Institutional and Fiscal Review of the Municipal Sector in Lebanon
Table of Contents
PHASE I: Pilot Municipalities Review
- Introduction
- Study Framework
- The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
- Law 197: The Establishment of the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs
- MOMRA’s Administration
- Finances of the MOMRA
- MOMRA's Projects
- Long Term View of the MOMRA’s Administration:
- Pilot Municipalities Review
- Beit Mery
- Broumana
- Jounieh
- Nabatiyyeh
- Roumieh
- Tripoli
- Comparative Revenues and Expenditures for the 6 municipalities
PHASE II: Local Government Framework
- Introduction
- Legal Framework
- Historical Overview
- Current Administrative Structure in Lebanon
- Legal Instruments for Change
- Framework for Expenditure Assignment
- Legal and Administrative Framework Relating to Subnational Revenue Authority
- Municipal tariffs and fees collected directly by the Municipality
- Surtaxes Collected By The State, Public Administrations, or Private Concerns on Behalf of Particular Municipalities
- Surtaxes collected by the State on behalf of all municipalities
- Aids, loans and grant source of Revenues
- System of Financial Accounts
- Data Assessment
- Intergovernmental Systems
- Revenues
- Expenditures
- Budget Nomenclature
- Problem Areas and Recommendations Regarding Local Government Framework
- Mission Statement
Annexes:
Annex II-1. Decree 1917, April 6th, 1979: Basis for the Distribution of the Independent Municipal Fund.
Annex II-2. Decree 5595, September 22nd, 1982: Accounting Principles for Municipalities and Municipal Federations that are not subjected to the General Accounting Laws.
Annex II-3. Law 60, August 12th, 1988: Municipal Tariffs and Fees.
PHASE III: Recommendations, Municipal Observatory, and Municipalities’ Pictures
- Project Recommendations
- Revenue Enhancement
- Management
- Service Delivery
- For MOMRA
- Recommendation Matrix by Priority and Function
- Estimated Costs of Recommendations
- Recommendations: Cluster Analysis
- Municipal Observatory
- Management Structure of the Municipal Observatory
- Municipal Observatory Organizational Structure
- Data Gathered by the Municipal Observatory
- Activities of the Municipal Observatory
- Areas of Research and Analysis
- Dissemination
- Municipalities’ Pictures
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