ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the steps taken to build this globally standardized set of indicators, the challenges, the important frameworks for judging 'good indicators' and the experience of cities and international agencies and other stakeholders in developing city indicators over the past few decades. The World Bank, as one of a large group of partners, built upon existing indicators to help facilitate the development of standardized city indicators and establish the Global City Indicators Facility (GCIF). Developing city indicators is especially challenging in metropolitan areas where the internationally recognized city can be made up of many municipalities. City performance indicators may therefore vary from urban performance indicators, as the term 'urban' could encompass spatially enlarged units. Un-Habitat's urban indicators measure how well a city or local authority is achieving Target 11 of the Millennium Goals. The methodology of the Global Urban indicators is structured on collaborative data collection between national, local and metropolitan governments in each country.
