GOLD Report I - UCLG

BIBLIOGRAPHY330United Cities and Local GovernmentsLebanon:• Lebanese Constitution;• Legislative decree no. 118, 1977 onmunicipalities;• Taëf Accords (Pacte national de Taëf),22 October 1989;• Law on administrative organization (décret-loin° 111 du 12/06/1960);• Law on the mokhtar of 27 November1947.Oman:• Omani Constitution, 1996 (Basic Law).Palestine:• Law on ‘Palestinian local council elections’,December 1996, partially amendedin 2005.• Law on local life, September 1997.Qatar:• Qatari Constitution, 2003.Imad, A., Municipal elections, Jarrous Press,p. 20.Municipalités et administration locale n°1,Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur leMoyen-Orient contemporain, 2000.SARROUH E., Decentralized Governance forDevelopment in the Arab States, report presentedduring a forum on the governance ofthe Arab states, Sana’a, 6-9 September 2003.Saudi Elections in Regional Perspective : TheShiite ‘Threat’ Theory, Policy Watch no. 970,9 March 2005, The Washington Institute forNear-East Policy.Zubai, K., 2006. Local Administration and itsintegrative relations with the central authoritiesof the modern state. The proceedings ofthe third conference of big cities administration.(June 4-6) Amman, Jordan.Syria:• Syrian Constitution, 1973.Main websites :Turkey:• Turkish Constitution, 1982, substantiallyamended in 2001.http://www.citymayors.comWorld Bank: http://www.worldbank.orgYemen:• Yemeni Constitution, 1991, amended in1994.Articles and reports:Al Jordi, H., Power and the municipalities,Centre National de Recherches, p. 20, 1998.Al Khalil, Y., The role of municipalities in economicand rural development, Id., in Municipalitéset administration locale, n°2, p. 45,Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur leMoyen-Orient contemporain.Bédar, S., The Greater Middle East: a worldwidepost-colonial project ?, Diplomatie n°3,May-June 2003.Program on governance in the Arab Region :http://www.pogar.orgUNDP: http://www.undp.orgTransparency International:http://www.transparency.comGovernment websitesLebanese Finance Ministry:http://www.finance.gov.lbLebanese Ministry of the Interior and of Municipalities:http://www.interior.gov.lb