Strategies to Increase the Revenue of Town Municipalities in Central Region

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study the attitudes of local administrators and officials towards strategy setting, management and revenue development of town municipalities in Central Region; to compare the attitudes categorized by genders, ages, education levels, work experience and domicile; to study the relationship between strategic management and development of revenue of town municipalities and to seek guidelines for future strategic setting and strategic management. The research adopted mixed methodologies. The quantitative method was through questionnaires, populations were officials attached to town municipalities in central region. Sample size calculated by Yamane concepts at 400 persons. Descriptive statistics were means, percentages, standard deviation. Inferential statistics were Chi-square, ANOVA-F. The qualitative term was based on in-depth interviews and documentary research. The findings of the study revealed that administrators and local officials of town municipalities in the central region had positive attitudes towards strategic management to increase revenues; regarding strategic management and the development of revenue of town municipalities, administrators and local officials were significantly different in attitudes; strategies to increase municipal revenues were related to the strategic management processes and Strategies and strategic management to increase revenues of town municipalities in the central region should focus on encouraging the motivation to pay taxes to the municipalities, strengthening the effectiveness of tax collection,. developing local economies to uplift the revenue of the municipality, reforming law and regulations related to municipality tax collection and introducing measures to reduce expenditure of municipalities.