during 2011. Nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method was used, specifically the models CCR-O, BCC-O, SBM, -O-C which are focused on outputs to assess the efficiency of the sector, as a source of information the Superintendency of Health was used. From the 17 companies studied, 12 of these proved to be globally efficient, these were: Alianza salud, Comfenalco Valle, Compensar, S.O.S, E.P.M, Comfenalco Antioquia, Sura, Famisanar, Fondo Pasivo Ferrocarriles, Golden Group, Nueva EPS y Colpatria. The SBM-O-C, CCR-O, BCC-O averages efficiencies of the industry were 88.98%, 90.91%, 93.07%, respectively. Thus, it can be concluded that the sector presents a good performance on its efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 041 irrigation district, Yaqui River, in Northwestern Mexico, was affected by a severe drought in the 2002-2003 irrigation season and only 29% of the total area was irrigated due to the limited water resources available. In this work, the water management in the irrigation district was evaluated taking into account the efficiency in the irrigation water use of all the irrigation modules using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) techniques. The aim of the research was to identify the efficient management of irrigation and to know where to channel appropriate adjustments in the next agricultural years in the studied region, through its deviations regarding with the most efficient irrigation modules. Agronomic and hydraulic comparisons were included in the Frontier Analyst Professional Software; in order to define the border of possibilities that allow to increase or even the most efficient (100%). The results determined that the most homogeneous in efficiency was the 2012-2013 agricultural cycle, ranging its rank from 86.72% to 100%, indicating that the border of possibilities is immediate for the most irrigation modules. The agricultural cycle 2010-2011 was more heterogeneous in efficiency since the ranges fluctuate from 62.21% to 100%, which makes it more complex to reach the border of possibilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper shows the results of a research study whose purpose is to evaluate the technical efficiency of institutions of higher education in Colombia during the years 2011-2013 by applying the data envelopment analysis and data mining techniques. With data envelopment analysis, it is determined the technical efficiency and data mining allows to discover hidden information. The result of the combination of these techniques allows to establish prediction rules based on a group of management indicators that can be used by the designers of educational policies to determine the reasons for inefficiency of institutions of higher education. The information provided by the Ministry of National Education was used as a source for the data. It was observed that seven of the 32 institutions considered had an efficiency of 100% during the period of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Assessing the efficiency of commercial negotiators from the determination of the elements that characterize their profiles is a useful tool for elaborating actions plans that contribute to the improvement of the Cuban enterprises' negotiating activity. A procedure for determining technical efficiency of commercial negotiators in Cuban enterprises is presented in this paper, by the use of a nonparametric technique of data enveloping analysis (DEA). The use of this procedure in Cuban enterprises linked to foreign commerce activity allowed determining technical efficiency indexes of commercial negotiators from these entities as well as identifying elements that determine this efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current economic climate, with high unemployment and dwindling public resources to fund active employment policies (ALP' s) require more thoroughly justified in terms of fulfillment of objectives, investment in each their programs. In this context, through this work has defined a methodology for evaluating employment programs has subsequently been applied to projects "Escuelas Taller, Talleres de Empleo y Casas de Oficios" (ET / TE / CO) managed in Andalusia during the years 2004-2010. This methodological proposal was developed in two stages: first, using data envelopment analysis to calculate efficiency; and secondly, applying the Malmquist index calculation for determining changes in productivity related to two consecutive time periods. To do this, eight defined Decision Making Unit (DMU's) corresponding to each of the Andalusian provinces from the thus determined position in which is located each relative to a border of efficiency and, Thus, we have determined what have managed more efficiently public resources for the financing of public employment policies ET / TE / CO. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research analyzes the decomposition of the total factor productivity (TFP) for the Chilean banking sector. We use two methodologies to accomplish this goal: Stochastic Frontier Approach and Data Envelopment Analysis. The decompositions consider technical efficiency, scope efficiency, and technological progress. The last factor is the most important driven for TPF. We were able to reject the usual hypothesis that public financial institutions are less efficient than the private banking. In addition, potential banks candidates of a takeover tend to be more productive and the evidence not supports the hypothesis that foreign banks are more efficient than domestic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study we analyzed the efficiency of the spending of 1686 Peruvian municipalities for the year 2003 through the evaluation to the municipal public activities as a process of production which transforms inputs in outputs (Bradford et al. 1969 and Fisher 1996). In doing so, we established several «best-practice» production frontiers in order to estimate the extent of municipal spending that seems to be wasted relative to that frontier. Five methodologies for the production frontier estimations were used (i) three non parametric: (i) Free Disposal Hull (FDH) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA-CRS and DEA-VRS) and (ii) two parametric: one deterministic and the other stochastic, which were estimated through ten categories of municipalities (four groups of provincial and six of district municipalities) defined through a cluster methodology. Finally, using TOBIT regression models, we analyzed the fiscal, socioeconomics and demographic determinants of the efficiency levels. We found different levels of efficiency and although we identified some good practices, the result at the national level is matter of concern because the same results could have been obtained with 57.6% less resources. Among the main determinants of this inefficiency spending the FONCOMUN and canon transfers were found, mainly at the district municipal level. One of the factors that allowed for a more efficient provision of local services was the civil participation, represented in the study by the Local Coordination Council. The results of the study show that there is a need to make more efforts to improve the local government spending. Even more so, after the promulgation of the Supreme Decree 068-2006-PCM in October 2006, by virtue of which the culmination of the competences and function transfers process, initially programmed for 2006-2010, brought forward to the end of 2007. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]