A Users' Guide to Measuring Local Governance (2009) UNDP Oslo Governance Centre

This is a useful guide from the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre on the evaluation of the many tools to measure Local Government. Specifically the guide covers:

1. Urban Governance Index (UN-HABITAT)

2. Local Governance Barometer (Impact Alliance)
3. Good Governance for Local Development – GOFORGOLD Index (Afghanistan)
4. Local Democracy Assessment Guide (International IDEA)
5. Indicators of Local Democratic Governance (Tocqueville Research Centre & OSI)
6. Methodological Guidelines for Local Governance Analysis (UNDP)
7. Governance Index (Indonesia, Kemitraan - Partnership)
8. Measuring Municipal Performance – MIDAMOS (Paraguay)
9. Observatory of Democracy in Central America: System of Legal and Institutional Governance Indicators for Central America (Centro Estudios para el Futuro)
10. Desde lo Local – Strategic Decentralization for Local Development (Mexico)
11. Council of Europe’s Guide to Developing Well-Being & Progress Indicators with Citizens - Application of the Governance Module in Timisoara (Romania)
12. Citizen Report Cards (Public Affairs Centre, India)
13. Social Audit of Local Governance (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
14. Social Audit of Governance and Delivery of Public Services (Pakistan)
15. Local Governance Self-Assessment (Bangladesh)
16. Governance for Local Development Index - GOFORDEV Index (Philippines)
17. Assessments Informing Performance Based Grant Systems (UNCDF)
18. Local Governance Performance Management System (Philippines)
19. Index of Responsibility, Transparency and Accountability (Macedonia)
20. Standards of Municipal Transparency (Chile)
21. Local Integrity Initiative (Global Integrity)
22. Methodology for the Assessment of Capacity of Municipalities in Turkey and the Western Balkans to Deliver Basic Services (UNDP)