A Users' Guide to Measuring Local Governance

Table 10:
Distribution of indicators according to the different areas and functions
AREAS FUNCTIONS NUMBER OF INDICATORS
Government Regulatory framework 9
Budget allocation 14
Coordination of development 10
Bureaucracy
Revenue collection 6
Public services 8
Regulating the economy 6
Economic society Government tender and project implementation 9
Civil society Advocacy 13
Total 75
Table 11:
Example of one indicator for each one of the 6 principles, with reference to the area and
function it aims to assess
PRINCIPLE INDICATOR AREA FUNCTION
Participation
Level of the community’s
monitoring of the
implementation of government
project tenders
Civil Society
Advocacy
Fairness
Level of discrimination in terms
of coordination by the governor
with the district/cities
Government
Coordination of development
Accountability
Compliance of companies to
manpower regulations in the
implementation of government
projects, i.e. labour wage meets
the minimum wage standard
Economic Society
Government tender and project
implementation
Transparency
The publication of Local
Regulations and Governor
Regulations can be accessed
completely through the web
Government
Regulatory framework
Efficiency
Completion of government
project within agreed timelines
Economic Society
Government tender and project
implementation
Effectiveness
Presence / absence of
agreements emerging from the
coordination meetings between
the provincial governor and
district heads
Government
Coordination of development
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