A Multilevel Approach to Measuring Revenue Collection Efficiency in Local Governments.

Authors

  • Peter Chimwanda 1Department of Mathematics, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Private Bag 7724, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
  • Philimon Nyamugure Department of Operations Research and Statistics, National University of Science and Technology, P. PO Box AC 939, Ascot, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
  • Precious Mdlongwa Department of Operations Research and Statistics, National University of Science and Technology, P. PO Box AC 939, Ascot, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Keywords:

Multilevel, Frontier, Tied data, Efficiency

Abstract

Urban local governments of Zimbabwe are owed billions of dollars by citizens. This inability, by the local authorities, to collect revenue from citizens has resulted in poor service delivery.This research, measures the efficiency levels of urban local governments of Zimbabwe in collecting revenue from given sources using four frontier models. The main objective of the research is to establish the efficiency levels of urban local authorities of Zimbabwe using a proposed multilevel stochastic frontier. Tied data with two levels, the source and the municipality, is collected from a sample of urban local authorities. The data is analysed and the results show that the proposed multilevel model generates efficiency levels that are significantly higher than those of any of the other three models.

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2024-03-20

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Chimwanda, P., Nyamugure, P., & Mdlongwa, P. (2024). A Multilevel Approach to Measuring Revenue Collection Efficiency in Local Governments . Journal of Technological Sciences, 1(2), 33–52. Retrieved from https://journals.cut.ac.zw/index.php/jts/article/view/95

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2023): Zimbabwe Journal of Technological Sciences (JTS)

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