The Local Governance Performance Index (LGPI) Household Survey 2016: Malawi

Two villages or neighborhoods, sitting side-by-side, may differ dramatically in the extent to which people participate in decision-making, contribute to public goods, and enjoy adequate education, health care, or other services. Similarly, men and women, young or old, or people of different ethnic groups may experience better or worse governance and development outcomes. Such inequalities in governance and service provision raise important questions. This dataset provides information clustered at the local level on individuals’ perceptions and experiences of/with non-state and state actors and institutions across sectors such as health, education, security, and administrative services. By assessing governance and service delivery at the local level, the LGPI can be used to provide a better understanding of local governance and insights to help government officials, political parties, civil society actors, the public, and the international development community design better programs and policies. The name Local Governance Performance Index was changed to Local Governance Process Indicators in 2022 to better reflect the topic and use of the data. The two names are therefore equivalent to each other.