Evaluating the comparative performance of countries of the Middle East and North Africa: A DEA application

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 156-167

  Ramanathan, Ramakrishnan ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Countries of the Middle East and North Africa; Data envelopment analysis; Economic and social performance; Malmquist productivity index

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT THEORY; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 32544457357     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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