Measurement of government efficiency in developing countries using data envelopment analysis (DEA): from the perspective Government Competitiveness

This paper measures Government Competitiveness in developing countries. DEA is used to measure “efficiency” in particular. The paper also examines the relationship between efficiency and Government Competitiveness.

“The Politics of National Development” (Taketsugu Tsurutani, 1973) is reviewed on the following dimensions:
1. The relationship between government capability and political leadership
- Government capability: regulation, extracting, distributing
- Necessities of political leadership: commitment, intelligence and technique, dominance
2. The strategy of compensatory mobilization
- Curative policies
- Palliative policies
3. Compensatory mobilization and national development