Research Reports
Monitoring the Implementation of Rural Services Standard
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AuthorKim, Kwangsun
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Publication Date2012.12.30
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The Rural Services Standard is a set of national service standards prescribed by the Presidential Decree to set the types of public services and their quality levels required for rural residents to lead daily lives. Every year since 2011 when the standard was enforced in earnest, Korea Rural Economic Institute has been examining and evaluating the implementation of the standard as entrusted by the government. Under such a background, this study aims to examine and evaluate the implementation of the rural services standard.
The examination and evaluation of how the rural services standard was implemented in 2012 consists mostly of two parts. The first part covers the implementation of common rural services that are implemented annually, and the implementation of the standard is examined and evaluated using the examined statistics and the implementation index used for 2011. The second part, on the other hand, covers the implementation of annual special services, and it consists of an extensive research into rural roads and transportation and a plan to improve the rural services standard.
The examination and evaluation results of how well the rural services standard were implemented in 2012 show an overall improvement compared to 2011. Specifically, the number of rural services standard that were better implemented stands at 29, whereas three remained stagnant and four deteriorated. The housing standards showed an overall improvement, whereas one case of worse standard implementation could be seen in each one of the following categories: education, welfare, emergency, and culture.
The current state of implementing rural services standard was examined for each government ministry, and the results showed that it deteriorated in the following fields: closing down of schools (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology), reading promotion (Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism), infant care (Ministry of Health and Welfare); and emergency service (National Emergency Management Agency). But, with the exception of the above service standards, most service standards were implemented better than the ones in the previous year.
This study analyzed the regional suitability and achievability of the current services standard, as well as the public service satisfaction level of rural residents and policy demand. Based on the analysis results and after consultations with the Life Quality Improvement Committee and the Rural Services Standard Council, a final revision plan is set up for the services standard which will be implemented in 2013. In the revised plan, the current service standard are reconstructed to consist of 32 service types in 9 categories from the current 31 service types in 8 categories. A new category of ‘safety' is added to the standard along with the three service types of ‘police patrol', ‘crime prevention equipment (currently ‘theft prevention'), and ‘police dispatch (currently police service)'.
Researchers: Kwang-Sun Kim, Jong-Hyun Chae and Byeong-Seok Yoon.
Research Period: 2012.5～2012.12
E-mail Address: yeskskim@krei.re.kr
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