However currently there is little reporting on: (i) service delivery performance (response times and
outcomes) for LAOs and centrally managed units; (ii) fiscal operations for local authorities (even
for large municipalities); and (iii) unit prices of even standard goods and supplies procured by
government entities. Such information is necessary for operationalizing informed accountability
systems at the central and local levels. Stakeholders must be able to determine whether or not
their local authority is obtaining goods and supplies as competitively as other jurisdictions and
the central government. This basic reporting is well within reach of and expected by a higher
middle income country like Thailand.