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Measuring Local Government Service Delivery Performance: Challenges and (PARTIAL) Solutions in Indonesia

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  • Blane D. Lewis
  • Neil McCulloch
  • Audrey Sacks

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Indonesia, like many developing countries around the world, is increasingly turning to the use of a range of intergovernmental incentives to encourage improved local government performance in the delivery of services. Central government has access to a number of plausible indicators with which to measure local performance and operationalise incentive‐based programmes. However, there are major reliability and validity concerns related to even the best among the available indicators, and these create significant challenges for their intended uses. Technical approaches can partially overcome measurement problems, but more and better data will eventually have to be collected. Furthermore, government will have to take significant care in its choice and employment of methods to assess performance in a competent and transparent manner. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Blane D. Lewis & Neil McCulloch & Audrey Sacks, 2016. "Measuring Local Government Service Delivery Performance: Challenges and (PARTIAL) Solutions in Indonesia," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(5), pages 808-817, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:28:y:2016:i:5:p:808-817
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    1. Berenschot, Ward & Mulder, Peter, 2019. "Explaining regional variation in local governance: Clientelism and state-dependency in Indonesia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 233-244.
    2. Pierskalla, Jan H. & Sacks, Audrey, 2017. "Unpacking the Effect of Decentralized Governance on Routine Violence: Lessons from Indonesia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 90(C), pages 213-228.
    3. Blane D. Lewis & Adrianus Hendrawan, 2018. "The impact of mayor-council coalitions on local government spending, service delivery, and corruption in Indonesia," Departmental Working Papers 2018-19, The Australian National University, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics.
    4. Lewis, Blane D. & Hendrawan, Adrianus, 2019. "The impact of majority coalitions on local government spending, service delivery, and corruption in Indonesia," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 178-191.

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