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This paper tries to examine the relationship between the input use efficiency and economic growth for low income, upper-middle income and high income countries over the period 1991 to 2011 using data envelopment analysis (DEA). Input (labor, capital and energy) use efficiency may be defined as the ratio of input use to gross domestic product. However, this ratio or measurement is not a good indicator...