Assessment of Public Perceptions towards Decentralization, Qualitative Research Study  

Ahead of the municipal and governorate council elections in August 2017, this study aimed to establish the problems and priorities currently facing Jordanians in their governorates, to assist the elected bodies with the prioritization of problems and/or solutions, as well as to assess the general attitudes and outlooks towards the decentralization process. Forty-eight (48) focus groups across all twelve governorates were conducted to collect relevant data. A total of 338 individuals, males and females, participated in the focus groups in the age brackets 18-34.