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

• Pubblicazione: Pretoria, : Idasa, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (112 p.)
• Disciplina: 336.68
• Soggetto topico: Poverty - South Africa; Budget - South Africa
• Soggetto geografico: South Africa Social policy
• Altri autori: VerweyLen Lefko-EverettKate MohammedAhmed ZamisaMusa
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Parliament, the budget and poverty in South Africa
• ISBN: 1-282-86910-8; 9786612869105; 1-920409-34-3; 1-920409-33-5; 1-920409-07-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791446503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II