A

Gearing

money

received finances the marginal

expenditure of their own choice.

the

extent

to

which

Government

expenditure is

on

enhanced by expenditure

S

projects coming from elsewhere,

The

eg from private sector funds.

total project expenditure is sometimes

referred to as associated expenditure.

A balance sometimes has to be struck

between achieving high gearing and

high additionality because the smaller

the proportion of associated expenditure

financed by Government, the less likely

the potential recipients will change

their activities.

Indicator (of output or performance)

A

when

output

or

used measure proxy

performance is not directly measurable.

For example, the number of complaints

received is an indicator of quality

of service, but does not represent

the

whole

picture.

Examples

of

of

programme effectiveness

indicators

are: notification and hospital admission

rates

for

infectious

diseases

(immunisation

numbers programme),

off

the

count

unemployment registered

(employment schemes), VAT under-

declarations discovered.

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