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This background paper aims to inform discussions on the establishment of a system to monitor the implementation of the governance goals and strategies as articulated in Malawi’s national development plan: the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS).

Governance is one of the themes addressed by the plan and is recognised as the enabler for the successful implementation of all other themes. The paper mainly focuses on the indicators and data collection considerations suggested for monitoring the governance goals and strategies envisaged in MGDS.

The paper is divided into three parts:

• Part I sets out come general considerations for selecting indicators
• Part II provides an analysis of the MGDS governance indicators. The paper does not critique each indicator comprehensively. It only provides initial observations on the strength or weakness of selected indicators under the different sub-themes
• Part III provides an overview of selected governance indicator systems in use in Malawi with special attention to the Africa Peer Review Mechanism governance indicators; the Joint Performance Assessment Framework agreed by the Government of Malawi and donors belonging to the budget support group; and the Millennium Challenge Account indicators. The purpose of this section is to assist in the harmonisation of governance indicators drawn from different frameworks.

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