Efficiency in Reaching the Millennium Development Goals

To improve the likelihood of reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), or more generally to improve their social indicators, countries (or states and provinces within countries) basically have two options: increasing the inputs used to "produce" the outcomes measured by the MDGs, or increasing the efficiency with which they use their existing inputs. The four papers presented in this study look at whether improvements in efficiency could bring gains in outcomes. The first two papers use world panel data in order to analyze country level efficiency in improving education, health, and GDP indicators (GDP is related to the MDGs because a higher level of income leads to a reduction in poverty). The other two papers use province and state level data to analyze within-country efficiency in Argentina and Mexico for "producing" good education and health outcomes. Together, the four papers suggest that apart from increasing inputs, it will be 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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Jayasuriya, Ruwan, Wodon, Quentin
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2003-06
Subjects:	DEVELOPMENT GOALS, HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, EDUCATION INDICATORS, METHODOLOGY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING, CHILD MORTALITY RATES, QUALITY EDUCATION, POVERTY, POPULATION & DEMOGRAPHY, GENDER ISSUES, BASIC SERVICES, ENROLMENT RATIO, URBANIZATION, METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ADULT ILLITERACY, ADULT LITERACY, ADULT POPULATION, AGED, ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, ALTERNATIVE STRATEGY, BASKET OF GOODS, BENCHMARKS, BEST PRACTICE, BORROWING, BOUNDARIES, BULLETIN, CENTRAL AMERICA, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD MORTALITY RATE, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, DECISION MAKING, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, DISABILITY, DISCUSSION, DISEASES, DISSEMINATION, DIVISION OF LABOR, DOCUMENTS, ECONOMETRICS, ECONOMIC FREEDOM, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMICS, ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION, ECONOMICS RESEARCH, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EMPLOYMENT, EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, EXOGENOUS VARIABLES, EXPECTED VALUE, EXTREME POVERTY, FINANCIAL MARKETS, GDP, GDP PER CAPITA, GENDER DISPARITIES, GENDER EQUALITY, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROWTH RATE, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CENTERS, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH TARGETS, HOSPITAL, HUMAN CAPITAL, ILLITERACY, ILLITERACY RATE, INCOME, INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS, INDUSTRIALIZATION, INEFFICIENCY, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, INFLATION, INFLATION RATE, INNOVATION, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INVENTION, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LATIN AMERICAN, LEADING, LEARNING, LEGAL STATUS, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LOCAL CAPACITY, MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS, MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, MACROECONOMIC POLICY, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, MALARIA, MATERNAL MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO, MATHEMATICS, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION, MEASLES, MIDDLE EAST, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MORTALITY, NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, NATIONAL LEVEL, NEWBORN, NORTH AFRICA, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUMBER OF WORKERS, OUTPUTS, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY RESEARCH, POOR INDIVIDUALS, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, PRICE CONTROLS, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, PRIVATE DECISION MAKING, PRODUCTION FUNCTION, PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS, PRODUCTION INPUTS, PRODUCTION PROCESS, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRESS, PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY, PURCHASING POWER, PURCHASING POWER PARITY, RATES OF URBANIZATION, RATIO OF WOMEN, REAL GDP, REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, RESEARCH CENTERS, RESPECT, RETURNS TO SCALE, RULE OF LAW, RURAL AREAS, SAFE DRINKING WATER, SCHOOL AGE, SCHOOL ENROLMENT, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY ENROLMENT, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE PROVISION, SKILLED HEALTH PERSONNEL, SOCIAL SCIENCE, SOCIAL SECTOR, SOCIAL SECTORS, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, SUSTAINABLE ACCESS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TRANSITION ECONOMIES, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, URBAN AREAS, URBAN POPULATION, WESTERN EUROPE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/06/9866973/efficiency-reaching-millennium-development-goals http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13884
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