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Using indicators: monitoring progress on governance outcomes A LAC/MIC perspective. Empirics of Governance May 2, 2008 Nick Manning Sector Manager Public Sector and Governance. Broad governance outcome measures (WGI) used a lot in LAC. Limitations well known - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Empirics of GovernanceMay 2, 2008
Nick ManningSector Manager
Public Sector and Governance
Using indicators: monitoring progress on governance outcomes
A LAC/MIC perspective
• Limitations well known• Silent on structures/arrangements• Broad/uncertain definition• Apparent precision
• Modest risk evident in how they are used• Annexes to CPS’s• Nuances removed
• But they certainly tell us something• Analysis of WGI for Central America• Conceptual confusion maybe overplayed
Broad governance outcome measures (WGI) used a lot in LAC
Need to take extra care in the MICs
Catalyst to dissatisfied public or source of political resentment that closes down debate?
LAC reaction to WGI has occasionally been strong
We tend to use them to flatter the good performers
Naming/shaming reserved for the LICs Taking care means
Ignore minor differences Use to support, not prove, an argument Position as a contribution to a debate Accompany with disaggregated indicators
(PEFA, OECD DAC, Doing Business) for policy recommendations
The move towards disaggregated indicators has risks
For MICs, the challenge is how, not whether, to disaggregate
Normative assumptions must be treated with great care – MICs want comparative patterns
The conceptual problems might not be any less PEFA highlights the benefits and risks
Great job in building consensus But emphasis on publication creates problems EC use of PEFA for conditionality is problematic Result in LAC is rather unbalanced use of PEFA OECD DAC procurement indicators less of a public
issue Disaggregating public administration indicators is going to
be very tough
Implicit assumptions about what is “dialogue-enhancing”
Public presentation
WGI PEFA when published Doing Business/Enterprise Surveys
OECD Government at a Glance
Str
ongl
y no
rmat
ive
OECD DAC Procurement PEFA when not published
OECD Peer Reviews
Less norm
ative/more descriptive
Less public
The direction of indicator work for MICs
Public presentation
Str
ongl
y no
rmat
ive
Less norm
ative/more descriptive
Less public
T
empt
atio
n
Need
Don’t forget gaming
Another reason for being wary of strongly normative indicators
Experience of performance-management regimes in OECD countries is very instructive
When a lot rests on the outcome, there will be gaming
Recent requests concerning MCC show some exploration of this
In sum Use governance outcome data with care
anywhere Using indicators in the dialogue in the MICs is
seemingly different than the LICs: LICs – can be normative and public, maybe
ranking works MICs – we don’t have the leverage or conceptual
basis for naming/shaming PEFA, OECD DAC Procurement indicators
give us the clue about which way to go (move east, not north)
Use those lessons for the next generation of disaggregated indicators (public administration etc.)
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