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Despite some political-administrative similarities, the way Spain and Portugal, deal with the issue of transparency may vary.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>Based on the levels of municipal transparency, this work aims to analyse how legal and institutional context and political factors framed the way municipalities are managing the \u201cnaming and shaming\u201d approach resulting from the creation of the Municipal Transparency Index. 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