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New development: The challenges of designing municipal governance indicators

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  • Nuno Ferreira da Cruz
  • Rui Cunha Marques

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Quantitative governance indicators are being increasingly used to investigate the quality of governance and to ‘measure what matters’ in local government. This article addresses the challenges of developing appropriate and accurate indicators and presents a model for assessing governance systematically.

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  • Nuno Ferreira da Cruz & Rui Cunha Marques, 2013. "New development: The challenges of designing municipal governance indicators," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(3), pages 209-212, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:33:y:2013:i:3:p:209-212
    DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785706
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    1. Kaufmann, Daniel & Kraay, Aart & Mastruzzi, Massimo, 2010. "The worldwide governance indicators : methodology and analytical issues," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5430, The World Bank.
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