Werner, JanJanWerner2023-05-102023-05-102020978-3-86309-731-8https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/58526Libya is a unitary state, with the central government in the capital Tripoli. The legal framework in Libya delegates a huge number of expenditure areas to the municipalities, but in reality the municipalities do not offer this huge number of public services to the people due to capacity deficits in local administration, fiscal deficits (low volume of revenues as well as unpredictable revenue flows) and a lack of political willpower. For this reason, the paper provides six detailed recommendations for the future concept of the local public finance system in Libya.engLibyalocal public financeintergovernmental finance system330conferenceobject