MUNIC DEVT

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The specific objectives of the project are to: increase the institutional and technical capacity of municipal governments to assume their greater responsibilities; and improve the national government's capacity to attain its main macroeconomic goals at the municipal level. The project consists of two components: (a) municipal institutional development; and (b) national institutional development. The Municipal institutional development component consists of the following subcomponents: (i) general municipal management improvement; (ii) financial management strengthening; and (iii) municipal management information systems. The second component, national institutional development consists of the following subcomponents: (i) national information system for municipalities; (ii) analysis of policy alternatives for improving national/subnational fiscal relations; (iii) evaluation of the impact of regional and sector investments on municipal finances; and (iv) project executing unit.