Justice Financing Framework: Background Brief 1.1 Outcomes Focused on the Resolution of People’s Justice Problems

This background brief is part of the Justice Financing Framework and proposes that countries should develop:

• Outcome objectives focused on resolving people’s most pressing justice problems.
• Justice sector budgets based on the functions needed to deliver outcome objectives (rather than the needs of justice institutions).

This background brief:

• Discusses setting outcome level objectives based on the resolution of people’s most pressing justice problems and the required functions to achieve these objectives.
• Discusses the current data challenges in measuring the resolution of justice problems and proposes a possible solution.
• Discusses output level objectives and indicators.
• Discusses the merits of input level objectives and indicators, including measuring service quality.
• Provides examples of cooperation and coordination between justice sector organizations in planning and setting objectives.