Negative effects on economic efficiency are mitigated by almost half when a governance body at the metropolitan level exists. In Mexico and in Morelos, funding for metropolitan areas is channelled from the federal government through this fund and is part of the national budget devoted to subsidising state and municipal action on urban development. The operational rules for the Metropolitan Fund require the creation of a Metropolitan Development Council (Cornejo para el Desarrollo Metropolitano, CDM) in order to receive funds (OECD, 2015b).