This study comes to examine ways and means of enhancing the performance and efficiency of the Palestinian local governments through encouraging community participation. In addition, to know the right ways to increase participations of council's members as well as the community citizens'...

Purpose: This study aims to analyze major concerns facing the Palestinian local governments in order to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency in managing local governments.Methodology: A special questionnaire was developed to collect the perception of the municipalities'...

This study aims to examine the major merits of the Palestinian accounting and budget systems as well as to identify major financial problems and obstacles facing the Palestinian municipalities in order to recommend reforms and point out the best choices of increasing internal revenues. The study...

This research aims to examine the possibility of applying the concept of private participation in managing the municipal business activities including utilities' services in the Palestinian local government units. In order to fulfill the stated purposes of this study, two special questionnaires...