01770cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF005326 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451870862 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Hauner, David. Determinants of Government Efficiency / David Hauner, Annette Kyobe. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008. 1 online resource (25 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students We compile the first large cross-country panel dataset of public sector performance and efficiency, encompassing 114 countries on all income levels from 1980 to 2006, with about 1,800 country-year observations for the education sector and about 900 observations for health. We regress these indicators on potential economic, institutional, demographic, and geographic determinants. Our most resounding conclusion is that higher government expenditure relative to GDP tends to be associated with lower efficiency in the respective sector. Moreover, we find that richer countries exhibit better public sector performance and efficiency, and that institutional and demographic factors also play a significant role. Mode of access: Internet Kyobe, Annette. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/228 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2008/228/001.2008.issue-228-en.xml IMF e-Library