This policy and advisory technical assistance (TA) fell under the long-standing Local Government Finance and Governance Reform Program and provides support to actions in the policy matrix for subprogram 2. The expected outcome was strengthened capacity to attain all agreed actions under the subprogram 2 policy matrix as well as to adopt new policies. The program was intended to help Indonesia’s regional governments deal with decentralized finances and services and was also looking for reforms in six core areas, including stronger local management of decentralized funds, more efficient regional administration to improve delivery of services and developing more local sources of revenues.