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Proceedings “The Palestinian Economy: Theoretical and Practical Challenges” 275 Table 3: Distribution of Basic Services by LGU Type Service Municipalities (M=120) Number of M providing the service (%) Village Councils (VC=251) Number of VC providing the service (%) Project Committees (PC=128) Number of PC providing the service Tap water 112 93% 199 79% 59 46% Electricity 120 100% 238 95% 89 70% Waste Collection & Disposal 120 100% 211 84% 56 44% Source: Hussein A’raj, The Experience of Local Governments in Palestine, in The Challenges of Decentralization and local Government in the Arab World, the Lebanese Center for Studies 2005: p. 170. (%) 4.1.7. Assignment of Expenditures Assigned responsibilities are closely linked to local infrastructure and capital outlays, which account for an estimated 40% of total development expenditures in the PA budget. Essentially all capital financing comes from international donors. This situation is unsustainable over the long run and highlights the urgent need for all Palestinian LGUs to move incrementally towards self-finance of their development investments. Local government expenditures averaged at most 2.5% of GDP for 1999 and 2.8% for 2001. This should be compared with an average of 13% for OECD countries and 4.5% for a sample of developing countries. If compared, local and central government expenditures indicated that the ratio of local government expenditures to total PA expenditures in 1999 and 2001 stood at 12 and 11%, respectively, as compared to an average of 33% for high income OECD countries and 17.5% for less developed countries. However, their importance to the private business is higher than the central government as indicated by the business community. The coming four figures show these facts.
276 Zagha Figure 2: Local Government Expenditure as a % of GDP Source: World Bank, West Bank and Gaza, Strengthening Public Sector Management 1999, Table A.3; World Bank, Municipal Management and Decentralization in the MENA Region 2004. Figure 3: Local Government Expenditure as a % of GDP Source: World Bank, West Bank and Gaza, Strengthening Public Sector Management 1999, Table A.3; World Bank, Municipal Management and Decentralization in the MENA Region 2004.
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