Metodologia pentru evaluarea eficienței în sectorul public este introdusă de către Antonio Afonso, PhD in Economics, Professor (Full) at University of Lisbon, ISEG, Portugal. Printre contribuțiile sale se numără și:

• Afonso, Antonio, Ludger Schuknecht și Vito Tanzi. "Public sector efficiency: an international comparison." Public choice 123.3 (2005): 321-347.

• Afonso, António, Ludger Schuknecht, and Vito Tanzi. "Public sector efficiency: evidence for new EU member states and emerging markets." Applied economics 42.17 (2010): 2147-2164. 

Public Sector Efficiency has become increasingly relevant, notably for policy makers, in a context of constrained fiscal space and public funding sources. In fact, economic agents and voters are increasingly more educated and not only request but also require more accountability on the use of public money. 

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Are ‘public’ services satisfactory considering the level of resources allocated? Could one have better results using the same resources? Could we have the same results with lower public expenses? Can we measure cross-country/cross-sector/ cross-institution efficiency and determine benchmark units? Can we explain this measured level of public inefficiency? What factors might explain the level of public inefficiency? (Antonio Afonso, 2023)

Sunt întrebări la care căutăm și noi răspuns în acest proiect, continuând pe linia contribuțiilor anterioare:

• Masca, Simona-Gabriela. "Efficiency of public expenditure: Review and preliminary results for Romania." International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences 4.8 (2014): 326.