By David HirschmannThis article presents a case study of performance measurement in the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) democracy and governance program. Its purpose is to illustrate the juxtaposition between the high standards of causal logic and accuracy required of performance measurement, and the untidiness involved in the ‘politics of democratization’. 

The Transport Minister John Spellar has announced that a new national independent police authority is to be set up for the British Transport Police.The Minister also intends to put the force’s jurisdiction on the railways on a statutory basis.
The aim of the change is to improve the BTP’s public accountability and ensure officers can pursue their duties more efficiently and effectively.
The Force has 2000 officers and is wholely funded by the railways industry. 

The Government has outlined its plans to revolutionise the relationship between itself and the voluntary and community sector.It wants to move away from the voluntary sector being seen as the ‘poor relation’, by offering a new relationship and new money.