Morogoro — The Tanzanian government has committed itself, as part of its fight against poverty, to undertake a major reform in the public sector.A major component of this is to fast track the reform of in the local government system which is increasingly recognised as a critical factor in achieving development.
One of the tools that used to measure and assess governance performance is the use of local governance barometer (LGB).This is a methodology that is designed to gauge citizen perception of government effectiveness over time. Applied at the local level, it involves extensive discussions with government and citizenry around what constitutes good governance and an actual ranking of those elements to develop a governance "score."
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