Public Opinion Survey in Afghan Municipalities (Eastern Region)

RAMP UP EAST: PUBLIC OPINION SURVEY
ALL CITIES: ASADADABAD, JALALABAD, MEHTERLAM, PARUN, PANJSHIR, CHARIKAR, MAHMUD RAQI,
GHAZNI, GARDEZ, KHOST, SHARANA, BAMYAN, PULI ALAM AND MAIDAN SHAHR
REGIONAL AFGHAN MUNCIPALITIES PROGRAM FOR URBAN
POPULATIONS – REGIONAL COMMAND EAST (RAMP UP EAST)
By USAID

Summary
Through the Regional Afghan Municipalities Program for Urban Populations (RAMP UP), USAID is supporting 14 municipalities in Eastern Afghanistan to improve local governance, addressing infrastructure, service delivery, leadership and management capacity.

The Regional Afghan Municipalities Program for Urban Populations, Regional Command East (RAMP UP East) started in June 2010 with the purpose of creating effective, responsive, democratic, transparent, accountable, municipal governance in the fourteen provinces that comprise the International Security Assistance Force’s (ISAF’s) Regional Command East. The provincial municipalities are Asadadabad, Jalalabad, Mehtarlam, Parun, Panjshir, Charikar, Mehmod Raqi, Ghazni, Gardiz, Khost, Sharana, Bamyan, Puli Alam and Maidan Shahr.

RAMP UP East is broken into three distinct components, each labeled as a distinct Contract Line
Item Number (CLIN) and tied to a specific goal. These program components are:
• CLIN 1 ~ Capacity Building of the GIRoA officials at the municipal level.
• CLIN 2 ~ Support to the GIRoA to provide responsive, effective, and visible municipal service delivery programs.
• CLIN 3 ~ Support to the GIRoA to improve economic development and revenue generation at the Municipal level

To assess the success of the programs in these municipalities an annual survey of residents of these 14 cities is being conducted to measure the change in citizen perspectives about governance and services. In the first year (2010) it was only possible to conduct interviews in 13 of the cities; no surveys were completed in Parun.

This report outlines the results for all of the cities where the baseline survey was conducted Interviews were completed with 3,226 residents in August and September, 2010.

Full report attached.