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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Box 8: Report extract – The Social Audit of governance and public service delivery in Pakistan<br />
The following extract is taken from the report titled “Social audit of governance and delivery of public services” which<br />
shows the results – at the national level – for the social audit which <strong>to</strong>ok place in Pakistan in 2004-05.These results deal<br />
with the issue of “contacts with union council members” within the theme related <strong>to</strong> the “Opinions and use of local<br />
government”.<br />
“In 2002, we found a striking difference between male and female household respondents in reporting whether<br />
someone in the household had contacted a member of the union council.This was still present in 2004 (Figure 2) when<br />
24.6% of male respondents and 12.5% of female respondents reported a household contact with a union council<br />
member in the last 12 months. The actual level of household contacts with union councillors is probably close <strong>to</strong> that<br />
reported by male household respondents; the under-reporting by women reflects their lack of involvement in<br />
interactions between the household and the local councillors.”<br />
Figure 3<br />
Percent households with contact with a union councillor in last 12 months (male respondents)<br />
Sindh<br />
25.1<br />
23<br />
B’stan<br />
NWFP<br />
23.7<br />
23<br />
23.2<br />
31.8<br />
2004<br />
2002<br />
Punjab<br />
24.3<br />
21.1<br />
Pakistan<br />
25.2<br />
21.7<br />
0 10 20 30 40<br />
Figure 2 Percent male and female respondents reporting households contact with a union councillor (2004)<br />
Sindh<br />
11.8<br />
25.1<br />
B’stan<br />
NWFP<br />
11.2<br />
11.9<br />
23<br />
31.8<br />
Women<br />
Men<br />
Punjab<br />
13<br />
24.3<br />
Pakistan<br />
12.5<br />
24.6<br />
0 10 20 30 40<br />
Source: http://www.ciet.org/en/documents/projects_library_docs/2006224175348.pdf<br />
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