Subject(s): Municipal Finances -- City planning in Developing countries. -- Municipal services in Developing countries. -- Municipal government in Developing countries. -- Chairperson's summery committee on development effectiveness (CODE) -- Managing engines of growth : Evaluation of good municipal management, world bank policy underpinning support to municipalities, findings of earlier IEG assessments -- Bank support for better municipal management : Bank assistance to 3000 municipalities, MDP approaches- wholesale and retail, MDP performance, MDP objectives- aims of bank assistance, MDP components- instruments for better municipal management, limited attention to poverty reduction -- Better municipal planning : More information for planning, M&E, city planning and city development strategies, investment planning and strategies -- Stronger municipal finances : Better financial management- accounts and audits, mobilizing own revenues, municipal creditworthiness and debt management, private finance participation -- Managing service provision : Elements of service provision, sectors most affected and service quality, income levels of beneficiaries