A guide to the governance assessment tool for districts

In this effort, DTW has designed an instrument to assess the current state of local governance in Pakistan. This guidebook is intended to explain the concept and set up of the tool and discuss its pilot and future application. It begins with a summary discussion of governance concepts and a review of recent initiatives aimed at measuring local governance. These various initiatives can be divided into two broad categories of assessment methodologies: numerical indexes that rank local governments on "governance performance" across the entire universe of local governments in a particular country; and standardized diagnostic tools for use in supporting change management strategies within individual local governments. It then discusses the DTW-devised indicator led governance assessment tool that seeks to straddle both of these categories. (Author abstract, modified)