Factors Determining the Institutional Efficiency of Self-Governments in the Economic and Spatial Area

Abstract

The work attempts to assess measures developing institutional efficiency in the economic and spatial area implemented by the local self-governments in Poland, as well as the evaluation of the effects thereof. Two indexes were used (the tasks implementation index — Wr and the effects index — We). The analyses conducted imply that the effects indexes assumed higher values than the implementation indexes. In the self-evaluation of self-government authorities, irrespective of the number of undertaken measures, the ones that are implemented bring the assumed effects. From among the measures undertaken by local self-governments in order to support starting up and conducting economic activity in their territory, the favorable disposition of officials and the improvement in general technical infrastructure of an urban municipality were indicated most frequently. In the area of space management, the tasks related with increasing municipalities’ aesthetics were distinguished (on average in Poland — 76,31%).