The activity of territorial self-government shaped institutionally during the development process is characterized by a significant scope of care for the financial situation, which determines the efficiency of its functioning. The general availability of public services is a condition for the assessment of the activities of municipalities (powiats, voivodeships). Institutional economy as a real one, takes into account an integrated point of view. The aim of the study is to present the territorial differentiation of the eff ectiveness of communes’ activities in the context of institutional economics and to present the possibility of using a synthetic measure in this process. The synthetic measure of development fluctuated within the limits of 0.30 – Wąchock (Starachowice poviat, urban-rural commune) to 0.41 – Ostrowiec Św. (Ostrowiecki poviat, urban commune) in 2009, 0.32 – Łączna (Skarżysko poviat, rural commune) to 0.40 – Starachowice (Starachowice poviat, municipal commune) in 2015. The results of the analysis confirm the existence of small differences in the assessment of development communes of the Kamienna Basin. This approach allows the assessment of municipalities using one size and allows you to organize the analyzed objects in terms of the considered phenomenon.

Artykuł poświęcony jest pamięci Profesora Jerzego Wilkina, który zmarł w Warszawie 10 stycznia 2023 r. Profesor Jerzy Wilkin był wybitnym ekonomistą, uczonym, członkiem rzeczywistym Polskiej Akademii Nauk, profesorem w Instytucie Rozwoju Wsi i Rolniczy Polskiej Akademii Nauk. Artykuł przedstawia fakty z życia i drogi naukowej Profesora Jerzego Wilkina.