The activities of local authorities in the development of economic activity of the population in the republic of Iraq

Abstract

© 2019, Dorma Journals. All rights reserved. The existence and development of municipal legal relations is not possible in the absence of an economic basis, although legislation does not directly require this. The exercise of municipal authority on the one hand, the closest proximity to the source of power (the population of the municipality), and with the other standing position compared with other levels of government. These conditions, combined with the extinct elements (including legal consciousness) of the command economy, predetermine the understanding of local self-government as a “subordinate” (dependent) level of power. And, as a result, financial, and economic inequality. Whereas the very nature of local self-government implies significant economic independence. One of the main problems facing the municipalities in Iraq is the lack or shortage of municipal property and the inefficient management of the municipal economy. Therefore, it is very important to correctly determine the co-financial and economic foundations of local self-government, as well as a clear legal consolidation of all their elements and mechanisms of interaction between them.