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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Summary matrix: Main features of <strong>to</strong>ols profiled in the Source <strong>Guide</strong> (continued)<br />
Tool<br />
Cost-benefit<br />
analysis<br />
Purpose<br />
Information<br />
sources<br />
Lead ac<strong>to</strong>r(s)<br />
applying the <strong>to</strong>ol<br />
Explicit poverty<br />
measures<br />
Explicit gender<br />
measures<br />
Remarks<br />
Approaches based on multiple stakeholder perspectives (continued)<br />
9<br />
OBSERVATORY OF<br />
DEMOCRACY IN<br />
CENTRAL AMERICA<br />
(Centro de<br />
Estudios para el<br />
Futuro)<br />
Longer, costlier and<br />
more detailed/<br />
reliable findings<br />
Diagnostic Objective sources Both: Assessment<br />
facilitated by a<br />
national research<br />
institution, in<br />
collaboration with a<br />
national steering<br />
committee<br />
composed of key<br />
government<br />
representatives<br />
No No • Unique in its<br />
three-pronged<br />
assessment focus on<br />
substantive rights<br />
(existence of proper<br />
legal provision),<br />
procedural rights<br />
(existence of<br />
effective<br />
mechanisms <strong>to</strong><br />
implement these<br />
rights) and systemic<br />
rights (interactions<br />
between legal<br />
provisions and other<br />
systemic fac<strong>to</strong>rs<br />
such as public<br />
budgets, proper<br />
institutions and<br />
public officials)<br />
10<br />
DESDE Lo<br />
<strong>Local</strong> – Strategic<br />
Decentralization<br />
for <strong>Local</strong><br />
Development<br />
(Mexico)<br />
Longer, costlier and<br />
more detailed/<br />
reliable findings<br />
Diagnostic Objective sources Mainly internal<br />
municipal staff<br />
(self-assessment),<br />
plus a neutral body<br />
<strong>to</strong> verify the results<br />
Both disaggregated<br />
and specific <strong>to</strong> the<br />
poor<br />
Both disaggregated<br />
and gender specific<br />
Strength:<br />
• The three-color<br />
code for presenting<br />
results focuses<br />
attention on weaker<br />
areas within a<br />
municipality, and<br />
downplays<br />
inter-municipality<br />
comparisons<br />
Weakness:<br />
• Relies exclusively<br />
on objective data<br />
assessing the<br />
existence of<br />
mechanisms for<br />
local governance,<br />
but fails <strong>to</strong> assess<br />
the quality of these<br />
mechanisms<br />
11<br />
COUNCIL OF<br />
EUROPES’S GUIDE<br />
FOR DEVELOPING<br />
WELL BEING /<br />
PROGRESS<br />
INDICATORS WITH<br />
CITIZENS –<br />
APPLICATION OF<br />
THE GOVERNANCE<br />
MODULE IN<br />
TIMISOARA<br />
(Romania)<br />
Longer, costlier and<br />
more detailed/<br />
reliable findings<br />
Mainly CD <strong>to</strong><br />
facilitate<br />
engagement of<br />
citizens in<br />
governance<br />
processes<br />
Both subjective and<br />
objective sources<br />
External:<br />
multi-stakeholder<br />
consultations (with<br />
different groups of<br />
citizens) facilitated<br />
by independent<br />
researchers<br />
Both disaggregated<br />
and specific <strong>to</strong> the<br />
poor<br />
Both disaggregated<br />
and gender specific<br />
• Addresses more<br />
social cohesion and<br />
“well-being” than<br />
underlying<br />
governance issues<br />
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