Paraphrased, Condensed, and Localized from “Public Governance Indicators†as published by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
The City County Observer believes that being an advocate for good public policy includes being an informed, active participant in the development of public policies that affect our businesses, our citizens, and the community in which we operate. Good public policy begins with diverse stakeholders participating in open and transparent proceedings to carefully examine issues and offer different perspectives that promote effective solutions.
Indicators of Good Local Government: EFFICIENCY, TRANSPARENCY, and PARTICIPATION
The review of governance indicators shows that governments have many objectives. Governance indicators serve to inform the different stakeholders, including the public, on the state of public finances and governmental performance; they can assist the public in making informed choices, understanding the impact of their collective actions on public finances; and perhaps most importantly to enable the public to judge the performance of local government and their dependent alter-ego types of organizations. This process will ultimately lead society to evaluate and possibly redefine the tasks that are to be accomplished by the public sector and its specific institutions, which in turn would enhance democracy.
Any effort to monitor governance is limited by resource constraints, as well as the need to be realistic in terms of what data can be systematically collected and compared on a comparative basis. If it is desirable to collect data on a systematic basis on a comparative level, the following three inter-related dimensions of governance would seem to stand out.
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