Voters focused on local concerns: crime, administrative efficiency, social welfare and the performance of officials in office.

ECONOMIST: Taiwan and the Asian crisis

Less memorable, but equally unpopular, has been the steady drumbeat of post-office closures, disappearing village shops and, more recently, the threat of shutting schools in the name of administrative efficiency.

ECONOMIST: Labour and the countryside

Each agency shall establish a plan for reducing the combined costs associated with the activities covered by sections 3 through 7 of this order, as well as activities included in the Administrative Efficiency Initiative in the Fiscal Year 2012 Budget, by not less than 20 percent below Fiscal Year 2010 levels, in Fiscal Year 2013.

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Some provisions attempt to improve efficiency through administrative reforms, by, for example, requiring insurance companies to create a single standardized form for insurance reimbursement, to alleviate the clerical burden on clinicians.

NEWYORKER: Testing, Testing

These business structure changes also allow us to allocate resources more productively, continue to significantly reduce administrative costs, and improve efficiency.

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Rohack also called for efficiency measures such as electronic record-keeping to reduce administrative costs, as well as protection for doctors from excessive malpractice lawsuits.

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