This midterm evaluation assessed UN-Habitat Afghanistan’s Municipal Governance Support Programme (MGSP). The programme’s overall objective is to “improve stability and stimulate local economic development in target municipalities through enhancing municipal governance, increasing local revenues, improving tenure security and strengthening the social contract between citizens and the state.” The mid-term evaluation was mandated by the EU (donor) and is in line with the UN-Habitat Evaluation Policy and is aimed at assessing the project’s progress towards achieving the project’s objectives at expected accomplishments.