摘要:This book present and analyzes the concrete results of four successful municipal development projects (MDPs) on the institutional capacity building of local governments for fiscal and financial management and for planning and implementation of investment programs in Brazil and the Philippines. With evidence drawn from a very broad universe of municipalities, the study concludes that municipal development projects in Brazil and the Philippines helped to stimulate and facilitate municipal reform. The study assesses the direct impacts on the beneficiaries as anticipated by the projects, and indirect side-effects on the development of local economies focusing on employment and income generation. Three sets of data were collected and analyzed: municipal finance data of local governments, a sample survey of mayors on capacity building, and a survey of stall-holders in public markets. At both the municipal and the beneficiary levels, the study compared impacts on the participating municipalities with conditions of the non-participating municipalities, and the initial conditions with the impacts after the project implementation.
