115 City Leaders, Practitioners and National Officials from Jordan and West Bank and Gaza Participate in Intensive 5-Day Training    From May 24-28, the World Bank and the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), with support from other partners, convened the first Municipal Finance and... more

By Ghada A. Shaqour*   Administratively, Jordan’s intergovernmental system is divided into three tiers - central, provincial (governorate) and local (municipal) levels. At the local level, 100 municipalities exist today and are governed by elected municipal councils.  They were assigned over 39... more

By Dana Almubaied*   In the West Bank and Gaza, Local Government Units (LGUs) have a long history - some were created as early as the second half of the 19th century.  With increasing political and geographical fragmentation over the last two decades, LGUs have gained paramount importance providing... more