A Users' Guide to Measuring Local Governance
A Users' Guide to Measuring Local Governance
A Users' Guide to Measuring Local Governance
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Timeline<br />
Initiated in 2006. Conducted in the 20 municipalities<br />
in BiH in 2007. Ongoing.<br />
Gender focus<br />
In the section on “local governance”,the questionnaire<br />
includes two questions about the degree of<br />
gender equity:“Do you think that women and men<br />
have equal access and influence <strong>to</strong> the decisions<br />
taken by local authorities?” and “To what extent<br />
do women have sufficient positions/seats <strong>to</strong><br />
represent themselves in the local government?”<br />
Poverty focus<br />
Not explicit.<br />
Strengths<br />
• The Social Audit of <strong>Local</strong> <strong>Governance</strong> is<br />
developing baseline indica<strong>to</strong>rs against which<br />
improvements can be measured and capacity<br />
gaps identified. It is the first assessment<br />
undertaken at municipal level in postwar<br />
Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the<br />
purpose <strong>to</strong> be applied in the whole country.<br />
• It allows cross-sec<strong>to</strong>ral and cross-municipality<br />
comparisons.<br />
Weaknesses<br />
• The questionnaire does not include questions<br />
which specifically address Bosnia’s post-war<br />
context, such as access of different communities<br />
<strong>to</strong> public services and decision-making<br />
processes.<br />
• There is little emphasis on disaggregation of<br />
data and results <strong>to</strong> allow for comparison<br />
between various sections of the community<br />
(for example women and men, poor and<br />
non-poor, and the different ethnic communities<br />
including Bosniaks, Serbs, Croats and others).<br />
Where <strong>to</strong> find it<br />
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSOCACCDEMSIDEGOV/Resources/Prism_SocialAuditinBiH_SurveyQuestionnaire_final.pdf<br />
Contact details<br />
Task Manager: Mary L. McNeil,<br />
Email: Mmcneil@worldbank.org<br />
Task Administra<strong>to</strong>r: Damon C. Luciano, Email: dluciano@worldbank.org<br />
Supplementary <strong>to</strong>ols/guidelines<br />
Information about the dissemination workshop:<br />
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/WBI/EXTSOCACCDEMSIDEGOV/0,,contentMDK:21241045~pagePK:64168445~<br />
piPK:64168309~theSitePK:2872075,00.html<br />
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/WBI/WBIPROGRAMS/CMUDLP/0,,contentMDK:21124070~pagePK:64156158~p<br />
iPK:64152884~theSitePK:461754,00.html<br />
Social accountability capacity building programme on BIH:<br />
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/WBI/EXTSOCACCDEMSIDEGOV/0,,contentMDK:21339390~pagePK:64168445~<br />
piPK:64168309~theSitePK:2872075,00.html<br />
Qualitative research for the development of quantitative survey instruments:<br />
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSOCACCDEMSIDEGOV/Resources/Prism_SocialAudi<strong>to</strong>fLGinBiH_QualitativeReport.pdf<br />
110 UNDP Oslo <strong>Governance</strong> Centre