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    Whether Regional Disparity Affect the Efficiency of Universities in Sri Lanka?
    (2015) Dharmathilaka, K.K.K.; Jayamaha, A.
    In Sri Lanka annually millions of funds allocate from the Government budget to the universities in Sri Lanka to ensure quality higher education system. There are 15 universities were established and functioned under the apex body of University Grants Commission (UGC). The general concern that university’s prestige depends on their teaching and research activates rather than the other facilities. However, in Sri Lanka there is an ongoing debate that efficiency of some universities are affected by regional disparity, location or size. In this study we focus on measuring efficiency of all state universities in Sri Lanka using Data Envelpment Analysis (DEA). Further analysis focused on the degree of efficiency by regional disparity or the size of the university.
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    Productivity and Efficiency Measurement Models: Identifying the Efficacy of Techniques for Financial Institutions in Developing Countries
    (2011) Jayamaha, A.; Mula, J.M.
    The concepts of productivity and efficiency have received a great deal of attention in many countries and organisations and by individuals in recent years. In any country, the growth of productivity and efficiency affects national income and inflation. In recent years, small financial institutions (SFIs) have become the most favoured option for poverty alleviation in developing countries. The efficiency of these institutions is highlighted in all aspect of stakeholders? of these institutions recently, due to the collapse of several financial institutions. Many different approaches have been applied by many researchers to the measurement of productivity and efficiency changes in various types of institutions but there is no consensus of opinion on the best measurement method and many measurement obstacles remain. The aim of this paper is to review the literature dealing with concepts of productivity and efficiency and to review various techniques used in measurement techniques of these constructs directions are given for future research.