Resources

• Revisiting the Principle of Country Ownership: Reflections on Climate Finance
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  14 Nov 2011This policy paper, from Idasa’s Economic Governance Programme, aims to identify ways to strengthen country-led approaches and to increase national participation in climate activities at ...

• The 2011 budget briefs presented by FDC and UNICEF Mozambique
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  07 Jul 2011Please see below four budget briefs developed by UNICEF Mozambique in a partnership with FDC (Community Development Foundation) a national NGO.Budget briefs:No. 1 Decentralisation No. ...

• Towards a Results-Orientated Programme
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  15 Jun 2011Economic Governance Programme (EGP) - Impact Report for the Economic Governance Programme of Idasa 2008 - 2010In this report, we provide a snapshot of the ...

• Open Budgets, Sustainable Democracies: A Spotlight on the Middle East and North Africa
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  15 Jun 2011The MENA region’s dismal performance on the International Budget Partnership and World Bank indices, against the stellar performance on the United Nations’ Human Development Index, ...

• Viewing the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement from a Sectoral Perspective
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  18 Nov 2010A Response Prepared by the Economic Governance Programme of Idasa Unlike the National Budget that is introduced in February of each year, the Medium Term ...

• Civil Society Engagement in Education Budgets: A report documenting Commonwealth Education Fund Experience
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  03 Dez 2008Written by Victoria Perry and coordinated by Janice Dolan of Save the Children on behalf of the Commonwealth Education Fund The Commonwealth Education Fund was ...

• Budget 2007: Poverty Amidst Plenty
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  26 Fev 2007In a country characterised by a history of conflict and oppression, one which continues to face the inherited challenges of unemployment ,poverty, and inequality, it ...

• Looking towards MTBPS 2006: Parliament, ASGISA and Infrastructure
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  23 Out 2006The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) provides an ideal opportunity for broad public discussion of, and engagement with, longer-term trends in economic policy. This document ...

• Response to Budget 2006
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  16 Fev 2006After a number of years of limited economic growth, estimates of growth in real GDP for 2005 have settled at 5%. This higher than expected ...

• MTBPS 2005: More Spending? Different Spending? Better Spending?
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  28 Out 2005Executive Summary In our response to the 2005 medium term budget policy statement we start with a review of unemployment, poverty and inequality in South ...

• Create More Jobs and Provide Social Assistance - Popular version of MTBPS 2004
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  04 Nov 2004Every year in February the Minister of Finance presents the budget for the current year together with budget amounts for the next two years. The ...

• Response to Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2004
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  27 Out 2004Still moving in the right direction but more innovation required in strategy to assist the poor Towards the end of October of each year, the ...

• Fitting the pieces together
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  12 Out 2004Fitting the pieces together: A composite view of government's strategy TO ASSIST THE UNEMPLOYED in South Africa 1994 - 2004 By: Judith Streak and Carlene ...

• Budget 2004 A very good Budget but a couple of concerns
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  18 Fev 2004Government needs to be applauded yet again, from a pro-poor perspective, for the spending plans announced for the MTEF period 2004/05 - 2006/07 in, National Budget ...

• How to Analyse Budget 2004
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  16 Fev 2004How to analyse BUDGET 2004 from a pro-poor perspective on Budget Day AND WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE POOR.

• No. 124: Who's who in the zoo?
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  25 Fev 2003Budget Brief No. 124 "A rough guide to the new committee structure for the parliamentary budget process On 26 February, the Minister of Finance tables ...

• No. 120: How Credible are National Treasury’s Revenue Projections?
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  21 Nov 2002Budget Brief No. 120 November 2002 "This paper compares the South African National Treasury's projections of revenue collection with actual revenue collected from 1997/8 to ...

• No. 120: How Credible are National Treasury's Revenue Projections?
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  01 Nov 2002Budget Brief No. 120 Summary This paper compares the South African National Treasury’s projections of revenue collection with actual revenue collected from 1997/8 to 2002/03. ...

• No. 110: Obstacles to the delivery of social security grants?
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  01 Out 2002Budget Brief no. 110 "In August this year the Budget Information Service conducted a survey on social security capability. Questionnaires were sent to and interviews ...

• Comments on Chapter 14 of the Draft Consolidated Report of the Committee of Inquiry into a Comprehe
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  29 Ago 2002By: Conrad Barberton In this document I address myself specifically to “Chapter 14: Financial Framework for Comprehensive Social Protection” of the Draft Final Report of ...

• No. 105: The effectiveness of the myburg commission - 2002
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  01 Mai 2002Budget Brief no. 105 "The Myburgh Commission was briefed to investigate the depreciation of the rand within the punitive framework of the law. Below we ...

• No. 98: Budget 2002 and personnel expenditure
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  06 Mar 2002Budget Brief No. 98 "Spending under control, but structural issues remain Following adjustments in the mid-1990s, the public sector salary bill in South Africa grew ...

• No. 99:The Gauteng Budget 2002
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  06 Mar 2002Budget Brief No.99 "Balancing social delivery and investment in growth? [In] considering this budget we must ask the question: does it put us firmly on ...

• No. 87: What's in Budget 2002 - Some Highlights
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  20 Fev 2002Budget Budget 87 In the Budget Speech, the Minister of Finance forecasts a ‘temporary’ rise in inflation to 6.9 per cent in 2002 due to ...

• No. 84: BIS response to the MTBPS 2001
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  30 Nov 2001Budget Brief 84 "Introduction Government’s spending plans for the next three years are being presented against the backdrop of the continued existence of high levels ...

• No. 72: The financial and fiscal commission's submission on the division of revenue
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  09 Jul 2001Budget Brief No.72 SELECTED COMMENTS for 2002 and 2003 The 1996 Constitution obliges the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) to make recommendations to Parliament and ...

• No. 83: Budget Information Service responds to the 2001 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement
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  06 Jul 2001Budget Brief 83 "The MTBPS 2001 has many positive features. The treasury has taken decisive action to counter sluggish economic growth and persistently high unemployment ...

• No. 71: Does South Africa still need the financial and fiscal commission? - 2001
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  03 Jul 2001Budget Brief No.71 The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) has just presented its latest set of recommendations to parliament, an event that so far has ...

• No. 76: Norms & Standards of School Funding 2000
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  21 Jun 2001BRIEF NUMBER 76 A PROGRESS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NORMS AND STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL FUNDING 2000 "The Norms and Standards for School Funding ...

• The 2000 wage agreement and public service transformation
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  21 Jun 2001Passing the buck to 2001 The 2000 wage agreement and public service transformation "The 2000 round of public service wage negotiations drew to a close ...

• Government Obligations and Child Rights to Social Security and Education
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  31 Mar 2001The information sheets contained in this popular version were extracted from Budgeting for child socio-economic rights: Government obligation and the child's right to social security ...

• No. 57: New Budget Documentation improves information 2001
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  20 Fev 2001Budget Brief No. 57 NEW BUDGET DOCUMENTATION IMPROVES INFORMATION "Budget Day 2001 will see a fundamental change in the way budget information is made available ...

• No. 51: Public Service Personnel Expenditure - Dec 2000
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  21 Dez 2000Budget Brief No. 51 A turn too tight? Public Service Personnel Expenditure over the Medium Term "The medium term projections on public sector personnel spending ...

• No. 49: The 2000 Intergovernmental Fiscal Review: A Response
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  21 Out 2000Budget Brief No. 49 The 2000 Intergovernmental Fiscal Review: A Response by Idasa BIS "The Intergovernmental Fiscal Review (IGFR) reports on medium-term trends in provincial ...