A Users' Guide to Measuring Local Governance

Box 1: The use of Local Governance Barometer in two regions of Madagascar
“In 2004, 22 regions were established in Madagascar with the goal of decentralizing public services, administrative
power, and resource management. Reinforcement of governance at the regional level is of the highest priority to the
Malagasy government and the donor community. For this reason, there is an urgent need for tools able to objectively
assess and compare Regional governance performances in order to determine the level of capacity building efforts.
The objective of this case study is to measure the quality of governance at the level of two regions, while
simultaneously identifying capacity reinforcement needs to improve regional governance.”
LGI main criterias A and B Regions in 2005
Region A in 2004: Accountability Criterias
0.700
0.600
0.500
0.400
0.300
0.200
0.100
0.000
-0.100
-0.200
0.200
0.100
0.000
-0.100
-0.200
-0.300
-0.400
-0.300 -0.500
Effectiveness
Rule of Law
Accountability
Participation
Equity
Region A 2005
Region B 2005
Transparency
Control
Recourse
Source: http://www.impactalliance.org/even.php?ID=11625201&ID2=DOTOPIC
Where to find it
http://www.pact.mg/lgb/
http://www.pact.mg/lgb/lgb/interface/
http://www.impactalliance.org/ev_en.php?ID=12698_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC
http://www.idasa.org.za/index.asp?page=output_details.asp%3FRID%3D931%26OTID%3D4%26PID%3D50
Contact details
LGB Core Development Team:
Paul van Hoof, IDASA (South Africa) – pvanhoof@idasa.org.za
Benjy Mautjane, IDASA (South Africa) – bmautjane@idasa.org.za
64 UNDP Oslo Governance Centre