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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791446503321

Titolo

Parliament, the budget and poverty in South Africa [[electronic resource] ] : a shift in power / / edited by Len Verwey, with Kate Lefko-Everett, Ahmed Mohammed, and Musa Zamisa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pretoria, : Idasa, 2009

ISBN

1-282-86910-8

9786612869105

1-920409-34-3

1-920409-33-5

1-920409-07-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VerweyLen

Lefko-EverettKate

MohammedAhmed

ZamisaMusa

Disciplina

336.68

Soggetti

Poverty - South Africa

Budget - South Africa

South Africa Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Foreword; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter One. PRO-POOR BUDGETING: GENERAL REFLECTIONS AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN SITUATION; Chapter Two. SOUTH AFRICA'S NEW PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET PROCESS: AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT; Chapter Three. BUDGET OVERSIGHT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES; Chapter Four. BUDGET OVERSIGHT AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN BUDGET OFFICE; Chapter Five. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN BUDGETING: OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED BY NEW AMENDMENT POWERS; Appendix; Endnotes; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Effective and transparent government budgeting is vital to any democracy. In South Africa, massive poverty, inequality and



unemployment remain, despite the successful political transformation, citizens and Parliament have a particularly important role to play in shaping budget policy and overseeing its implementation. South Africa reached a crossroads in fiscal governance when it passed the Money Bills Amendment Act in 2009, a law which granted Parliament strong powers to amend the budget prepared by the executive. This publication explores the content of the new law as well as the challenges