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This study set out to examine the perceptions of citizens and experts
regarding local government evaluations, to diagnose the problems with the
evaluations, and to suggest future directions for improvement.
The meta evaluation model was employed to analyze the status quo of local
government evaluations. As a result, the respondents had negative cognitions of
the evaluations from every aspect of meta evaluation including the conditions,
activities and outcomes. The current evaluation system of local governments, in
particular, failed to provide the citizens with necessary information. The
evaluation results did not provide feedback to the improvement of local
governments. It means that the effectiveness of local government evaluations
performed by the central government is very low, and the current evaluation
system should be reviewed.
Given that the mission of local governments are to vitalize the local
community and enhance the life quality of the citizens, local government
evaluations should be based on a model that allows for effective assessment of
the performance of these two strategic goals
