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19. Ensure transparent, accountable and
efficient governance of
towns, cities and metropolitan areas |
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Qualitative data
8: transparency and accountability
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city level |
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At the local government level, are there: |
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1996 |
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2000 |
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a)
regular independent auditing of municipal accounts ? |
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yes |
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yes |
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b)
published contracts and tenders for municipal services ? |
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yes |
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yes |
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c)
sanctions against faults of civil servants ? |
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yes |
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yes |
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d) laws on disclosure of potential conflicts of
interest ? |
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yes |
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yes |
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Has there been any progress in improving
governance ? |
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What measures have been undertaken in this area ? |
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The auctions are published and everybody can take
part. The contracts |
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after that are not published. |
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Measures of improving governance: transparency,
information, co- ordination, |
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self-control in governance. |
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indicator 23: local government revenue and
expenditures |
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city level |
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1993 |
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1998 |
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local government revenue |
$15 900.97 |
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$10 574.28 |
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in $
US (3 years average) |
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local government expenditures |
$15 838.29 |
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$10 427.28 |
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in $ US (3 years average) |
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revenue less expenditures |
$62.68 |
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$147.00 |
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in $ US (3 years average) |
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What do these figures suggest ? |
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What
are the impacts of these trends in terms of delivery of services
at the local level ? |
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The decrease of revenue is a result of closing
bigger industrial enterprises. |
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Decrease in local taxes revenue .Despite this the
delivery of services |
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is improving , because the municipality does not
provide any more services, |
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that are successfully delivered by the private
sector. |
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As an example- garbage collection. |
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