A Non-convex Global Malmquist Index to Compare the Performance of Water Services Among Brazilian Macro-regions

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2022-03-01

Authors

Ana Maria Cunha Ribeiro dos Santos Ponces Camanho (Author) FEUP; Marco Tourinho (Author) Other; Flávia Barbosa (Author) FEUP; Paulo Rosa Santos (Author) FEUP; Francisco Taveira Pinto (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

Pages: 219-230

International Conference on Information Technology and Systems, ICITS 2022

9 February 2022 through 11 February 2022

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Authenticus ID: P-00W-8QG

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-96293-7_61

Abstract (EN): This paper proposes an innovative framework based on optimisation techniques that can support decision-making in water services. The proposed models estimate a Best-Practice frontier recurring to a `Benefit-of-the-Doubt¿ formulation that enables benchmarking performance across decision-making units. We propose an innovative estimation of a pseudo-Malmquist index to compare the performance of groups. The framework¿s relevance is illustrated using data of the Brazilian water and sanitation regulator, collected at the municipality level for the year 2019. The groups compared correspond to three Brazilian macro-regions. The results obtained show that the Southeast exhibits the best overall performance. The Northeast has a few municipalities with the best practices at a national level, but this macro-region has significant heterogeneity in performance levels. The South has a more homogeneous performance, but the best-performing municipalities in this macro-region are still far from Brazil¿s best practices. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 12