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The Effectiveness of the Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS) in Improving Governance in the Municipality of San Rafael
MA. NINA I. ADRIANO AND DIOSDADO P. ESTIMADA
Journal Title:Asia Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences
Abstract
- The United Nations Development
Program said that one of the reasons why a nation fails
in achieving its millennium development goals is poor
governance. If governance is such an important factor
in the development of a country, then it is important to
understand the factors leading to poor government
performance, measure it, and improve it. This
descriptive study is about the effectiveness of the Local
Governance Performance Management System
(LGPMS), a monitoring and evaluation, in pointing out
weak areas of a local government in order to improve
it. In this study, the author chose the Municipality of
San Rafael in Bulacan as she is a resident of the town.
The study’s focus is on the results of the LGPMS
evaluation in the municipality for the period 2010-2012.
The study revealed that the LGPMS is an effective tool
in pointing out the weak areas of performance of San
Rafael, thereby paving the way for improvement in
delivering better services to the municipality’s
constituents. For the year 2010-2012, the state of local
governance performance of the Municipality of San
Rafael steadily increased. Because of LGPMS’s ability
to point out weak governance areas, San Rafael was
able to focus on that area and implement policies and
programs to improve its services. LGPMS is therefore
an effective performance measurement and
management tool in improving the quality of lives of
San Rafaeleños.
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